Podcast App vs InteroCast

Updates shows you the next episode of every podcast you follow. No inbox, no backlog, no clutter. FREE FEATURES • NEXT EPISODES, INSTANTLY — Home shows what to play next for every podcast: the latest episode for news, the next unplayed one for a series. Prefer it the other way? Pick per podcast. • PLAYBACK QUEUE — Line up your next few episodes and they’ll play in order. • YOUR LIBRARY — Save or download episodes, even if you don’t follow the podcast, and arrange them in the order you like. • FILTERS — Hide played episodes or show only today’s updates. • PINNED PODCASTS — Keep favorites at the top. • SLEEP TIMER — Set it and drift off worry-free. • LISTENING HISTORY — Revisit played episodes. • EPISODE CHAPTERS — Skip straight to the parts you care about. • CARPLAY SUPPORT — Pick up where you left off, right from your dashboard. • HOME SCREEN WIDGET — Your latest episodes at a glance. SUPPORT UPDATES Updates is an indie app, and Premium is what keeps it going. Go Premium with a subscription or a one-time purchase, and get a few extras as a thank-you: • Per-Podcast Speed — Let the news fly while music stays in tune. • Intro/Outro Skipping — Skip the fluff and dive right in. • Custom Skip Buttons — Choose your own jump durations. • Personalization — Choose your icon and accent color. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Made with love in Stockholm, Sweden.

A calmer, more private way to listen - and to actually engage with what you hear. InteroCast is a complete podcast player that runs entirely on your device. Search and subscribe, build a queue, download for offline, and listen in a clean, editorial design. No account. No tracking. No server in the middle. THE BASICS, DONE WELL • Find shows by name, or add any podcast by RSS URL • "Up Next" queue you can reorder with a long-press • Variable speed, skip controls, and a sleep timer • Download episodes for offline listening • New-episode notifications for shows you follow • CarPlay support and a Home Screen widget • iCloud sync keeps your library across devices • Built for iPhone and iPad, with a landscape two-pane layout GO DEEPER WITH AI (OPTIONAL) Bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic key to unlock: • Transcripts that follow along as you listen — generate them with OpenAI Whisper, or free and entirely on-device with Apple Intelligence • Ask - a chat assistant that knows your exact position in the episode, so you can ask "what was just said?", "summarize so far," or "what's coming up?" • Voice mode — a hands-free, real-time conversation about whatever you're hearing SAVE THE GOOD PARTS • Long-press any transcript line to clip it • Turn clippings into shareable pull-quote cards PRIVACY BY DESIGN Your library, history, downloads, and preferences live only on your device. There's no InteroCast account and no analytics server. When you use an AI feature, the request goes straight from your device to OpenAI or Anthropic with your own key — it never passes through us. Apple Intelligence transcription happens fully on-device. InteroCast is free to use as a podcast player. The AI features use your own API key, so you pay the providers directly only for what you use. A quieter way to listen.