Comparison

SynthPlayer vs Earchelon Podcast App

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

Head to head
About

SynthPlayer

Stream internet radio and live audio from any URL on your iOS, iPadOS, or macOS devices. Enjoy a seamless, user-friendly experience with cross-device syncing and the ability to cast to various speakers and devices.

Highlights
  • Listen to internet streams
  • Cross-device listening experience
  • User-friendly interface
  • Stream to speakers and AirPlay
  • Organize favorite stations
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SynthPlayer is a powerful and versatile app designed for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, providing an immersive audio streaming experience. With SynthPlayer, you can effortlessly listen to internet streams, all within a beautifully designed and user-friendly interface. - Listen Internet Streams: Simply add the URL of your favorite audio streams, and SynthPlayer will seamlessly connect you to a world of music, podcasts, news, and more. - Listen Across Your Devices: Whether you’re on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, SynthPlayer ensures a seamless listening experience across all your devices. Start listening on one device and continue right where you left off on another, without missing a beat. - User-Friendly Design: SynthPlayer is designed to make your audio streaming experience intuitive and enjoyable. Effortlessly navigate through stations, organize your favorites. - Stream to Speakers: SynthPlayer offers extensive compatibility, allowing you to stream audio to various devices. Whether it’s your headphones, speakers, computers, TVs, via AirPlay, or even your car, enjoy your streams wherever you go and on the devices that suit your preferences. Website: https://lixel.co/apps/synthplayer Privacy Policy: https://lixel.co/apps/synthplayer/privacy Terms and Conditions: https://lixel.co/apps/synthplayer/terms

About

Earchelon Podcast App

This podcast player prioritizes your favorite shows, allowing you to search, download, and queue episodes for free. A seven-day premium preview offers access to advanced features like smart playlists and automatic queue building. Continue listening for free after the trial or upgrade for enhanced automation.

Highlights
  • Prioritize favorite podcasts
  • Search and discover new shows
  • Download episodes for offline listening
  • Build custom listening queues
  • Smart Playlists with automatic updates
  • Playback speed adjustment and sleep timer
  • Resume saved progress
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Your podcasts. Your priorities. Start listening for free. Earchelon is a podcast player built around one simple idea: the shows that matter most to you should play first. Search for podcasts, download episodes, and build your own listening queue for free. TRY EVERY FEATURE FOR SEVEN DAYS Your seven-day Premium preview starts when you first open this version of Earchelon. No purchase or subscription is required, and the preview never charges you automatically. Try Smart Playlists, podcast priorities, and rotation with your own shows. After the preview, keep listening for free. Your podcasts, downloads, saved playlist rules, and already queued episodes stay with you. Upgrade only if you want Smart Playlists to keep building and updating your queue automatically. FREE LISTENING • Search for podcasts and discover new recommendations • Stream episodes or download them for offline listening • Add episodes to your queue manually • Adjust playback speed, skip forward or backward, and use a sleep timer • Use bookmarks, show notes, chapters where available, and episode controls • Find unfinished episodes and resume saved progress • Continue listening from widgets, the Lock Screen, and CarPlay • Receive new-episode notifications • Back up and restore your podcast library EARCHELON PREMIUM • Build Smart Playlists for different moods, interests, or routines • Automatically gather unplayed episodes by podcast, category, episode age, and other rules • Rank podcasts separately within each playlist • Rotate between shows in your preferred order • Keep playlists and their active listening queues updated as episodes arrive Existing active subscribers and Lifetime owners retain Premium access. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled through Apple. The automatic seven-day app preview is the only trial; confirming a paid plan with Apple starts that purchase. Lifetime Access is a one-time purchase and does not cancel an existing subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SynthPlayer3 screens
Earchelon Podcast App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Earchelon Podcast App at every 3 days against SynthPlayer's monthly. SynthPlayer's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. SynthPlayer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per 3 months and Earchelon Podcast App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SynthPlayer against 5.0 for Earchelon Podcast App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SynthPlayer ships an update monthly, Earchelon Podcast App every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SynthPlayer versus Earchelon Podcast App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSynthPlayerEarchelon Podcast App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB14 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperERM MUHENDISLIK ELEKTRIK ELEKTRONIK SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETIRipley Forge LLC

Customer experience

SynthPlayer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Earchelon Podcast App

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SynthPlayer

Subscriptions2
  • 3 Months3 Days trial$14.993 Months
  • Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
3 purchases

Earchelon Podcast App

Subscriptions2
  • Earchelon Monthly Access$2.491 Month
  • Earchelon Yearly Access$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Earchelon Lifetime Access$39.99

Questions

Is SynthPlayer free?
SynthPlayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Earchelon Podcast App free?
Earchelon Podcast App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SynthPlayer or Earchelon Podcast App?
SynthPlayer and Earchelon Podcast App are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SynthPlayer or Earchelon Podcast App have ads?
Neither SynthPlayer nor Earchelon Podcast App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SynthPlayer or Earchelon Podcast App?
SynthPlayer ships an update monthly, and Earchelon Podcast App every 3 days. Most recently, SynthPlayer was updated on November 3, 2026 and Earchelon Podcast App on October 31, 2026.

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