Harbor vs Podcast App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harbor
This app aggregates content from various sources into a unified timeline. It allows users to customize their reading experience with a unique feed rating system and discover new content through a curated directory. An optional subscription unlocks advanced features for power users.
- Unified timeline aggregation
- Customizable feed rating system
- Curated feed directory
- Add feeds by URL
- Ad-free and algorithm-free experience
- Optional premium subscription
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Harbor is the modern feed reader you didn’t know you needed. Follow the people, blogs, and feeds you care about, with no ads and no algorithms. It’s a feed reader you can browse casually, with the ability to aggregate from hundreds of sources without feeling too overwhelming. Harbor keeps its unified timeline manageable with a unique feed rating system. When you subscribe to a feed, you can tell Harbor you’re a “casual reader” or a “completionist” for that feed. Harbor then tries to ensure that you won’t miss a post from that blog you love that only posts once a month, while still allowing you to subscribe to feeds that post dozens of times per day. New to RSS, or newly returning to RSS? Harbor’s built-in and finely curated feed directory is the best way to find new blogs, newsletters, and websites to follow. Of course, you can always add new websites and blogs by their URL. Harbor Premium is an optional paid subscription for power users who subscribe to more than five feeds. Terms of Use: https://harbor.page/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://harbor.page/privacy-policy/
Podcast App
This app streamlines your podcast listening by showing only the next episode for each podcast you follow. It offers features like playback queues, episode filtering, and a sleep timer. Premium features include custom skip buttons and per-podcast speed control.
- Next episode display
- Playback queue
- Episode saving and downloading
- Filter played episodes
- Sleep timer
- CarPlay support
- Custom skip durations
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Updates shows you the next episode of every podcast you follow. No inbox, no backlog, no clutter. FREE FEATURES • NEXT EPISODES, INSTANTLY — Home shows what to play next for every podcast: the latest episode for news, the next unplayed one for a series. Prefer it the other way? Pick per podcast. • PLAYBACK QUEUE — Line up your next few episodes and they’ll play in order. • YOUR LIBRARY — Save or download episodes, even if you don’t follow the podcast, and arrange them in the order you like. • FILTERS — Hide played episodes or show only today’s updates. • PINNED PODCASTS — Keep favorites at the top. • SLEEP TIMER — Set it and drift off worry-free. • LISTENING HISTORY — Revisit played episodes. • EPISODE CHAPTERS — Skip straight to the parts you care about. • CARPLAY SUPPORT — Pick up where you left off, right from your dashboard. • HOME SCREEN WIDGET — Your latest episodes at a glance. SUPPORT UPDATES Updates is an indie app, and Premium is what keeps it going. Go Premium with a subscription or a one-time purchase, and get a few extras as a thank-you: • Per-Podcast Speed — Let the news fly while music stays in tune. • Intro/Outro Skipping — Skip the fluff and dive right in. • Custom Skip Buttons — Choose your own jump durations. • Personalization — Choose your icon and accent color. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Made with love in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Podcast App at 100% against Harbor's 60%. Podcast App also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.1). Harbor's advantage is update cadence (daily vs fortnightly) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Harbor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Podcast App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Podcast App holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Harbor's written reviews are positive against 100% of Podcast App's.
Harbor ships an update daily, Podcast App fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Harbor | Podcast App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (9 ratings) | 4.4 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pixel Foundry, LLC | Salling Software AB |
Customer experience
Harbor
Podcast App
In-app purchases
Harbor
- Harbor Premium Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Harbor Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Podcast App
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$49.99









