The Podcast App vs Bowhard

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The Podcast App compared with Bowhard
Detail	The Podcast App	Bowhard
What it does	Free podcast player with no app-inserted ads and AI features for listeners	Audio and video transcription to text in Russian
Stage	Startup	Not given
Founded	2025	Not given
Based in	Not given	RU
Pricing model	Not given	Freemium
Pricing	Free: Core player with unlimited offline downloads, OPML import/export, Smart Ad-Skip free with daily cap on supported shows, Podcast Brain free with daily usage allowance. $4.99/month: Lifts caps on Smart Ad-Skip and AI features (Podcast Brain, Synthesis Radio).	Free: 15 minutes daily. Pay-per-use: 49 ₽ per hour. Packages: 4 hours — 149 ₽, 10 hours — 349 ₽, 30 hours — 890 ₽. No subscription, unused balance does not expire.
Key features	Unlimited offline downloads free Smart Ad-Skip: tap to skip marked ad breaks on supported shows No account required to start OPML import and export Podcast Brain with daily usage caps CarPlay and Android Auto Apple Watch support with offline listening Speed controls, sleep timer, and chapters YouTube to podcast RSS resolver AI-generated episode summaries and chapters	Transcription to TXT with punctuation and capitalization JSON output with words and timecodes Support for multiple audio and video formats Multiple speaker identification and labeling File upload up to 2 GB and 4 hours Cloud link support from Yandex.Disk and Dropbox Automatic file deletion after 24 hours API access for programmatic use Batch processing for multiple files
What makes it different	Independent app with no media company or ad network ownership Core listening and offline downloads free with no artificial paywalls No data selling or ad-based tracking Open podcast ecosystem with portable subscriptions via OPML Smart Ad-Skip respects podcasting format and never strips audio	No registration or subscription required Processing on Russian servers with no international data transfer Fast results typically 20-60 seconds per 10 minutes of recording Pay-per-actual-duration without rounding up Money-back guarantee for poor quality recordings
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	29 +1 (up) since last check	2 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	3	5
Citation Flow (Majestic)	22	21
Referring domains (Majestic)	35	5

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