PodHaven vs UnumPod
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PodHaven
A smart podcast player that offers personalized recommendations, flexible library organization, and customizable playback settings. Discover new shows, manage your listening queue, and enjoy offline playback with transcripts.
- Personalized podcast recommendations
- Flexible library organization with Smart Lists
- Customizable playback speed and silence skipping
- Offline episode downloads
- Synchronized transcripts
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- CarPlay support
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Make room for a better listen. PodHaven brings your podcasts together with personal recommendations, flexible library organization, and settings that put you in control. DISCOVER WHAT YOU ENJOY Find podcasts through search and charts, add an RSS feed, or import your subscriptions with OPML. Rate episodes and let PodHaven learn from your listening. Its recommendation model and scoring run entirely on your device, with reasons you can inspect for each recommendation. BUILD A LIBRARY THAT SORTS ITSELF Create Smart Lists that update as your library changes. Combine filters for listening state, duration, date, ratings, tags, and text. Organize whole shows or individual episodes with custom tags, then choose how your lists are sorted. LISTEN AT YOUR PACE Adjust playback speed and skip intervals. Shorten pauses with configurable silence skipping. Navigate chapters when available, use Undo Seek, and arrange your Up Next queue. Give each podcast its own playback speed, automatic queueing, episode limits, download policy, and notifications. TAKE YOUR PODCASTS WITH YOU Download episodes for offline listening. Protect favorites with Save in Cache and set a budget for temporary downloads. Keep playback close with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets and Control Center controls. Listen on the road with CarPlay. FOLLOW THE WORDS Read transcripts supplied by podcasts or generate them on your device. Follow synchronized text in the player, read at your own pace, and find transcript phrases with Smart Lists. MAKE IT YOUR OWN Customize appearance, artwork, swipe actions, remote controls, and recommendation settings. Import and export OPML subscriptions and share episodes, including links to a specific playback time. No account is required. Explore the complete guide at https://artisanalsoftware.com/podhaven/guides.
UnumPod
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This is a clean and easy podcast player with constant upgrades and improvements. We don't track and gather any information from our users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: UnumPod at 3 against PodHaven's 1. UnumPod also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PodHaven | UnumPod |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Justin Bishop | Unum Solutions |
In-app purchases
PodHaven
No in-app purchases
UnumPod
No in-app purchases








