List of podcast clients: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 00:23, 22 April 2017

A podcatcher, or podcast client, is a computer program used to download various media via an RSS or XML feed.^[1]^[2]^[3]

While podcatchers are most known for downloading podcasts (generally audio files in MP3 format), many are also capable of downloading video, newsfeeds, text, and pictures. Some podcatchers can also automate the transfer of received audio files to a portable media player. Although many include a directory of high-profile podcasts, they generally allow users to manually subscribe directly to a feed by providing the URL.

The core concepts had been developing since 2000, the first commercial podcast client software was developed in 2001,^[4] and podcasting became popular in 2004.^[5]

When Apple added podcatching to its iTunes software in June 2005, it almost immediately became the most popular client.^[6]

Podcatchers

The following is a list of noteworthy podcatchers or software with podcatching capability.^{[nb 1]}

Title	Description	Website	License	Latest Release Date	Operating System
Amarok	Music player and podcast client	website	GPL v2	August 16, 2015	FreeBSD, Linux
AntennaPod	Podcast manager for Android	website	MIT	February 25, 2016	Android
Banshee	Music player and podcast client	website	MIT	March 18, 2014	Linux, macOS, Windows
Clementine	A cross-platform fork of Amarok	website	GPL	April 19, 2016	Linux, Windows, macOS
doubleTwist	Android music player with podcast directory and podcast support.	website		March 2007	Android
BeyondPod	An Android podcast manager.	website	Proprietary		Android
Downcast	A podcast player for iOS, Mac & Apple Watch.	website	Proprietary		iOS, macOS, watchOS
Feedbooks	Social networking client with support for podcasts.	website		April 2014	Windows
Foobar2000	Versatile audio player with separate podcatcher component	Podcatcher Component	Donationware	April 7, 2017	Windows
Gpodder	Open source podcast client written in Python	website	GPL v3 ^[7]	2016-12-22	Windows, macOS, Linux/BSD
Hootr	A media download solution, supports podcasts, torrents & Magnet	website	Free/Donation	23-12-2016	Windows
iTunes	Music and podcaster client	website	Proprietary	March 21, 2017	Windows, macOS
Juice	A cross-platform podcatcher (discontinued)	website	GPL	2006-07-18	Windows, macOS
Liferea	News aggregator for online news feeds, features podcast support	website	GPL	December 27, 2016	Linux
Media Go	Similar to iTunes for Sony PlayStation Portable	website	Proprietary		Windows
MediaMonkey	Media organizers with integrated podcatcher	website	Proprietary	February 26, 2017	Windows
Miro	An integrated video player with podcatcher capabilities (discontinued)	website	GPL v2	April 16, 2013	Windows, Linux, macOS
MusicBee	Music player with integrated podcatcher	website	Proprietary	March 10, 2017	Windows
NetNewsWire	An RSS and Atom newsreader	website	Proprietary		macOS
NewsFire	A news reader and podcast client that comes with MacOS X. There is no option for independent download	website	Proprietary		macOS
Overcast^[8]	A free podcast client for Apple Watch, iPad, and iPhone	website	Proprietary	Apr 21, 2017	iOS, watchOS
Podcast Republic	Android podcast manager.	website	Proprietary	Jan 29, 2017	Android
Podwalk	A podcast client for location-specific podcasts.	website	Proprietary	Feb 01, 2017	iOS,
Radio UserLand	A blogging tool and RSS newsreader	website	Proprietary	September 6, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-09-06)	Windows, classic Mac OS, macOS
Rhythmbox	Default music management application for GNOME	website	GPL v2	September 10, 2016	Linux
Spotify^[9]	(Podcasts not yet available for most formats) A commercial music streaming service with podcast support	website	Proprietary		Windows, Symbian, Windows Phone, Linux, BlackBerry OS, Android, iOS, Chrome OS, macOS, Sony PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Web
Stitcher	Radio station and podcast client	website	Proprietary		Android, iOS, Web
Uhura	Podcast client based on cloud	website	Donationware		Web, Android
VLC ^[10]	Cross-platform multimedia player and framework	website	GPL v2	2017-02-24	Windows, Linux, macOS
Winamp	Commercial audio player with free Lite option, supports podcasts	website	Proprietary	December 12, 2013	Windows
Zune	Microsoft Media player officially discontinued in June 2012			April 12, 2010	Windows

Notes

^ A podcatcher is presumed noteworthy if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the company and satisfies the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article.

