CustomPod vs Audioloom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CustomPod
Create custom audio briefings from various online sources like work teams, websites, and news topics. Listen to your personalized updates in any podcast app and access detailed articles or messages for more information.
- Customizable audio briefings
- Integrates with Slack, websites, and news
- Podcast app compatibility
- Detailed article/message access
- On-the-go updates
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CustomPod puts you in control of the content you listen to, allowing you to get updates from everywhere on the internet including your work teams, and favorite websites/apps in a podcast-style briefing of what's going on that day. Get on-the-go updates consisting of what's going on in your slack teams at work, interesting web searches that you want to stay up to date on, as well as what's going on in important topics in the news. Hear them all in a single briefing that you can listen to in your favorite podcast app (most podcast apps are supported) Want more info about any of the details in the briefing? See all of the articles and messages that went into it to learn more about any given update.
Audioloom
Transform written content into engaging audio summaries. Listen to key ideas from your readings while multitasking, saving valuable time. Ideal for students and busy professionals who want to absorb information efficiently.
- Generate podcasts from readings
- Listen while multitasking
- Summarize key ideas
- Save time on reading
- Engaging audio summaries
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Save time on readings with Audioloom! Audioloom generates engaging podcasts from readings. Spend 10-20 minutes listening to a podcast that discusses the big ideas in your reading. You can listen to Audioloom while you're eating lunch or walking to class to save time on readings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Audioloom at none against CustomPod's 1. Audioloom also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.0). CustomPod's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. CustomPod sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Audioloom asks for nothing beyond the download.
Audioloom holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
CustomPod ships an update every 2 weeks, Audioloom every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CustomPod | Audioloom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Napsty, LLC | Darrow Hartman |
Customer experience
CustomPod
Audioloom
In-app purchases
CustomPod
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
Audioloom
No in-app purchases
