Podbean Pro vs Carné Digital
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Podbean Pro
This app provides secure access to branded podcast content for employees, partners, or customers. It offers features like offline listening, episode searching, and advanced playback controls to enhance engagement and brand building.
- Secure content access
- Offline listening
- Episode search and history
- Advanced playback controls
- New episode notifications
- Comment for engagement
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Podbean Pro is a convenient, secure app for companies/organizations using Podbean's podcasting solution for branded podcasts. It allows employees, partners, or customers to easily and securely access the audio and video content you wish to deliver to them. Podbean Pro offers highly secure channels, user subscriptions, and fully-customizable options and also improves brand building. App Features: • Instantly stream or download episodes for offline listening. • Easily search episodes to find relevant content, view your play history, and save “liked” episodes. • Advanced playback features such as auto-play, skip forward and backward, and sleep timer. • Stay updated on the latest content with new episode notifications and automatic downloads. • Easily comment to increase engagement • Cellular data controls
Carné Digital
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Carné Digital es una aplicación para la identificación y comunicación para comunidades educativas, empresariales, asociaciones, entre otras. Crea tus carnés personalizados desde el panel de control en minutos, y permite que tus usuarios carguen el carné institucional desde cualquier lugar y dispositivo. Identificación personal Solo necesitas del código de seguridad para cargar tu carné, con esto te podrás identificarte fácilmente y acceder a los diferentes servicios: Boletines informativos: mantén informada a toda tu comunidad a través del servicio de boletines informativos, puedes segmentar a quien deseas enviar las publicaciones a partir de la clasificación de tus usuarios (áreas). Solicitudes PQRS: tus usuarios podrán contactar fácilmente a las diferentes áreas de la organización o institución educativa, con esto tu personal puede atenderlas por correo electrónico, el administrador gestiona el estado de cada solicitud realizada. QR dinámicos: aumentamos la seguridad, brindando códigos QR de un solo uso u OTQ One-Time-QR es un código que se renueva regularmente. Registro de ubicación (Tracking): este servicio permite a los usuarios el registro de la ubicación por medio de GPS (Control de acceso – servicios comerciales - fidelización). Información de la organización: en este ítem los usuarios pueden conocer de la organización y contactar con la misma a través de diferentes medios (Teléfono, WhatsApp, Correo electrónico).
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Verdict
Podbean Pro and Carné Digital are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Podbean Pro | Carné Digital |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (255 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 255 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Podbean Incorporated | Herramientas Virtuales CO S.A.S. |
Bugs and requests
Podbean Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Keeps kicking me out
- Can't remove from iPhone
- Podcast menus won't rotate on iPad in horizontal mode
Requested features
1 request- Horizontal iPad support
Carné Digital
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Podbean Pro
No in-app purchases
Carné Digital
No in-app purchases