References

^ Herrington, Jack D. (2005). Podcasting Hacks. O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-596-10066-7.
^ Herrington, Jack D. (2005). Podcasting Hacks. O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-596-10066-7.
^ O'Sullivan, Bryan; Goerzen, John; Stewart, Donald Bruce (15 November 2008). Real World Haskell. O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 505. ISBN 978-0-596-55430-9. The idea of a podcatcher is simple. It is given a list of URLs to process. Downloading each of these URLs results in an XML file in the RSS format. Inside this ...
^ Ciccarelli, Stephanie. "History of Podcasting". Voices.com. Interactive Voices, Inc. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
^ Macnamara, Jim (2010). The 21st Century Media (r)evolution: Emergent Communication Practices. Lang, Peter. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4331-0936-2.
^ Braun, Linda W. (January 2007). Listen Up!: Podcasting for Schools and Libraries. Information Today, Inc. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-57387-304-8.
^ "gpodder/gpodder". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
^ Summers, Nick. "Meet Overcast, a new iPhone podcast app from Instapaper founder Marco Arment". The Next Web. The Next Web. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
^ "Say hello to the most entertaining Spotify ever". Retrieved 2015-05-21.
^ "VLC subscribe to podcasts". 13 June 2015.

External links

Comprehensive list of podcatchers at podcastingnews.com - Archived page retrieved from Wayback Machine.
Podcatchermatrix.org compares the features of a number of podcast clients.
Podcast Client Feature Comparison Matrix as a Google Docs Spreadsheet.

[noteworthy-7] A podcatcher is presumed noteworthy if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the company and satisfies the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article.

[Herrington2005-07-1] Herrington, Jack D. (2005). Podcasting Hacks. O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-596-10066-7.

[Herrington2005-10-2] Herrington, Jack D. (2005). Podcasting Hacks. O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-596-10066-7.

[O'SullivanGoerzen2008-3] O'Sullivan, Bryan; Goerzen, John; Stewart, Donald Bruce (15 November 2008). Real World Haskell. O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 505. ISBN 978-0-596-55430-9. The idea of a podcatcher is simple. It is given a list of URLs to process. Downloading each of these URLs results in an XML file in the RSS format. Inside this ...

[Voices2015-4] Ciccarelli, Stephanie. "History of Podcasting". Voices.com. Interactive Voices, Inc. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

[Macnamara2010-5] Macnamara, Jim (2010). The 21st Century Media (r)evolution: Emergent Communication Practices. Lang, Peter. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4331-0936-2.

[Braun2007-6] Braun, Linda W. (January 2007). Listen Up!: Podcasting for Schools and Libraries. Information Today, Inc. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-57387-304-8.

[8] "gpodder/gpodder". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-12-17.

[9] Summers, Nick. "Meet Overcast, a new iPhone podcast app from Instapaper founder Marco Arment". The Next Web. The Next Web. Retrieved 24 February 2016.

[10] "Say hello to the most entertaining Spotify ever". Retrieved 2015-05-21.

