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A podcast client, podcatcher, or podcast app, is a computer program or mobile app used to stream or download podcasts, via an RSS or XML feed. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] While podcast clients are best known for streaming and downloading audio podcasts, many can also download video podcasts, newsfeeds , text, and pictures.
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 January 2024 AntennaPod has hit 150,000 monthly active users on Google Play. [22]
Apple Podcasts (known as simply Podcasts in Apple operating systems) is an audio streaming service and media player application developed by Apple Inc. for playing podcasts. Apple began supporting podcasts with iTunes 4.9 released in June 2005 and launched its first standalone mobile app in 2012.
AAC and such music downloading services later formed the foundation for the Apple iPod and iTunes. [ 27 ] The first production-volume portable digital audio player was The Audible Player (also known as MobilePlayer, or Digital Words To Go) from Audible.com available for sale at the end of 1997, for $199.
iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management utility developed by Apple.It is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems, and can be used to rip songs from CDs as well as playing content from dynamic, smart playlists.
The Podcasts apps lets users download, subscribe to and sync podcasts. The iTunes U app gives access to iTunes U educational material. Originally, mobile users had to be connected to a Wi-Fi network in order to enter the store, hence its original name: iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store .
The service allows users to purchase and download new apps for their device through either the App Store on the device, or through the iTunes Store on the iTunes desktop software. [24] [25] While Apple has been criticised by some for how it operates the App Store, it has been a major financial success for the company. [26]
The winner of the 2014 [1] and the 2016 [2] People's Voice Webby Award, [3] the show is downloaded more than 1 million times per week and is consistently on iTunes’ Top 10 podcast rankings. [4] Stuff You Should Know's "beautifully, beautifully done" production has set "the audio standard," according to podcast reviewers Pod on Pod .