Comparison

TAG Casts vs FeedWatch

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TAG Casts

Organize your favorite podcast episodes with custom tags. This lightweight, ad-free app allows you to quickly tag episodes, filter by keywords, and download them for offline listening. Enjoy a privacy-friendly experience with no account or data collection required.

Highlights
  • Tag episodes in one tap
  • Smart caching and instant resume
  • Filter episodes by keywords
  • Download episodes to device
  • Manage downloaded episodes
  • Ad-free experience
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If you listen to a lot of podcasts and want a simple way to organize your favorite episodes with tags, this app is for you. I originally built it for myself, and I’m excited to share it with you. It’s lightweight, ad-free, and privacy-friendly — no account required and no personal data collected. Give it a try and let me know what you think! Key Features: * Tag episodes in one tap — quickly tag your favorite episodes as you listen. * Smart caching & instant resume — automatically caches recently played episodes and lets you continue right where you left off. * Filter episodes by keywords. * Download episodes to device. * Manage downloaded episodes.

About

FeedWatch

Stay informed with breaking news, live radio, and podcasts in one app. Features a newspaper-style layout on iPad and a dual-page view on iPhone. Offers real-time updates from global sources and on-device AI summaries.

Highlights
  • Breaking news aggregation
  • Live radio streaming
  • Podcast discovery and playback
  • Customizable RSS feeds
  • On-device AI summaries
  • Real-time notifications
  • Newspaper-style layout on iPad
Features
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FeedWatch is your all-in-one app to stay informed: breaking news, live radio and podcasts, all in one place. IN BETA — GROWING FAST FeedWatch is in beta and constantly expanding: we add new countries, sources and podcasts all the time. If your country or source isn't here yet, it's on the way — tell us and we'll add it. Free for now. NOW ON IPAD A newspaper-style front page: lead story, photos and the latest headlines in a column, every section as a page of its own. The full article opens in reader mode, live TV lives in a small window while you keep reading, podcasts get a page of their own. Keyboard shortcuts, dark mode, from iPadOS 16.4. FEEDWATCH ON IPAD On iPad, FeedWatch becomes a newspaper: a front page with the lead story, the latest headlines and a band for every section. Articles open in full in reader mode, live TV (37 official channels) keeps playing in a small window while you read, and Listen puts your podcasts on a shelf. Keyboard shortcuts, and support back to iPadOS 16.4 for older iPads. AND ON IPHONE DUO Closed, a phone; open, a newspaper. A full front page in portrait, two pages split on the crease in landscape: the article opens like a book on one side, the latest headlines, live TV and the podcast you're listening to stay on the other. Close and reopen whenever you like: the article stays where it was and the audio never stops. YOUR FAVORITE TEAM Follow your favorite team — football, basketball, F1, MotoGP, rugby, cricket and more: 543 teams across 37 countries — and its news flows straight into the Sport tab, with its own quick filter. REAL-TIME NEWS 200+ Italian and international sources: politics, business, tech, sport, culture and more. Customisable RSS feeds, instant updates, reader mode, on-device AI summaries. RADIO FROM AROUND THE WORLD Stream live radio from your favourite stations and discover thousands of broadcasts from 28+ countries, powered by RadioBrowser, the world's largest open radio directory. Add in one tap, remove with a swipe. MILLIONS OF PODCASTS Search 30 million podcasts on iTunes — add and listen free. Add any podcast via RSS, import/export OPML. ON-DEVICE AI Automatic summaries generated locally on your iPhone or iPad. No data ever sent to external servers. CUSTOM ALERTS Instant notifications for keywords you care about. APPLE WATCH AND WIDGETS Live headlines on your wrist and Home Screen. Total privacy: no account, no tracking, no data collected.

Screenshots

TAG Casts4 screens
FeedWatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FeedWatch at every 4 days against TAG Casts's monthly. On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TAG Casts ships an update monthly, FeedWatch every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
TAG Casts versus FeedWatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTAG CastsFeedWatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLiang LiGiuseppe Arbia

Customer experience

TAG Casts

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FeedWatch

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TAG Casts

No in-app purchases

None

FeedWatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TAG Casts free?
TAG Casts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FeedWatch free?
FeedWatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TAG Casts or FeedWatch have ads?
Neither TAG Casts nor FeedWatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TAG Casts or FeedWatch?
TAG Casts ships an update monthly, and FeedWatch every 4 days. Most recently, TAG Casts was updated on November 8, 2026 and FeedWatch on November 9, 2026.

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