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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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Google Podcasts: Discover free & trending podcasts
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Podcast Player
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Podcast App & Podcast Player - Podbean
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Podcast Player & Podcast App - Castbox
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Podcast Addict
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Pocket Casts - Podcast Player
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The Podcast App
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Podcast App: Free & Offline Podcasts by Player FM
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Spotify: Listen to podcasts & find music you love
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Podcasts Tracker - Podcast management made easy
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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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Amazon Music: Stream and Discover Songs & Podcasts
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Audiobooks.com Listen to new audiobooks & podcasts
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Apple Music
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SoundCloud - Play Music, Audio & New Songs
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Realm - Podcast App
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Google Podcasts: Discover free & trending podcasts
Google LLC
Music & Audio
A podcast player, from Google. Listen and subscribe to the world’s podcasts.
50M+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
Free![App Store]()
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Podcast Player
Castbox.FM - Radio & Podcast & AudioBooks
News & Magazines
The best Free & Popular Podcast Radio App - Education/News/Music/Comedy/Kids
10M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Podcast App & Podcast Player - Podbean
Podbean - Podcast & Radio & Audiobook
Music & Audio
The podcast app: listen to popular podcasts with the best podcast player
5M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Podcast Player & Podcast App - Castbox
Castbox.FM - Radio & Podcast & AudioBooks
Music & Audio
The best podcast app to manage and listen to the podcast on your phone or tablet
10M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Podcast Addict
Xavier Guillemane - Podcast & Radio Addict
News & Magazines
Podcast, Audiobook, Radio, Player, Youtube and RSS news from a single app
10M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Pocket Casts - Podcast Player
Podcast Media LLC
News & Magazines
Pocket Casts is the world's most powerful podcast platform
1M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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The Podcast App
Evolve Podcast App For Android
News & Magazines
Podcast App for Android - Free Podcasts
1M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Podcast App: Free & Offline Podcasts by Player FM
Player FM Podcasts
Music & Audio
Offline podcast player for streaming trending audio, video & tech podcast shows
5M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Spotify: Listen to podcasts & find music you love
Spotify Ltd.
Music & Audio
Discover new music & play your favorite songs, albums, artists & podcasts
500M+ Downloads -
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Podcasts Tracker - Podcast management made easy
Jonathan ANTOINE
Music & Audio
The best way to manage and listen to your podcast library on phone or tablet !
500K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Spotify: Listen to podcasts & find music you love
Spotify Ltd.
Music & Audio
Discover new music & play your favorite songs, albums, artists & podcasts
500M+ Downloads -
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Audible: audiobooks, podcasts & audio stories
Audible, Inc
Books & Reference
Listen your way. Hear the best audio storytelling from audio books to podcasts
100M+ Downloads -
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Pandora - Streaming Music, Radio & Podcasts
Pandora
Music & Audio
Hand-picked songs by some of the top athletes in the world on UNINTERRUPTED.
100M+ Downloads -
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Amazon Music: Stream and Discover Songs & Podcasts
Amazon Mobile LLC
Music & Audio
Listen to podcasts, trending playlists, hit music and your favorite songs
100M+ Downloads -
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Audiobooks.com Listen to new audiobooks & podcasts
RB Audiobooks USA, LLC.
Books & Reference
Download audiobooks, listen to your favorite podcasts & enjoy bestselling novels
5M+ Downloads -
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SoundCloud - Play Music, Audio & New Songs
SoundCloud
Music & Audio
The 🌎’s largest audio and music 🎶streaming platform, with over 200M tracks 🏆
100M+ Downloads -
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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 634 unique apps (335 Android apps and 299 iOS apps) as potential candidates. -
Additional Review by Editorial Team
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 634 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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