| What it does | Free podcast player with no app-inserted ads and AI features for listeners
| Free video and audio transcription to text in 98 languages with AI summaries and chat
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| Stage | Startup
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| Founded | 2025
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| Freemium
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| 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: 120 minutes/month. Basic: $12/month (1,500 minutes). Standard: $22/month (4,000 minutes). Pro: $39/month (8,000 minutes). Annual plans save up to 45%.
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| 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
| - 98 language transcription support including English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Arabic and Hindi
- Accurate AI speech recognition with timestamps and speaker labels
- AI-powered summaries with templates for meetings, lectures, interviews, podcasts and courses
- Chat with transcripts to ask questions and extract information
- Support for MP3, MP4, WAV, M4A, MOV, MKV and WEBM formats
- Export to TXT, DOCX, PDF and subtitle formats SRT or VTT
- Upload files up to 1 GB in size and up to 2 hours in length
- Search and organize transcripts with up to 1 year of history on higher plans
- Speaker identification and translation features on paid plans
- No credit card required for free plan with automatic monthly renewal
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| 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
| - Free plan with 120 minutes monthly requiring no credit card or trial countdown
- AI chat feature included on all paid plans with no extra cost or mid-conversation interruptions
- Content is encrypted and never used to train AI models
- 14-day money-back guarantee on first paid plan
- Customizable summaries with templates optimized for meetings, interviews, lectures, podcasts and courses
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| Open source | Not given
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| Platforms | Not given
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| Public API | Not given
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 29 ▲ +1 (up) since last check | 4 ● no change since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 3 | 5 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 22 | 16 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 35 | 6 |
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