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Best 10 Apps for Listening to Podcasts
Download, subscribe and listen to your favorite top podcasts on the go using the best podcasting apps on the market.
About Podcasts
Podcasts are audio and video episodes that can be downloaded to computers or mobile devices for offline listening. Podcasts topics include politics, business, cooking, storytelling, and more.
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Pocket Casts - Podcast Player
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Spotify: Listen to podcasts & find music you love
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Audible: audiobooks, podcasts & audio stories
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Pandora - Streaming Music, Radio & Podcasts
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Audiobooks.com Listen to new audiobooks & podcasts
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Amazon Music: Stream and Discover Songs & Podcasts
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Deezer Music Player: Songs, Playlists & Podcasts
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TIDAL Music - Hifi Songs, Playlists, & Videos
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Google Podcasts
A podcast player, from Google. Listen and subscribe to the world’s podcasts.4.6 Ratings 476K+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsFreeFree![Google Play]()
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Podcast Player & Podcast App - Castbox
The best podcast app to manage and listen to the podcast on your phone or tablet4.8 Ratings 324K+ Reviews 10M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Podcast Player
The best Free & Popular Podcast Radio App - Education/News/Music/Comedy/Kids4.7 Ratings 230K+ Reviews 10M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Podcast App & Podcast Player - Podbean
Podcast app: play popular podcasts & livestreams with the best podcast player.4.8 Ratings 182K+ Reviews 5M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Podcast Addict
Podcast, Audiobook, Radio, Player, Youtube and RSS news from a single app4.7 Ratings 545K+ Reviews 10M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Podcast Guru
Simply the best podcast app free for Android: Your fun, no-fuss podcast player4.7 Ratings 4K+ Reviews 100K+ DownloadsFree Fresh In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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The Podcast App
Podcast App for Android - Free Podcasts4.8 Ratings 222K+ Reviews 1M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Podcast Republic - Podcast Player & Podcast App
Podcasts, Radio, Audiobook and RSS news all in one highly customizable app.4.6 Ratings 90K+ Reviews 1M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Pocket Casts - Podcast Player
Pocket Casts is the world's most powerful podcast platform4.2 Ratings 76K+ Reviews 1M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich In App Purchases -
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Podcasts Tracker - Podcast management made easy
The best way to manage and listen to your podcast library on phone or tablet !4.5 Ratings 4K+ Reviews 500K+ DownloadsFree In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Pocket Casts - Podcast Player
Pocket Casts is the world's most powerful podcast platform4.2 Ratings 76K+ Reviews 1M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich In App Purchases -
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Spotify: Listen to podcasts & find music you love
Discover new music & play your favorite songs, albums, artists & podcasts4.6 Ratings 42M+ Reviews 1B+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh 1M+ Reviews -
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Audible: audiobooks, podcasts & audio stories
Listen to a library of original content & stories from audio books to podcasts4.8 Ratings 5M+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh 1M+ Reviews -
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Pandora - Streaming Music, Radio & Podcasts
Hand-picked songs by some of the top athletes in the world on UNINTERRUPTED.4.6 Ratings 13M+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh In App Purchases 1M+ Reviews -
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Audiobooks.com Listen to new audiobooks & podcasts
Download audiobooks, listen to your favorite podcasts & enjoy bestselling novels4.6 Ratings 114K+ Reviews 5M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh -
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Amazon Music: Stream and Discover Songs & Podcasts
Listen to podcasts, trending playlists, hit music and your favorite songs4.5 Ratings 4M+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh 1M+ Reviews -
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Deezer Music Player: Songs, Playlists & Podcasts
Deezer is a world of music in your pocket - listen anytime, anywhere! 🏃♂️🎶🌎4.5 Ratings 3M+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh In App Purchases 1M+ Reviews -
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TIDAL Music - Hifi Songs, Playlists, & Videos
Stream the highest quality music by track, artist, or album - ad-free.4.3 Ratings 188K+ Reviews 10M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich
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How We Choose The Best Apps
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Broad Search
Our unique algorithm scoured the App Store and Google Play Store by searching downloading podcasts and podcasts. From there, we retrieved a total of 618 unique apps (319 Android apps and 299 iOS apps) as potential candidates. -
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Finally, our editorial team checks all apps in our best 10 list one by one to make sure these apps are of the highest quality. -
Filter only high-quality apps
We then selected the highest quality apps from the 618 apps listed. We compared the number of stars, downloads, and reviews along with the velocity of these apps to create a list of the Best Apps for Listening to Podcasts for both Android & iOS.
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