Comparison

Playapod vs Wipr 2

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Playapod

Listen to podcasts with advanced features like cross-platform syncing, precise episode tracking, and offline playback. Bookmark favorite moments, enjoy video and text-to-speech content, and organize your listening with custom playlists and filters. It's a free, ad-free experience designed for dedicated podcast enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Cross-platform device syncing
  • Second-by-second episode tracking
  • Time-coded bookmarking
  • Video and text-to-speech playback
  • Offline listening
  • Custom playlists and filters
  • CarPlay integration
Features
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Playapod is the best way to listen to your favorite podcasts and features cross-platform device syncing, episode tracking down to the second, remote media controls, offline listening, new episode notifications, bulk imports, fast performance, no ads, and more! • Multi-Device Sync Sync all your podcast subscriptions and episode progress between multiple devices and across all platforms! Just sign-in with your favorite social network or with e-mail. • Episode Tracking Tracks exactly the portions of episodes that you have listened down to the second. You'll never forget where you left off or what you skipped over! • Bookmarking Bookmark your favorite parts of any episode so you can quickly go back and listen again. Bookmarks are time-coded and synced across all your devices. • Video Playback (NEW v2 Feature) Video playback supported. Tapping on the video will toggle full-screen mode. • Text to Speech (NEW v2 Feature) Turn any text-based feed into an audio podcast with full progress bar support including scrubbing and bookmarking. Great for keeping up with the latest news and blogs. • Media Bar (NEW v2 Feature) Quickly access whatever is currently playing by tapping on the media bar at the bottom of the screen. It’s always on with quick access to play/pause. Tap the bar to bring up the full media player view. • Recommendations (NEW v2 Feature) Our recommendation engine will suggest new subscriptions you might enjoy. • Groups & Filters (NEW v2 Feature) Filter content by favorites, category, media flags, content type, and time. Save filters into Groups for quick one-touch access. • Media Files (NEW v2 Feature) Add media files such as audio, video, and text files to Playapod using iTunes File Sharing for local playback. • Car Play Driving with your iPhone puts your Playapod Now Playing queue right on your car's built-in display. • Custom Playlist Create a custom playlist of your podcast episodes. Drag and drop reordering makes it easy to listen to your favorite shows all day without device interaction. • Media Controls Toggle playback and skip forward and backwards quickly using lockscreen and bluetooth controls. • Listen Offline Download entire podcasts and listen on the go without a network connection or cellular data charges. • Free & No Ads Free download with no advertising! There are no bulky 3rd party ad networks that are known to kill battery life, slow performance, and consume network bandwidth. • Push Notifications Get new episode notifications so you stay on top of your favorite shows. Toggle notifications in the app settings. • Import Podcasts Quickly bulk import a list of podcasts with OPML files (Outline Processor Markup Language XML Files). • Advanced Configuration Lots of settings to customize and tweak the behavior of the Playapod app. Custom settings available for each subscription too! • Customer Support Our developers listen to your feedback and quickly fix all reported issues. Join our Facebook Page and start a discussion! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playapod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/playapod Website: https://playapod.com/

About

Wipr 2

This app enhances your web browsing experience by blocking ads, trackers, and intrusive pop-ups across websites in Safari. Enjoy faster loading times, improved battery life, and reduced data usage. It offers automatic blocklist updates and supports multiple languages.

Highlights
  • Blocks ads and pop-ups
  • Stops website trackers
  • Cleans up cookie warnings
  • Improves loading speed
  • Conserves battery life
  • Reduces data usage
  • Automatic blocklist updates
Features
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Wipr blocks ads, popups, trackers, cookie warnings, and other nasty things that make the web slow and ugly. Websites in Safari will look clean, load fast, and stop invisibly tracking you. You’ll notice significant improvements to your battery life and data usage. Setup is a snap. Apple featured Wipr in “The Best Safari Extensions”. The Filtr add-on extends Wipr’s blocking to all apps on your devices. It acts at the network level, but unlike a VPN, it can access none of your data, and can be used in conjunction with VPNs, iCloud Private Relay, and custom DNS. Wipr’s blocklist is updated twice a week automatically, and has enhanced versions for the following languages: Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Montenegrin, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese. Wipr is a universal app: install it on all your devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro) with a single purchase. It’s fully accessible with VoiceOver, Voice Control, and more. Dark, Tinted, and Clear icon variants are included. Family Sharing is supported. Because it’s developed by a single independent developer and 100% funded by its users, Wipr only answers to you: no one can pay to have their ads unblocked, and there are no “acceptable ads”. This app was made with love and patience. I hope you’ll enjoy using it as much as I enjoyed designing and building it. – Kaylee Terms & Conditions: https://kaylees.site/terms-and-conditions.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Playapod4 screens
Wipr 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Playapod at Free against Wipr 2's $4.99. Playapod also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Wipr 2's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and chart position (#3 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Playapod is free to download; Wipr 2 costs $4.99 up front. Wipr 2 sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Playapod asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Playapod against 4.7 for Wipr 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 620 and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Playapod's written reviews are positive against 80% of Wipr 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Playapod ships an update every 3 months, Wipr 2 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Playapod versus Wipr 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlayapodWipr 2
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (620 ratings) — better4.7 (1.3K ratings)
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews80.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6201.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#3 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTMSOFTKaylee Calderolla

Customer experience

Playapod

All ratings620 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral9.1%
Negative11.7%

Wipr 2

All ratings1,333 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews1,010 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral5.2%
Negative14.3%

User reviews

Playapod

From 620 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Honest and caring app
  • 🚀 Works perfectly on iOS
  • 🚀 Plays both video and audio podcasts
  • 🚀 Easily share podcast clips
  • 👍 Fantastic individual settings

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Issues with video podcast downloads
  • 🐛 Podcast playback issues (pausing, resuming, background playback)
  • 🐛 Inconsistent episode marking as played
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🐛 Syncing issues and data loss

Wipr 2

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Blocks ads effectively
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🔒 Doesn't slow down Safari
  • 💡 Frequent updates
  • 👍 Responsive developer

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional issues with YouTube ads
  • 🐛 Incompatibility with some websites
  • 🐛 Occasional blank spaces where ads used to be

Bugs and requests

Playapod

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Podcast downloads failing or timing out
  • Playlist issues (not playing next episode, losing queue)
  • Episodes marked as played before finishing
  • Inconsistent behavior on different devices and platforms
  • Data loss when device is turned off

Requested features

6 requests
  • Volume boost and normalization
  • Silence skip feature
  • Ability to reorder individual playlists
  • Video podcast playback support
  • Diagnostics and troubleshooting tools
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  • Search by episode title

Wipr 2

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Wipr Extra component not always working as expected
  • Occasional high CPU usage when app is left open

Requested features

2 requests
  • Option to disable on specific websites
  • Ability to customize blocking rules

In-app purchases

None

Playapod

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Wipr 2

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Recurring Tip$1.991 Month
  • Filtr$4.991 Year
  • Yearly Recurring Tip$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Tip$4.99
  • Mega Tip$19.99
  • Filtr$24.99

Questions

Is Playapod free?
Playapod is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wipr 2 free?
Wipr 2 costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Playapod or Wipr 2?
Playapod is rated higher. Playapod averages 4.7 out of 5 from 620 ratings, while Wipr 2 averages 4.7 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Playapod or Wipr 2 have ads?
Neither Playapod nor Wipr 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Playapod or Wipr 2?
Playapod ships an update every 3 months, and Wipr 2 weekly. Most recently, Playapod was updated on October 15, 2026 and Wipr 2 on October 18, 2026.

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