[11] "VLC subscribe to podcasts". 13 June 2015.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[nb 1]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 |-
-! Title !! Description !! Website !! License !! Operating System
+! Title !! Description !! Website !! License
+!Latest Release Date!! Operating System
 |-
-| [[Amarok (software)|Amarok]] || Music player and podcast client || [http://amarok.kde.org/ website] || GPL v2 || [[FreeBSD]], [[Linux]]
+| [[Amarok (software)|Amarok]] || Music player and podcast client || [http://amarok.kde.org/ website] || GPL v2
+|August 16, 2015
+| [[FreeBSD]], [[Linux]]
 |-
-|[[AntennaPod]] || Podcast manager for Android || [http://antennapod.org/ website] || MIT || Android
+|[[AntennaPod]] || Podcast manager for Android || [http://antennapod.org/ website] || MIT
+|February 25, 2016
+| Android
 |-
-| [[Banshee (media player)|Banshee]] || Music player and podcast client || [http://banshee.fm/ website] || MIT || [[Linux]], macOS, Windows
+| [[Banshee (media player)|Banshee]] || Music player and podcast client || [http://banshee.fm/ website] || MIT
+|March 18, 2014
+| [[Linux]], macOS, Windows
 |-
-| [[Clementine (software)|Clementine]] || A cross-platform fork of Amarok || [http://www.clementine-player.org/ website] || GPL || [[Linux]], Windows, macOS
+| [[Clementine (software)|Clementine]] || A cross-platform fork of Amarok || [http://www.clementine-player.org/ website] || GPL
+|April 19, 2016
+| [[Linux]], Windows, macOS
 |-
-| [[doubleTwist]] ||  Android music player with podcast directory and podcast support. || [http://www.doubletwist.com/ website]  || || Android
+| [[doubleTwist]] ||  Android music player with podcast directory and podcast support. || [http://www.doubletwist.com/ website]  ||
+|March 2007
+| Android
 |-
-| [[BeyondPod]] ||  An Android podcast manager. || [https://www.beyondpod.mobi/android/index.htm website]  || {{proprietary}} || Android
+| [[BeyondPod]] ||  An Android podcast manager. || [https://www.beyondpod.mobi/android/index.htm website]  || {{proprietary}}
+||| Android
 |-
-| [[Downcast]] ||  A podcast player for iOS, Mac & [[Apple Watch]]. || [http://www.downcastapp.com/ website]  || {{proprietary}} || [[iOS]], [[macOS]], [[watchOS]]
+| [[Downcast (software)|Downcast]] ||  A podcast player for iOS, Mac & [[Apple Watch]]. || [http://www.downcastapp.com/ website]  || {{proprietary}}
+||| [[iOS]], [[macOS]], [[watchOS]]
 |-
-| [[Feedbooks]] ||  Social networking client with support for podcasts. || [http://www.feedbooks.com/ website]  || || Windows
+| [[Feedbooks]] ||  Social networking client with support for podcasts. || [http://www.feedbooks.com/ website]  ||
+|April 2014
+| Windows
 |-
-| [[Foobar2000]] ||  Versatile audio player with separate podcatcher component || [https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_podcatcher Podcatcher Component]  ||Donationware || Windows
+| [[Foobar2000]] ||  Versatile audio player with separate podcatcher component || [https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_podcatcher Podcatcher Component]  ||Donationware
+|April 7, 2017
+| Windows
 |-
 |[[Gpodder]]
@@ Line 37: / Line 54: @@
 |[http://gpodder.org/ website]
 |GPL v3 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder|title=gpodder/gpodder|website=GitHub|access-date=2016-12-17}}</ref>
+|2016-12-22
 |Windows, macOS, Linux/BSD
 |-
-| [[Hootr]] || A media download solution, supports podcasts, torrents & Magnet|| [http://hillbillysoftware.com/ website] || Free/Donation || [[Windows]]
+| [[Hootr]] || A media download solution, supports podcasts, torrents & Magnet|| [http://hillbillysoftware.com/ website] || Free/Donation
+|23-12-2016
+| [[Windows]]
 |-
-| [[iTunes]] || Music and podcaster client || [https://www.apple.com/itunes/ website] || {{proprietary}} || [[Windows]], [[macOS]]
