Superphonic vs PodWhale
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Superphonic
This app enhances your podcast listening with AI-powered features like topic skipping and transcripts. Discover trending content, control playback with voice commands, and manage your queue efficiently. Designed for dedicated listeners, it offers advanced playback speeds and a car-friendly interface.
- AI-powered topic skipping
- Chapter lists and transcripts
- Community listening discovery
- Siri and CarPlay integration
- Advanced playback speed controls
- Intuitive playlist management
- Car Mode for hands-free operation
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Inbox Zero for podcasts, with easily-skipped ads. The premier podcast player for true fans and power listeners! Superphonic turbocharges your listening with efficient and intuitive design. Experience the best in podcast audio! * Detects and skips ads * Skip boring parts with AI-powered topic/chapter lists and transcripts * Smart Skip can help skip over ads automatically * Control playback effortlessly with Siri and CarPlay * Swipe to quickly decide on new episodes * Drag, filter, and sort your playlist easily * Jump quickly and precisely using the patented Superphonic button * Listen at up to 5x speed with 0.1x speed increments * Use Car Mode to operate the player without looking at the screen Superphonic was designed by people who listen to hours of podcasts a day. It's the first player to focus on making power listeners' lives easier, with an intuitive interface that lets you effortlessly manage your audio world. Revolutionize your podcast experience with Superphonic today! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PodWhale
Enhance your podcast listening with synchronized transcripts, translations, and chapter navigation. Discover new shows with personalized recommendations and curated top lists. Enjoy offline playback and a customizable player experience.
- Synchronized transcripts
- Subtitles in your language
- Chapter navigation
- AI-powered recommendations
- Offline episode downloads
- Customizable playback speed
- Sleep timer
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PodWhale is the podcast app for people who really listen. Follow the shows you love, find new ones made for you, and get more out of every episode. LISTEN DEEPER WITH PODWHALE PLUS • Read along: the text follows what you hear, sentence by sentence. Tap a sentence to go there. • Subtitles in your language: listen to a podcast in another language and read along in yours. • Chapters: skip straight to the part you want, with a title for every part of the episode. • A line with every episode: in one sentence, why an episode is worth your time. Everyone reads along for free for 5 minutes a day. Try Plus free for 7 days. MADE FOR LISTENING • Home shows the new episodes of your podcasts, each with its own line. • For you: recommendations that tell you why they suit you. • The Top 10 of your country, updated every day. • A player that stays out of your way, in the colors of the cover: speed per podcast, your own skip times and a sleep timer that stops at the end of the episode. • Download episodes and listen offline. • Search millions of podcasts, by language too. • Made for iPhone and iPad, in light and dark. INDEPENDENT No ads, and we never sell your data. Plus keeps PodWhale going. Text, subtitles, chapters and the line with each episode are made automatically with AI and can contain mistakes. When in doubt, listen to the moment itself. PodWhale Plus is a subscription, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://podwhale.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://podwhale.app/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PodWhale at 5.0 against Superphonic's 4.5. Superphonic's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Superphonic sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and PodWhale sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PodWhale holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Superphonic has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Superphonic ships an update monthly, PodWhale every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Superphonic | PodWhale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Superphonic, LLC | Thinkaholic |
Customer experience
Superphonic
PodWhale
In-app purchases
Superphonic
- Monthly Premium Membership$3.991 Month
- Tip Jar$0.99
- Bonus Content$1.99
- Tip Jar$1.99
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- Tip Jar$2.99
- Tip Jar$4.99
- Tip Jar$9.99
- Tip Jar$14.99
- Tip Jar$19.99
PodWhale
- Friend - Support the app$0.991 Month
- PodWhale Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
- PodWhale Plus Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
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