PodHaven vs Orca

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.

Orca is a private, thoughtful podcast player built around better listening. Make every episode sound better with on-device audio analysis: • Shorten silences while preserving a natural conversational rhythm • Enhance speech for clearer voices • Detect music and preserve musical timing • Generate searchable, time-indexed transcripts directly on your device • Follow along with transcripts as you listen Orca also includes powerful podcast essentials: offline downloads, playlists, chapters, playback speed controls, sleep timers, queues, CarPlay support, and flexible episode organization. Privacy is a priority. Audio analysis and transcript generation happen on-device. Your downloaded audio is never uploaded to a server for processing, and generated transcripts remain on your device. Optional iCloud Sync stores only library information and playback state in your private iCloud account—downloaded audio stays local. Listen more clearly. Keep control of your library. Keep your data private.