+| [[iTunes]] || Music and podcaster client || [https://www.apple.com/itunes/ website] || {{proprietary}}
+|March 21, 2017
+| [[Windows]], [[macOS]]
 |-
-| [[Juice (aggregator)|Juice]] || A cross-platform podcatcher (discontinued) || [http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/ website] || GPL || [[Windows]], [[macOS]]
+| [[Juice (aggregator)|Juice]] || A cross-platform podcatcher (discontinued) || [http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/ website] || GPL
+|<abbr>2006-07-18</abbr>|| [[Windows]], [[macOS]]
 |-
-| [[Liferea]] || News aggregator for online news feeds, features podcast support || [http://lzone.de/liferea/ website] || GPL || [[Linux]]
+| [[Liferea]] || News aggregator for online news feeds, features podcast support || [http://lzone.de/liferea/ website] || GPL
+|December 27, 2016
+| [[Linux]]
 |-
-| [[Media Go]] || Similar to [[iTunes]] for [[Sony]] [[PlayStation Portable]] || [http://mediago.sony.com website] || {{proprietary}} || [[Windows]]
+| [[Media Go]] || Similar to [[iTunes]] for [[Sony]] [[PlayStation Portable]] || [http://mediago.sony.com website] || {{proprietary}}
+||| [[Windows]]
 |-
-| [[MediaMonkey]] || Media organizers with integrated podcatcher || [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ website] || {{proprietary}} || [[Windows]]
+| [[MediaMonkey]] || Media organizers with integrated podcatcher || [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ website] || {{proprietary}}
+|February 26, 2017
+| [[Windows]]
 |-
-| [[Miro (software)|Miro]] || An integrated video player with podcatcher capabilities (discontinued) || [http://www.getmiro.com/ website] || GPL v2 || [[Windows]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]]
+| [[Miro (software)|Miro]] || An integrated video player with podcatcher capabilities (discontinued) || [http://www.getmiro.com/ website] || GPL v2
+|April 16, 2013
+| [[Windows]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]]
 |-
-| [[MusicBee]] || Music player with integrated podcatcher || [http://getmusicbee.com/ website] || {{proprietary}} || [[Windows]]
+| [[MusicBee]] || Music player with integrated podcatcher || [http://getmusicbee.com/ website] || {{proprietary}}
+|March 10, 2017
+| [[Windows]]
 |-
-| [[NetNewsWire]] || An RSS and Atom newsreader || [http://netnewswireapp.com/ website] || {{proprietary}} || [[macOS]]
+| [[NetNewsWire]] || An RSS and Atom newsreader || [http://netnewswireapp.com/ website] || {{proprietary}}
+||| [[macOS]]
 |-
-| [[NewsFire]] ||  A news reader and podcast client || [http://www.newsfirerss.com/ website] || {{proprietary}} || [[macOS]]
+| [[NewsFire]] ||  A news reader and podcast client that comes with MacOS X. There is no option for independent download || [http://www.newsfirerss.com/ website] || {{proprietary}}
+||| [[macOS]]
 |-
-| [[Overcast (app)|Overcast]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Summers|first1=Nick|title=Meet Overcast, a new iPhone podcast app from Instapaper founder Marco Arment|url=http://thenextweb.com/apps/2014/07/16/overcast-review/|website=The Next Web|publisher=The Next Web|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> ||  A free podcast client for Apple Watch, iPad, and iPhone || [https://overcast.fm website] || {{proprietary}} || [[iOS]], [[watchOS]]
+| [[Overcast (app)|Overcast]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Summers|first1=Nick|title=Meet Overcast, a new iPhone podcast app from Instapaper founder Marco Arment|url=http://thenextweb.com/apps/2014/07/16/overcast-review/|website=The Next Web|publisher=The Next Web|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> ||  A free podcast client for Apple Watch, iPad, and iPhone || [https://overcast.fm website] || {{proprietary}}
+|Apr 21, 2017
+| [[iOS]], [[watchOS]]
 |-
