PDP Control Hub vs PodcastIntel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDP Control Hub
Control and customize the RGB lighting effects on your Afterglow™ Wave Dual Charger. Choose from various vibrant effects, adjust brightness and speed, and ensure your charger stays up-to-date with the latest firmware.
- Customize RGB lighting effects
- Select from Wave, Breathing, and Pulse effects
- Adjust brightness and speed
- Install firmware updates
- Manage charger features
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Customize the RGB lighting on your Afterglow™ Wave Dual Charger with a range of vibrant effects like Wave, Breathing, and Pulse. Adjust brightness and speed to match your mood or gaming setup. Plus, keep your charger up-to-date with the latest features by easily installing firmware updates through the app.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PodcastIntel at 100% against PDP Control Hub's 20%. PodcastIntel also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.8). PDP Control Hub's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and ratings volume (58 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PodcastIntel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDP Control Hub has 58 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of PDP Control Hub's written reviews are positive against 100% of PodcastIntel's.
| Parameter | PDP Control Hub | PodcastIntel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (58 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Turtle Beach, Inc. | Hector Sahagun |
Customer experience
PDP Control Hub
PodcastIntel
Bugs and requests
PDP Control Hub
Reported bugs
24 issues- Bluetooth does not work
- App does not connect to controller
- Nothing shows up when scanning
- Stuck at 'select your device' step
- No connection to iPhone
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- App does not work
- No connection with phone possible
- Cannot click anything
- Does not pick up the headset
- App does not work properly
- No devices shown in the app
- App won't let me connect the controller
- Application does not work at all
- Does not connect to the phone
- Nothing works on this application
- No app support
- No devices shown
- Does not pair to anything
- Stuck on the searching for devices screen
- Controller does not connect to it
- App does not work
- Won't let me connect the controller
- Does nothing for my controller
- Not connecting a device to the app
Requested features
2 requests- Update the app to work
- Clarification on Bluetooth connection
PodcastIntel
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PDP Control Hub
No in-app purchases
PodcastIntel
No in-app purchases









