Free podcast player with no app-inserted ads and AI features for listeners
Find who said what and when with your AI agent
Stage
Startup
Startup
Founded
2025
2025
Based in
Not given
SG
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: $3 credit included with new accounts; Pay-as-you-go: $1/hour; Starter: $9/mo (unlimited, up to 2 hours per file); Pro: $19/mo (unlimited, up to 5 hours per file); Business: $49/mo (unlimited, up to 10 hours per file). Annual plans include 3 months free.
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
Speaker labels and word-level timestamps
52 languages and dialects
Chapters with timestamps
Search and Q&A with citations
Subtitle generation in multiple formats
Integration with ChatGPT, Claude, and AI agents
API and MCP server access
Encrypted storage and privacy controls
Library search across multiple recordings
File upload for meetings, lectures, podcasts and voice notes
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
Word-level timestamps that enable precise subtitle generation for any platform
Ask questions across multiple recordings with citations back to the original moment
Supports use directly within ChatGPT and Claude without leaving your agent
Benchmarked accuracy with 1.5x to 2.3x fewer errors than Whisper large-v3
Permanently searchable library that organizes all transcripts in one place
The Podcast App
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