-| [[Podcast Republic]] ||  Android podcast manager. || [http://podcastrepublic.net/ website]  || {{proprietary}} || Android
+| [[Podcast Republic]] ||  Android podcast manager. || [http://podcastrepublic.net/ website]  || {{proprietary}}
+|Jan 29, 2017
+| Android
 |-
-| [[Podwalk]] || A podcast client for location-specific podcasts. || [http://podwalk.org website] || {{proprietary}} || [[iOS]],
+| [[Podwalk]] || A podcast client for location-specific podcasts. || [http://podwalk.org website] || {{proprietary}}
+|Feb 01, 2017
+| [[iOS]],
 |-
-| [[Radio UserLand]] ||  A blogging tool and RSS newsreader || [http://radio.userland.com/ website] || {{proprietary}} || [[Windows]], [[classic Mac OS]], [[macOS]]
+| [[Radio UserLand]] ||  A blogging tool and RSS newsreader || [http://radio.userland.com/ website] || {{proprietary}}
+|{{release date and age|2005|09|06}}|| [[Windows]], [[classic Mac OS]], [[macOS]]
 |-
-| [[Rhythmbox]] || Default music management application for GNOME || [http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/ website] || GPL v2 || [[Linux]]
+| [[Rhythmbox]] || Default music management application for GNOME || [http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/ website] || GPL v2
+|September 10, 2016
+| [[Linux]]
 |-
 |[[Spotify]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Say hello to the most entertaining Spotify ever|url = https://news.spotify.com/us/2015/05/20/say-hello-to-the-most-entertaining-spotify-ever/|accessdate = 2015-05-21}}</ref>
@@ Line 73: / Line 116: @@
 |[https://www.spotify.com website]
 |{{proprietary}}
+|
 |[[Windows]], [[Symbian]], [[Windows Phone]], [[Linux]], [[BlackBerry OS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], [[Chrome OS]], [[macOS]], [[PlayStation 3|Sony PlayStation 3]], [[PlayStation 4]], and [[Web application|Web]]
 |-
-| [[Stitcher]] || Radio station and podcast client ||[http://www.stitcher.com/ website] ||{{proprietary}} || [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], [[Web application|Web]]
+| [[Stitcher]] || Radio station and podcast client ||[http://www.stitcher.com/ website] ||{{proprietary}}
+||| [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], [[Web application|Web]]
 |-
-| [[Uhura]] || Podcast client based on cloud || [https://uhura.io/ website] || Donationware || [[Web application|Web]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
+| Uhura || Podcast client based on cloud || [https://uhura.io/ website] || Donationware
+||| [[Web application|Web]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
 |-
-| [[VLC media player|VLC]] <ref>{{Cite web|title=VLC subscribe to podcasts|url=http://en.kioskea.net/faq/9857-vlc-subscribe-to-podcasts|date=13 June 2015}}</ref> || Cross-platform multimedia player and framework || [http://www.videolan.org/ website] || GPL v2 || [[Windows]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]]
+| [[VLC media player|VLC]] <ref>{{Cite web|title=VLC subscribe to podcasts|url=http://en.kioskea.net/faq/9857-vlc-subscribe-to-podcasts|date=13 June 2015}}</ref> || Cross-platform multimedia player and framework || [http://www.videolan.org/ website] || GPL v2
+|2017-02-24
+| [[Windows]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]]
 |-
-| [[Winamp]] || Commercial audio player with free Lite option, supports podcasts || [http://www.winamp.com website] ||{{proprietary}} || [[Windows]]
+| [[Winamp]] || Commercial audio player with free Lite option, supports podcasts || [http://www.winamp.com website] ||{{proprietary}}
+|December 12, 2013
+| [[Windows]]
 |-
-| [[Zune]] || Similar to iTunes || || || [[Windows]]
+| [[Zune]] || Microsoft Media player officially discontinued in June 2012 || ||
+|April 12, 2010
+| [[Windows]]
 |}

Revision as of 00:23, 22 April 2017

Podcatchers

See also

Notes

References

External links