PrestoCast vs Castor

PrestoCast is the micropodcasting platform: 60-second episodes that get straight to the point. Record a voice note from the app, add a title and publish instantly. Your content automatically becomes a podcast with its own RSS feed, ready to listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any podcatcher. FOR CREATORS: - Record and publish in seconds, no editing needed - Your podcast gets its own RSS feed from the first episode - Schedule episodes for later - Customizable cover art and episode artwork - Listening statistics FOR LISTENERS: - Discover micropodcasts on any topic - Follow your favorite creators - Listen in the background with lock screen controls - Comment with text or audio - Save episodes to listen later - Share and echo episodes you enjoy PrestoCast was born from a simple idea: not everything needs an hour-long podcast. Sometimes, 60 seconds is enough.

Castor is a simple, beautiful podcast app that respects your privacy. Subscribe to your favorite shows, download episodes and listen at your own pace on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or in the car. FREE, FOREVER • Search for any podcast or add it by its feed URL, including paid ones. Import your subscriptions with OPML. • Automatic downloads of the latest episode, so you can listen without a signal. • Up Next: your episode queue, arranged the way you like with a simple swipe. • Per-podcast speed, chapters, 15- and 30-second skips and a sleep timer. • Alerts for new episodes from your favorite podcasts. • Everything synced with iCloud across your devices. • Widgets, Control Center, Siri and Shortcuts. • "Your Year in Castor": how much you've listened, your favorite podcasts and what kind of beaver you are. CASTOR PRO (one-time purchase, no subscription, with a 14-day free trial) • Transcripts: read what's being said in any episode. Castor uses the podcast's own transcripts or creates them on your device, without sending the audio to any server. (Requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence.) • Search for a phrase across all your podcasts and jump to that exact moment. • Ask your podcasts questions and summarize episodes with Apple Intelligence. • Recommendations for new podcasts, worked out on your device from what you listen to. • Bookmarks with notes, exportable to Markdown. • Smart Queue: new episodes from your favorites go straight into Up Next. • CarPlay: your queue, your downloads and your podcasts on your car's screen. • Apple Watch: download episodes to your watch and listen with headphones, without your iPhone. YOUR PRIVACY COMES FIRST Castor has no accounts, no ads and no trackers. Your subscriptions and history stay on your devices and in your iCloud.