How did you choose your podcast app and would you switch to a different one?

pekt
2025-12-03T23:28:02Z

I first started getting into Podcasts in 2017 after hearing about them for years. I finally had a regular, medium length commute to an internship and was tired of the radio and listening to music in the morning. I did a quick search for "Best Android Podcast app" and saw that Pocket Casts was highly reviewed. Since I had enough credit in my account to purchase it, I went ahead and installed it and never ended up looking for another app. Since then, I've become hooked as my form of audio entertainment/information gathering over the years, and Pocket Casts has become an app that I use every day.

I was thinking this morning while opening my app, what would cause me to switch. I briefly considered switching when Pocket Casts moved to a subscription model, but the features that were included in that subscription are really only "nice to haves" for me and how I use the app. This got me thinking about how other people engage with podcasts and choose the app that they use.

How did you choose your podcast app?

Do you ever try out other podcast apps?

Are there any features that would/did make you want to switch to a different app?

Do you use a cross-platform podcast app or different apps on different platforms?

What are your favorite/most used features of your current podcast app?

What podcast(s) are you currently listening to that you'd like to recommend to others?

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