Rippple vs PrestoCast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rippple
Discover trending movies and TV shows, track your viewing history, and share your thoughts with a vibrant community. Find where to stream content and manage your watchlists with customizable options.
- Discover trending and popular content
- Track watched movies and episodes
- Share comments and ratings
- Find where to stream content
- Manage watch history and lists
- Customizable app appearance
- Cross-device synchronization
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Rippple Mark II is available and should be used instead for the best and most up-to-date experience. This legacy version remains available for existing users, but it no longer receives new features and will eventually reach end of life. ___ Rippple is a Trakt client. You'll need to sign in to a Trakt account to use Rippple. Rippple uses the Trakt.tv and the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by Trakt or TMDb. Some features may be limited by the API used. Rippple respects the limits imposed by Trakt and TMDb. Rippple provides "Where to Watch?" information provided by JustWatch via TMDb but can't be used to actually watch movies or TV shows. Rippple's Terms of Use can be found at terms.ripppleapp.com.
PrestoCast
Easily create and share short, 60-second audio episodes that automatically become podcasts with their own RSS feeds. Discover and listen to micropodcasts, follow creators, and engage with content through comments and sharing.
- Record and publish 60-second episodes instantly
- Automatic RSS feed generation
- Discover and listen to micropodcasts
- Follow favorite creators
- Comment with text or audio
- Save and share episodes
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PrestoCast is the micropodcasting platform: 60-second episodes that get straight to the point. Record a voice note from the app, add a title and publish instantly. Your content automatically becomes a podcast with its own RSS feed, ready to listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any podcatcher. FOR CREATORS: - Record and publish in seconds, no editing needed - Your podcast gets its own RSS feed from the first episode - Schedule episodes for later - Customizable cover art and episode artwork - Listening statistics FOR LISTENERS: - Discover micropodcasts on any topic - Follow your favorite creators - Listen in the background with lock screen controls - Comment with text or audio - Save episodes to listen later - Share and echo episodes you enjoy PrestoCast was born from a simple idea: not everything needs an hour-long podcast. Sometimes, 60 seconds is enough.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PrestoCast at 5.0 against Rippple's 4.2. PrestoCast also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Rippple's advantage is ratings volume (88 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Rippple sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PrestoCast asks for nothing beyond the download.
PrestoCast holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rippple has 88 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Rippple's written reviews are positive against 100% of PrestoCast's.
Rippple ships an update every 5 weeks, PrestoCast monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rippple | PrestoCast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (88 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Cador | Joan Boluda |
Customer experience
Rippple
PrestoCast
Bugs and requests
Rippple
Reported bugs
9 issues- Trakt auto log out persists
- App not loading anything
- 404 error when logging in
- Sync issues with Trakt.tv
- Likes and comments routinely fail
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- App icon issue after update
- Cannot hide profile sidebar on iPad
- Splash screen only, app won't open
- Constant authorization requests for Trakt.tv
Requested features
16 requests- iCloud sync instead of Trakt
- Lifetime subscription option
- Sort watchlist by recently added
- Add multiple countries/services to 'Where to Watch'
- Search directly within watchlist
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- Calendar of upcoming episodes
- Dark theme/mode
- iPad app availability
- WatchOS and tvOS app
- Letterboxd integration
- Filter/sort activity by year
- More complete activity view
- Grid view as default
- Option to display specific user-created playlists in 'Up Next'
- Show IMDb score in search and details
- Ability to select year when marking as watched
PrestoCast
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rippple
- Monthly Premium Experience$0.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Experience14 Days trial$8.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium Experience$29.99
PrestoCast
No in-app purchases
