Resonance vs Casterly

Has this ever happened to you....? You're talking to a friend about a great podcast you listened to. Problem is, you can't remember what it was called. However, you DO remember you listened to it while on a roadtrip back in 2016. That's where Resonance comes in. Check out your route history, navigate to the date of the roadtrip, find the podcast, share with your friend! Play any podcast and Resonance maps your route in real time with GPS. See where you walked, drove, or commuted while listening — all visualized on an interactive map with start, stop, pause, and podcast-change markers. Scrub through your timeline or animate your route at 60x speed. LISTEN YOUR WAY - 9 playback speeds from 0.5x to 3x - Customizable skip forward and back intervals - Sleep timer with gentle fade-out - Per-podcast settings for skip intro, skip outro, and playback speed - Background playback with lock screen and Control Center controls - Queue with drag-to-reorder, playlists, and downloads for offline listening MAP YOUR LISTENING - GPS route tracking during active playback - Interactive maps with start, stop, pause, and podcast-change markers - Route animation and timeline scrubber - Routes grouped by day with distance, areas visited, and duration - Reverse geocoding turns coordinates into real place names KNOW YOUR HABITS - Listening streaks, milestones, and personal records - Daily, weekly, and hourly trend charts - Genre breakdown, completion rates, and top podcasts - Full session history with duration and playback speed STAY ORGANIZED - Subscribe to podcasts from the iTunes catalog - Custom playlists and an Up Next queue - Rate and review episodes and podcasts - Download episodes for offline playback - Favorites surface on your personalized home screen YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE - 100% on-device storage — no accounts, no servers, no analytics - Zero third-party SDKs - Export your data anytime as JSON, CSV, or OPML - Import from backups or migrate from other apps - Location permission is requested only when needed, never at launch, and is off by default

Your podcasts, nothing else. Casterly is a clean, retro-inspired podcast player for people who just want to listen. No suggested shows. No algorithmic noise. No cluttered feeds trying to tell you what to hear next. No personal data collected. Just your podcasts, ready to play. Everything you need - Search, browse and subscribe to unlimited podcasts - Download episodes for offline playback - Auto-download new episodes from your subscribed shows - Native Apple Watch companion app with complication - New episode notifications - turn them on or off for each show individually - Save episodes to revisit later - Chapter support - AirPlay support - iCloud sync across your devices - Home screen widget with playback controls - Manually control storage limits Unlock the full experience with Casterly Pro which gives you: - CarPlay support for hands-free listening on the road - Variable playback speed - Sleep timer - Import/export OPML files for easy migration - Add any podcast directly via RSS feed, perfect for indie and niche shows - Helps support a one-person indie app studio Privacy policy: https://sodiumstudio.com/casterly-privacy Terms of use: https://sodiumstudio.com/casterly-terms Proudly made in New England