Heaps Reader vs Bingecast

Heaps is an RSS and podcast reader for iPhone built around one idea: getting through your feeds should feel good. Organize your subscriptions into colorful collections called Heaps. Pick from 40 colors and custom icons to make each one yours. Then swipe through articles like a deck of cards — left to skip, right to save, up to mark as read. Or simply tap to read now. A progress bar shows how far you've got to go, haptic feedback keeps every gesture satisfying, and an undo stack means you'll never accidentally lose something. When you tap into an article, you choose how to read it. Reader mode strips away ads and trackers while giving you a clean, formatted experience. Browser mode loads the full site and keeps you logged in to paywalled publishers, so you don't re-enter credentials every visit. If you're short on time, article summaries powered by Apple Intelligence give you the gist in seconds. Podcasts live alongside your feeds, too!. Search, subscribe, adjust playback speed, queue up episodes, and download for offline listening — all without leaving the app. Oh, and Ben the Sheep lives in the app too! He's always there to show you around and cheer you on. Key features: Swipe-based card interface for fast article triage Reader mode for clean, distraction-free articles Browser mode with persistent logins for paywalled sites Article summaries powered by Apple Intelligence Podcast player with speed controls and offline downloads Save articles and clips to a personal library Mute words to hide topics you don't care about iCloud sync across devices with no accounts needed Background refresh so new articles are ready when you open the app Import and export via OPML Subscribe to RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds. Follow your favorite blogs, newspapers, and indie publishers. Keep your podcasts in the same place. Heaps makes all of it feel like one smooth workflow.

Bingecast is the podcast player built for bingeing old shows and stories. Found an old show and want to start from the beginning? Pick any episode and turn on binge mode. Bingecast keeps the next few episodes downloaded and ready, deletes each one as you finish it, and pulls in the next automatically. No manual queue-wrangling, no storage bloat. Just press play and keep going. Prefer to keep up with new shows week to week? Standard mode auto-downloads the newest episodes and cleans up as you go, like a classic podcast app. EVERYONE GETS • Binge mode and standard mode, set per show • Background downloads that continue when the app is closed • A full-screen player with chapters, artwork, and lock-screen controls • OPML import and export, plus podcast search — bring your shows from any app • Playback that remembers exactly where you left off BINGECAST PRO ADDS • Real-time notifications the moment a show you follow posts a new episode • Per-show skip intro/outro — jump past branded intros and end credits automatically • iCloud subscription sync across your devices No ads. No tracking. No account required. Your listening never leaves your device, and diagnostic collection is off by default.