Fountain vs Podverse
Fountain
fountain.fm
Podverse
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| Figure | Fountain | Podverse |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1/mo | $1.50/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 9 | 2 |
| Spec score · Podcast apps | 8.5 (#16) | 8.9 (#5) |
| Analytics | Fountain provides IAB-compliant download analytics by episode, app, country and device, plus post performance. | Its website uses anonymized, cookie-less Matomo tracking with IP addresses obscured by two bytes. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Intended users | Fountain presents its podcast Enterprise plan for networks and agencies managing a roster of client shows. | The project says podcast networks can use its codebase to create their own podcast app. |
| Offline downloads | Yes | Yes |
| Private feed support | Yes | Yes |
| Product | Fountain describes itself as an agent-ready video podcasting platform for publishing, analyzing, growing and earning from podcasts. | Podverse is a FOSS podcast manager for iOS, Android, F-Droid, and the web. |
| Support | The pricing page lists standard support for Lite and Pro and a dedicated account manager for Enterprise; host migration includes a 30-minute onboarding call. | Support is available by email for bugs, feature requests, podcast requests, content issues, and general inquiries, plus Matrix, XMPP, and Discord. |
| Supported platforms | iOS, Android, web | Web, iOS, Android, F-Droid |
| Episode transcripts | Yes | Yes |
| Video podcasts | Yes | Yes |
Plans
Fountain
- Fountain Premium$2.99 a month
- Lite$25 a month
- ProPrice not published
- PlusPrice not published
- Lite (artists)$1 a month
- Premium (listeners)$2.99 a month
- Lite (podcasters)$25 a month
- Pro (podcasters)$50 a month
- Enterprise (podcasters)Priced on request
In their own words
Fountain
Fountain is a podcast platform for listening and for publishing, analyzing, growing and earning from shows. Its listener app is free on iOS and Android, with offline downloads, transcripts, summaries, chapters, CarPlay and Android Auto; the service also supports web access, video podcasts and private feeds. Podcasters can connect an existing feed without changing hosts, then use archive search, branded clips, social-post drafting and analytics. Livestreams require Fountain hosting. Episodes are transcribed and indexed for searches by guests, topics, quotes or sponsors, or for questions to an agent. Fountain offers MCP connections for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients, plus a plain API. It distributes shows to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube Music and says new shows are listed automatically on Podcast Index. Analytics cover downloads by episode, app, country and device, along with post performance. Plans include Fountain Premium at $2.99 a month, Lite (podcasters) at $25 a month and Pro (podcasters) at $50 a month; other listed plan prices are not provided.
Podverse
Podverse is an open-source podcast manager for the web, iOS, Android, and F-Droid. It supports audio and video podcasts, livestream playback, offline downloads, private feeds, and custom RSS feeds, with OPML import and export. Podcasting 2.0 features include chapters, cross-app comments, and episode transcripts, while Value-for-Value listening supports Boostagrams. Apple CarPlay is available in Free and Premium. Free costs nothing and includes podcast subscriptions, video and livestream playback, CarPlay, Podcasting 2.0 features, and screen-reader accessibility. Premium costs $18 a year after three months free and adds cross-device sync, notifications, clips, playlists, listener-profile subscriptions, and episode history. Podverse software is provided under the AGPLv3 license. The project states official support for iOS 14–16 and Android 11–13. Podcast audio and video load from podcasters’ public servers rather than being hosted by Podverse. Clips can be any length, but dynamic ads may make their timestamps inaccurate.