Podkey vs InteroCast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Podkey
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Your content, distilled. Podkey turns the content you care about into short audio episodes. Stay caught up, on your time. Create a custom recap feed from your favorite podcasts, or get a summary episode for each new publication. Find a link that inspires your curiosity? Podkey distills the key ideas into a short episode. Discover public feeds made with Podkey, or build a custom one just for you. Listen in Podkey or wherever you listen to podcasts. Get the signal, skip the noise. Podkey Terms of Use: https://podkey.fm/terms Podkey Privacy Policy: https://podkey.fm/privacy Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
InteroCast
A private podcast player that runs entirely on your device. Enjoy features like offline listening, customizable queues, and AI-powered transcripts and summaries. Your data stays with you, with no tracking or accounts.
- On-device podcast playback
- No account or tracking
- AI-powered transcripts and summaries
- Offline episode downloads
- Customizable playback queue
- CarPlay and Home Screen widget support
- Shareable transcript clippings
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A calmer, more private way to listen - and to actually engage with what you hear. InteroCast is a complete podcast player that runs entirely on your device. Search and subscribe, build a queue, download for offline, and listen in a clean, editorial design. No account. No tracking. No server in the middle. THE BASICS, DONE WELL • Find shows by name, or add any podcast by RSS URL • "Up Next" queue you can reorder with a long-press • Variable speed, skip controls, and a sleep timer • Download episodes for offline listening • New-episode notifications for shows you follow • CarPlay support and a Home Screen widget • iCloud sync keeps your library across devices • Built for iPhone and iPad, with a landscape two-pane layout GO DEEPER WITH AI (OPTIONAL) Bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic key to unlock: • Transcripts that follow along as you listen — generate them with OpenAI Whisper, or free and entirely on-device with Apple Intelligence • Ask - a chat assistant that knows your exact position in the episode, so you can ask "what was just said?", "summarize so far," or "what's coming up?" • Voice mode — a hands-free, real-time conversation about whatever you're hearing SAVE THE GOOD PARTS • Long-press any transcript line to clip it • Turn clippings into shareable pull-quote cards PRIVACY BY DESIGN Your library, history, downloads, and preferences live only on your device. There's no InteroCast account and no analytics server. When you use an AI feature, the request goes straight from your device to OpenAI or Anthropic with your own key — it never passes through us. Apple Intelligence transcription happens fully on-device. InteroCast is free to use as a podcast player. The AI features use your own API key, so you pay the providers directly only for what you use. A quieter way to listen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: InteroCast at every 2 weeks against Podkey's every 3 months. InteroCast also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Podkey sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and InteroCast sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Podkey ships an update every 3 months, InteroCast every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Podkey | InteroCast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jolly Code LLC | Seud.IO |
In-app purchases
Podkey
- Neo$0.991 Month
- Mini$2.991 Month
- Standard$4.991 Month
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- Plus$12.991 Month
- Ludicrous$69.991 Month
InteroCast
- Small tip$1.99
- Generous Tip$4.99
- Big Tip$9.99








