AntennaPod

AntennaPod is an free and open-source podcast aggregator app for the Android operating system.

AntennaPod
Screenshot
Screenshot of version 1.8.3
Original author(s)Daniel Oeh
Developer(s)Martin Fietz & Tom Hennen
Initial release22. July 2012
Stable release
2.1.1 / December 13, 2020 (2020-12-13)[1]
Repositorygithub.com/antennapod/AntennaPod
Written inJava
Operating systemAndroid 4.0+
Available in28 languages[2]
List of languages
Arabic, Azerbaijani, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi (India), Italian, Japanese, Kannada (India), Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
TypePodcatcher
LicenseMIT
Websiteantennapod.org

History

AntennaPod was originally released on July 22, 2012, as Version 0.8[3] and is licensed under the MIT license. The app is a free and open-source software that aggregates podcasts.[4][5][6][7][8] The app was featured on the crowdsourced BoringPhone—a phone intended to eliminate distractions that is an alternative to the mainstream android phones.[9]

Properties
  • Automatic update, download and streaming of episodes
  • Variable playback speed
  • Atom and RSS Feeds (password protected)
  • Feed import/export with OPML
  • Integration of Flattr
  • Searching for podcasts and synchronizing with gpodder service[10]
  • Support of MP3, Podlove and VorbisComment chapters[11]
  • Support for paged feeds[12]
  • Dark theme

Reception

In December 2015 Android Police named AntennaPod one of their favorite and most used apps in 2015, saying it is a "capable option that looks great" and has all needed features.[13]

In November 2019, Dan Price of Make Use of included AntennaPod as the only open-source player in a list of 8 best podcast applications for Android. He said although it was less well known, it has many good features, including "great memory management tools."[14]

In June 2020, Manuel Vonau of AndroidPolice said open source AntennaPod from F-Droid is a "fine alternative to many proprietary solutions" but its player design could be improved.[15]

In July 2020, Netzwelt listed AntennaPod as their top choice for podcathers.[16]

According to Jan Spoenle of Weka Media, AntennaPod works as well as it's commercial competitors with the only downside of the app being that it doesn't provide an individual playlist function.[17]

Leonardo Banchi of AndroidWorld recommended the application as a free alternative to other podcast apps.[18]

References
  1. "AntennaPod releases| Github". Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. "Supported languages". github.com/Antennapod.
  3. "AntennaPod/AntennaPod". GitHub. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  4. Lifehacker: AntennaPod Is a Free, Feature-Packed Podcast Manager for Android. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  5. Pot, Justin. "makeuseof: AntennaPod: A High-Quality, Free Android Podcast App With No Ads". Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  6. Brinkmann, Martin (18 September 2019). "ghacks: AntennaPod is my new favorite podcast player for Android". Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 15 Feb 2020.
  7. "Podcasts Hören und Clever Verwalten mit Antennapod" [Listen to Podcasts and Manage Them Cleverly with Antennapod]. Online PC (in German). DPA. October 17, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  8. Cichocki, Grzegorz. "AntennaPod – test i recenzja otwartoźródłowej aplikacji do podcastów" [AntennaPod - test and review of an open source podcasting application].
  9. "BoringPhone created to save you from your mobile addiction". New Atlas. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  10. "gpodder.net — discover and track your podcasts". gpodder.net.
  11. "Podlove". Podlove.
  12. "Paged Feeds". Podlove.
  13. "Android Police's Team Picks: Our Favorite And Most Used Apps In 2015". Android Police. 2015-12-19. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  14. "The 8 Best Podcast Apps for Android". MakeUseOf. 2019-11-30. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  15. "How to completely de-Google your Android smartphone". Android Police. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  16. Schott, Dimitri; Wittkowski, Pascal (July 19, 2020). "Podcast: Die Besten Apps für Android, iOS und PC" [Podcast: The Best Apps for Android, iOS and PC]. Netzwelt (in German). Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  17. Spoenle, Jan (September 28, 2015). "Antennapod im Test: Podcast-App für Android" [Podcast App for Android: Antennapod Under Test]. Connect (in German). Weka Media Publishing. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  18. Banchi, Leonardo (December 15, 2015). "Podcast Semplice per Tutte le Stazioni Radio, con AntennaPod" [Simple Podcast for All Radio Stations, with AntennaPod]. AndroidWorld (in Italian). Retrieved December 31, 2020.
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