Podverse vs Up Next
Podverse
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| Figure | Podverse | Up Next |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.50/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Podcast apps | 8.9 (#5) | 7.9 (#27) |
| Cross-device sync | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Offline downloads | Yes | Yes |
| Playback | The service supports video playback and livestream playback. | Playback features include bookmarks, a sleep timer, variable speed, and chapter-aware controls. |
| Privacy | Podverse says it will never sell or share private user data. | The maker says the app requires no account or central server and has no tracking; Apple’s listing says the developer reports that no data is collected. |
| Private feed support | Yes | The app supports private podcast feeds using tokenised URLs and HTTP Basic Authentication. |
| Support | Support is available by email for bugs, feature requests, podcast requests, content issues, and general inquiries, plus Matrix, XMPP, and Discord. | The product page lists iPhone, Apple Watch, and CarPlay support. |
| Supported platforms | Web, iOS, Android, F-Droid | iPhone, Apple Watch; App Store also lists compatibility with Mac, Apple Vision and Apple Watch operating systems |
| Episode transcripts | Yes | The app can generate transcripts on-device without uploading audio. |
| Video podcasts | Yes | Yes |
Plans
In their own words
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.