Comparison

Fountain vs DriveBunch

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

Head to head
About

Fountain

This app is a modern podcast player with social features that connect listeners with creators. Discover new shows, share audio clips, and engage with other fans. Earn rewards for your contributions and support your favorite podcasts.

Highlights
  • Extensive podcast library
  • Customizable playlists and queues
  • Offline listening and CarPlay support
  • Chapter navigation and transcripts
  • Audio clip sharing with subtitles
  • Direct creator support (Boosts & Streams)
  • Community engagement and commenting
Features
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Fountain connects a global community of fans with millions of podcasts and emerging music artists. WHY LISTENERS LOVE FOUNTAIN: • Support your favourite podcasts and music artists directly by sending a payment from the player • Top up in seconds with your credit card or transfer funds from apps like CashApp, Coinbase or Strike • Join in the conversation with podcast hosts, music artists and other fans in the comments • Share podcast clips with your followers or save them as videos to post on any social media app • Create playlists and explore curated collections on diverse topics and music genres • Follow your friends to see their latest activity in your feed and discover new music and podcasts • Get paid by other listeners when they zap your clips, comments or playlists FLOWING WITH FEATURES: • Listen to any podcast and music live, offline or in the car with CarPlay • Automatically build a playback queue of your favourite shows synced across all devices • Navigate podcast chapters effortlessly and enjoy custom chapter artwork • Search accurate podcast transcripts for every episode in all languages • Enable or disable notifications to be the first to know when new episodes are released • Create custom filters for the podcasts you follow and personalise your library view • Choose your auto-downloads, auto queue and playback speed preferences for each podcast • Import your followed shows from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast and other podcast apps via OPML Privacy Policy: https://fountain.fm/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DriveBunch

Features
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DriveBunch is where you keep every car you've ever driven. Add a car, rate it out of ten, and write down what it was like. Your garage becomes a record of everything you've been behind the wheel of, from the everyday to the once-in-a-lifetime. • Log any car from a growing database of manufacturers, models, generations and trims, or add one that isn't there yet. • Rate each drive and write a note. • Add photos to remember the ones that mattered. • Keep a Dream Garage of cars you still want to drive, and move them across once you have. • Join communities of drivers: see each other's garages, follow new drives and react to them. • Sign in with Apple, Google or email. Your garage stays private until you join a community. Members of that community see your driven cars, ratings, photos and notes. Your Dream Garage and your email are never shown. There are no ads, and you can delete your account and everything in it at any time.

Screenshots

Fountain4 screens
DriveBunch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DriveBunch at none against Fountain's 1. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fountain sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. DriveBunch asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fountain ships an update every 10 days, DriveBunch fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Fountain versus DriveBunch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFountainDriveBunch
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (455 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings455 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB8 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFountain Labs Ltd.Diogo Soares

Bugs and requests

Fountain

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Podcast playback randomly stops or resets
  • Sat earnings counter resets unexpectedly
  • Podcast subscriptions and downloads not working reliably

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improve podcast management (queue, history, etc.)
  • Add volume boost and playback speed options
  • Provide better support and communication

DriveBunch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fountain

Subscriptions1
  • Fountain Premium$2.991 Month
None

DriveBunch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fountain free?
Fountain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DriveBunch free?
DriveBunch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fountain or DriveBunch have ads?
Neither Fountain nor DriveBunch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fountain or DriveBunch?
Fountain ships an update every 10 days, and DriveBunch fortnightly. Most recently, Fountain was updated on November 3, 2026 and DriveBunch on October 31, 2026.

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