Spotify
AntennaPodPick
App8.2k
Open podcast player for Android that subscribes to any RSS feed with no account, no ads and optional open sync.
- No tracking
- Open source
- Stays on device
- No account
- Free
- Android
Overcast
App in Podcasts
Popular iPhone podcast player from an independent developer, with no third-party analytics and no account needed.
The free version shows the developer's own ads.
Privacy passport
3 of 5 checks- No trackingYesNo ads and no third-party trackers or analytics.
- Open sourceNoThe code is closed.
- Only you can read itNoThe provider can technically read your data, even if it promises not to.
- No accountOptionalWorks without an account; one is only needed for extras such as sync.
- FreeFree planA free plan, with paid upgrades.
Where it stands among 9 podcast apps
No tracking
Yes
Partly
Open source
Yes
No
Only you can read it
Yes
No
No account
Yes
No
Free
Yes
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- No tracking
- Open source
- Stays on device
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- Linux
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- No tracking
- Open source
- Stays on device
- No account
- Free
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- No tracking
- Open source
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- Account needed
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- iPhone
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