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The Podcast App vs Scribiz

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The Podcast App compared with Scribiz
DetailThe Podcast App logo The Podcast AppScribiz logo Scribiz
What it doesFree podcast player with no app-inserted ads and AI features for listeners Not given
StageStartup Not given
Founded2025 Not given
Based inNot given Not given
Pricing modelNot given Freemium
PricingFree: 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: 10 minutes per day without account or 30 minutes per month with free account, for videos up to 2 hours. Pro: $10 per month with 600 minutes per month for videos up to 6 hours. Mac Lifetime: $99 once with 300 hosted minutes and every 1.x update. YouTube caption credits from $3.99 for 200 credit
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
  • Transcript extraction from videos and audio files
  • Works without captions by listening to audio
  • Speaker identification and labeling
  • On-screen text extraction
  • Automatic summary and chapter generation
  • Multiple export formats: SRT, VTT, TXT, Markdown, JSON
  • Support for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Vimeo, X, podcasts and file uploads
  • MCP server integration for AI agents
  • Mac desktop application
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
  • Extracts transcripts from videos without captions by analyzing audio
  • Includes on-screen text recognition alongside speech transcription
  • Integrates with AI agents through MCP server for Claude and Cursor
  • Mac app option where videos are never uploaded whole
  • Built on open-source transcribe tool with MIT license
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)29 +1 (up) since last check29 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)312
Citation Flow (Majestic)2230
Referring domains (Majestic)3549

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