# TalkPod — Podcasts that answer back > Podcasts that answer back (iPhone/iPad app by TalkPod Pty Limited.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/talkpod/id6783727262 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [TalkPod Pty Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/6783727264) - Category: Entertainment, News - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.2 · 22 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-23 - Data updated: 2026-10-09 ## What is TalkPod? Ask any podcast what you missed, who someone is, or what a claim means — then jump straight back into the episode. TalkPod is the podcast player that answers back. Ask a question out loud while you listen, or type it. TalkPod answers from what was actually said in the episode, speaks the answer, then resumes your podcast where you left off. ASK ANYTHING, MID-EPISODE Tap Ask on Now Playing. Catch a name, revisit an argument, or understand a claim without leaving the episode to search. A FULL PODCAST PLAYER, FREE • Browse, search and play public podcasts • Add a show from an RSS or Apple Podcasts link • Read episode transcripts, summaries and smart chapters • Follow shows, star episodes and keep your place across devices • Join the discussion and react to moments in an episode • Download episodes for offline listening TAKES — SHARE THE MOMENT Heard something worth passing on? Turn it into a Take: a short, captioned clip with your reaction that links back to the full episode. LISTENER PREMIUM — MORE TIME TO ASK Ask who someone is, what you missed, or what a claim means. Premium gives you more Ask time by voice or typing across the shows you listen to. Podcasts on TalkPod come from publishers' public RSS feeds. Audio and artwork belong to their creators. Terms: https://talkpod.io/terms Privacy: https://talkpod.io/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Listener Premium | $9.00 | per month | ## Is TalkPod safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess TalkPod. ## Is TalkPod legit? TalkPod has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for TalkPod is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.0.4 — 2026-09-25 Small fixes that make Ask easier to find and sign-up less disruptive. ASK • The Ask tip on Now Playing shows even after you've used your free Ask time, so you can still find it. • When your free Ask time runs out, the upgrade screen says so plainly: Premium gives you more Ask. • The note in the Ask sheet about the spoken voice is shorter and clearer. SIGNING UP • Create an account in the middle of a search and you come back to your results, not the home screen. TAKES • Opening a shared clip lands on the clip's own line in the transcript. ACCESSIBILITY • With Reduce Transparency or Increase Contrast on, the player controls and artwork backgrounds are solid instead of see-through. Something not right? Account → Support → Help & feedback. ### 1.0.3 — 2026-09-22 Sign in faster, keep notes that follow you between devices, reply with a Take, and reach a show's whole back catalogue. SIGNING IN • Sign in with Apple or Google comes first. Email is one tap away under Continue with email. • Creating an account with email sets a password your password manager can save and fill. • If sign-in asks for an emailed code, that step now works instead of dead-ending. NOTES • Notes are saved to your account, so they follow you between devices. Find them as a third tab in Chapters & Transcript. • A note stays pinned to the moment you were annotating. Tap the pin to follow playback instead. LISTENING • Chapters and the transcript are back in the full player, and long transcripts scroll smoothly. • Show pages no longer stop at the newest 50 episodes: load more, and search a show's episodes by title. • Ask from CarPlay: ask about what's playing, hear the answer, and playback picks up where it left off. • If a stream stalls you get a retry instead of an endless spinner, and play shows a spinner straight away while audio buffers. • Now Playing always shows the show's artwork and title, and the speed picker shows 1.25x and 1.75x exactly. • Play next and Add to queue confirm with a short banner. • Show pages and artwork load faster and use less memory. TAKES • Reply with a Take: answer someone's Take with a moment from the same show. Both play from a shared link. • Choose whether your name appears on a Take you share. • Sharing a Take to Messages lands on the Take, not a blank page. When a thread is locked, the share says why. • A Take pauses when you leave the app and resumes when you come back. LINKS • talkpod.io links open in the right place: shows and episodes in the app, Premium links on the upgrade screen, and anything else in Safari. ACCOUNT • A cancelled subscription that is still running says "Ends on" the date. • Your free Ask time, and when it resets, are shown where you use Ask. • Delete account describes exactly what happens to your data, and the Ask sheet says the voice you hear is synthesized. ACCESSIBILITY • Clearer VoiceOver labels on the star button, feed refresh and seek-to-reaction. Also fixes a crash at launch on iOS 27. Something not right? Account → Support → Help & feedback. ### 1.0.1 — 2026-08-31 Takes, steadier playback, and error messages that tell the truth. TAKES • A new look: gradient backdrop, floating artwork card, and captions that reveal line by line in time with the audio. • Sharing is more dependable. Exporting shows real progress and finishes with a clear result; a Take link from a friend retries a slow server instead of quietly failing; your own caption is the one that travels with the clip. • Take links open from any TalkPod web address. • Tap the backdrop to dismiss a finished Take. • Shows that can't make Takes no longer offer the button, and if a Take can't be made or exported the message says why instead of blaming your connection. PLAYBACK • Phone calls, alarms and other interruptions pause and resume cleanly. • If an episode fails to start, you see that instead of a "playing" state that isn't. • After an Ask, your episode resumes without inviting other apps' audio back in. • Onboarding no longer takes over the audio session. • Resume rows show how many minutes are left. CARPLAY • Up Next resumes episodes where you left off, restores your position when you reconnect, and shows artwork in lists. ACCOUNT AND INBOX • The inbox bell shows a dot when there is something new since you last looked. • Notification permission is requested when you first follow a show, not at launch. • Signing out shows progress and recovers if the server is slow. • Refreshed app icon. FIXES • Opening the app with no connection could freeze it a few seconds after the connection came back. Fixed. • Ask captions no longer drift from what is spoken. • Show pages keep the publisher's description and TalkPod's notes as separate sections. Something not right? Account → Support → Help & feedback. ### 1.0 — 2026-08-23 No release notes. ## Apps similar to TalkPod | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Wefun - Chat, Party and Game](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wefun-chat-party-and-game/id1476921059) | 4.1 (179) | Free | Entertainment | | [Paint.ly: Color by Number](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paintly-color-by-number/id1441501929) | 4.7 (148,614) | Free | Entertainment | | [Infuse](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/infuse/id1136220934) | 4.7 (28,283) | Free | Entertainment | | [Cinemark Theatres](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cinemark-theatres/id435965836) | 4.9 (879,039) | Free | Entertainment | --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-09.*