AntennaPod

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AntennaPod
Original author(s) Daniel Oeh
Developer(s) Martin Fietz & Tom Hennen
Initial releaseJuly 2012
Stable release
3.2.0 [1]
Repository github.com/antennapod/AntennaPod
Written in Java
Operating system Android 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
Type Podcatcher
License MIT
Website antennapod.org

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

Contents

History

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

Features

Reception

In October 2013, Justin Pot at Make Use Of praised the app for being a simple podcast client which was also free of ads. [13] Since that time it has remained free of ads and open source. [14]

In December 2015, Android Police named AntennaPod one of their favorite and most used apps in 2015, saying "... AntennaPod is a capable option that looks great and has all of [the] must-have features...". [15]

In November 2019, Dan Price of Make Use of included AntennaPod as the only open-source player in a list of 8 best podcast applications for Android. He said although it was less well known, it has many good features, including "great memory management tools." [16]

In June 2020, Manuel Vonau of AndroidPolice said open source AntennaPod from F-Droid is a "fine alternative to many proprietary solutions" but its player design could be improved. [17]

In July 2020, Netzwelt listed AntennaPod as their top choice for podcast apps. [18]

According to Jan Spoenle of Weka Media, AntennaPod works as well as its commercial competitors with the only downside of the app being that it doesn't provide an individual playlist function. [19]

Leonardo Banchi of AndroidWorld recommended the application as a free alternative to other podcast apps. [20]

In April 2023, Jon Gilbert and John Bradbury of Android Police recommended AntennaPod as one of the 17 best free open source apps on Android in 2023 [21]

In April 2024, Kyle Bradshaw of 9to5Google recommended AntennaPod as the best open-source alternative to replace Google Podcasts after it's shut down. [22]

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References

  1. ↑ "Release 3.2.0". 3 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  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. ↑ "gpodder.net — discover and track your podcasts". gpodder.net.
  11. ↑ "Podlove". Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
  12. ↑ "Paged Feeds". Podlove. Archived from the original on 2015-01-24. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ "About Antenna Pod". Archived from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Android Police's Team Picks: Our Favorite And Most Used Apps In 2015". Android Police. 2015-12-19. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  16. ↑ "The 8 Best Podcast Apps for Android". MakeUseOf. 2019-11-30. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  17. ↑ "How to completely de-Google your Android smartphone". Android Police. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  18. ↑ Schott, Dimitri; Wittkowski, Pascal (July 19, 2020). "Podcast: Die Besten Apps für Android, iOS und PC" [Podcast: The Best Apps for Android, iOS and PC]. Netzwelt (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-01-11. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  19. ↑ Spoenle, Jan (September 28, 2015). "Antennapod im Test: Podcast-App für Android" [Podcast App for Android: Antennapod Under Test]. Connect (in German). Weka Media Publishing. Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  20. ↑ Banchi, Leonardo (December 15, 2015). "Podcast Semplice per Tutte le Stazioni Radio, con AntennaPod" [Simple Podcast for All Radio Stations, with AntennaPod]. AndroidWorld (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2015-12-16. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
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  22. ↑ Bradshaw, Kyle (2024-04-02). "Our favorite Android apps to replace Google Podcasts". 9to5Google. Retrieved 2024-04-06.


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