TAG Casts vs Stacks

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.

Stacks is a calm, fully offline reader for the newsletters, blogs, and podcasts you already follow. Add any Substack or RSS feed and Stacks downloads the full articles, images, and podcast episodes to your iPhone so you can read and listen anywhere, even with no signal. On a plane, on the subway, off the grid: nothing buffers, nothing reloads. WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT • Truly offline — full article text, images, and audio are stored on your device for reading and listening with no connection. • A clean, distraction-free reader with adjustable text size, light and dark themes, and a built-in podcast player. • Smart automatic downloading keeps your latest posts ready and manages storage for you. • Fast full-text search across everything you've saved. • Collapsible comment threads, when you want them. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Stacks has no servers of its own, no account, and no analytics. Everything it downloads stays on your device and goes nowhere else. No tracking, no ads. No account is required: just add a feed and pull to refresh. ——— Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Substack Inc.