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AntennaPod

AntennaPod is a free and open-source podcast aggregator app for the Android operating system.

AntennaPod
Original authorDaniel Oeh
DevelopersMartin Fietz & Tom Hennen
Initial releaseJuly 2012
Stable release
3.11.4[1]
Written inJava
Operating systemAndroid 4.0+
Available in28 languages[2]
List of languages
Arabic, Azerbaijani, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi (India), Italian, Japanese, Kannada (India), Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
TypePodcatcher
LicenseGNU General Public License version 3
Websiteantennapod.org
Repositorygithub.com/antennapod/AntennaPod

History

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AntennaPod was originally released on July 22, 2012, as Version 0.8[3] and is licensed under the GPLv3 license. The app is a free and open-source software that aggregates podcasts.[4][5][6][7][8][excessive citations] The app was featured on the crowdsourced BoringPhone - a phone intended to eliminate distractions that is an alternative to the mainstream Android phones.[9]

As of May 2025, the app has been downloaded over 1,000,000 times in the Google Play Store and has almost 75,000 reviews, which are largely very positive.[10]

Features

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  • Automatic update, download and streaming of episodes
  • Variable playback speed
  • Atom and RSS Feeds, including password protected
  • Feed import/export with OPML
  • Integration of Flattr
  • Searching for podcasts and synchronizing with gpodder service[11]
  • Support of MP3, Podlove and VorbisComment chapters[12]
  • Support for paged feeds[13]
  • Dark theme

Reception

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In October 2013, Justin Pot at Make Use Of praised the app for being a simple podcast client which was also free of ads.[14] Since then, AntennaPod has remained free of ads and open source.[15]

From 2023, teachers working in government primary schools in Karnataka, are downloading AntennaPod, to access the audio story repository 'Kathe Khajane' (Treasure trove of stories), developed as a part of the 'Karnataka Language Education through Audio-storytelling based Pedagogy' (K-LEAP) program, of the DSERT Karnataka with IT for Change, a NGO based in Bengaluru.[16]

In January 2024, AntennaPod hit 150,000 monthly active users on Google Play.[17]

In April 2024, Kyle Bradshaw of 9to5Google recommended AntennaPod as the best open-source alternative to replace Google Podcasts after its shutdown.[18]

References

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  1. ↑ "Release 3.11.4". 14 May 2026. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Supported languages". github.com/Antennapod.
  3. ↑ "AntennaPod/AntennaPod". GitHub. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  4. ↑ Lifehacker: AntennaPod Is a Free, Feature-Packed Podcast Manager for Android. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ Pot, Justin (16 October 2013). "makeuseof: AntennaPod: A High-Quality, Free Android Podcast App With No Ads". Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Brinkmann, Martin (18 September 2019). "ghacks: AntennaPod is my new favorite podcast player for Android". Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 15 Feb 2020.
  7. ↑ "Podcasts Hören und Clever Verwalten mit Antennapod" [Listen to Podcasts and Manage Them Cleverly with Antennapod]. Online PC (in German). DPA. October 17, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-10-19. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  8. ↑ Cichocki, Grzegorz (27 June 2018). "AntennaPod – test i recenzja otwartoźródłowej aplikacji do podcastów" [AntennaPod - test and review of an open source podcasting application]. Archived from the original on 2019-09-04.
  9. ↑ "BoringPhone created to save you from your mobile addiction". New Atlas. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  10. ↑ "AntennaPod - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
  11. ↑ "gpodder.net — discover and track your podcasts". gpodder.net.
  12. ↑ "Podlove". Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
  13. ↑ "Paged Feeds". Podlove. Archived from the original on 2015-01-24. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
  14. ↑ Pot, Justin (Oct 16, 2013). "AntennaPod: A High-Quality, Free Android Podcast App With No Ads". Make Use Of. Archived from the original on 19 Oct 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  15. ↑ "About Antenna Pod". Archived from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  16. ↑ KLEAP Impact Assessment Report, April 2025
  17. ↑ "AntennaPod hits 150,000 monthly active users". 12 February 2024.
  18. ↑ Bradshaw, Kyle (2024-04-02). "Our favorite Android apps to replace Google Podcasts". 9to5Google. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
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