Comparison

Pickbit vs PodcastIntel

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

Head to head
About

Pickbit

Features
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Pickbit is a brand new app to create short audio clips to share anywhere, via video clip or link. Create your clips • Pick a video from your Photos app to make a 60" clip. You can use an iOS screen recording from a podcast/video or record one directly from the app if you are feeling creative. Share & See the impact • Share interesting clips with your friends or other Pickbit users and see how popular they are Discover more • Explore the clips of the Pickbit community and find more of what you love

About

PodcastIntel

Discover every podcast appearance of your favorite guests. This app uses AI to identify individuals across hundreds of shows, sending you personalized alerts and digests. Track people, not just podcasts, with smart guest detection and customizable notifications.

Highlights
  • Follow specific guests for appearance alerts
  • AI-powered smart guest detection
  • Personalized daily, weekly, or monthly digests
  • Push notifications for new episodes and guest appearances
  • Search thousands of podcasts and episodes
  • AI-generated episode summaries
  • Dark mode interface
Features
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Your week in podcasts, in one email — from an app that does the tracking for you. PodcastIntel sends you a weekly (or daily) digest of every new episode from the shows you follow, a 3-bullet AI summary of each one, and every appearance by the guests you follow — wherever they turn up. In the app, follow guests, subscribe to shows, read the summaries, save episodes, and get a push the moment someone you follow appears. Other podcast apps follow shows. PodcastIntel follows people. When Tim Ferriss interviews a new author, you'll hear when that author appears on Lex Fridman, Huberman Lab, SmartLess, and a dozen other shows over the next month. No signup needed to start. Open the app, browse, subscribe, follow — instantly. KEY FEATURES • Weekly, daily, or monthly email digest: new episodes, AI summaries, guest appearances • Follow any podcast guest and get notified across every show they appear on • AI-generated episode summaries so you can decide what's worth listening to • Subscribe to podcasts and get alerts for new episodes • Discover trending shows and featured guests • Search across thousands of podcasts and episodes • Push notifications for new episodes and guest appearances • Open the app and start using it — no account required • Universal Links — tap a shared episode and land directly in the app • Sign in with Apple, Google, or email when you want to sync across devices • Dark mode WHY YOU'LL ACTUALLY USE IT Most "follow your favorite podcast" features ask you to remember which shows you like. PodcastIntel asks who you want to hear from — then watches the entire podcast world for them and tells you by email. You don't have to subscribe to fifteen shows just to catch one guest, and you don't have to open an app to find out. Whether you follow journalists, scientists, founders, comedians, or your favorite chef, PodcastIntel pings you the moment they show up somewhere new. START FREE, UPGRADE WHEN READY Free tier: 5 podcast subscriptions, 3 guest follows. No credit card. No time limit. Pro: $4.99 one-time. Unlimited podcasts, unlimited guests, every future update included. No subscription. No recurring charges. Pay once, own it. PRIVACY You can use PodcastIntel without ever giving us your email or name. Until you sign in, you're an anonymous account: your subscriptions and follows are saved, but no email or name is attached. Sign in only when you want to sync across devices or get the email digest. LISTEN ANYWHERE PodcastIntel works as a tracker, not a player. Once you find an episode you want to hear, tap to open it in your favorite player — Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Pocket Casts, or anywhere the show is hosted. We're the discovery layer; you keep your listening setup. Stop missing the interviews you'd actually want to hear.

Screenshots

Pickbit4 screens
PodcastIntel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pickbit at every 6 days against PodcastIntel's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pickbit ships an update every 6 days, PodcastIntel monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pickbit versus PodcastIntel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPickbitPodcastIntel
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB22 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperThe Agile Monkeys SLHector Sahagun

In-app purchases

None

Pickbit

No in-app purchases

None

PodcastIntel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pickbit free?
Pickbit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PodcastIntel free?
PodcastIntel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pickbit or PodcastIntel have ads?
Neither Pickbit nor PodcastIntel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pickbit or PodcastIntel?
Pickbit ships an update every 6 days, and PodcastIntel monthly. Most recently, Pickbit was updated on October 27, 2026 and PodcastIntel on November 5, 2026.

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