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AntennaPod is good if you value FLOSS over UX, but I continue to get my money's worth from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.po... (it's IAP, so you don't have to pay to try it)

I just happen to still have my notes where I was evaluating players a while back and here's why I chose Podcast Addict over AntennaPod, with this written from the perspective of "why not AntennaPod"

* auto download should be configurable per podcast, ideally with number of episodes to retain

* auto skip intro, outro seconds should be configurable per podcast

* delete from Queue view doesn't remove it from the queue nor even mark it as played

* ui treatment makes currently playing overlap with the played marker on queue items

* bamboo menu for an episode should offer delete

* delete and remove from queue doesn't clear it from the now playing bar

* it should stop after episode if sleep timer is active <-- this one is a solid, 100% deal breaker for any app that doesn't support it



I had moved from Podcast Addict to Google Podcasts.

PA is slanted way to heavily towards the power user. I just want to see my feed chronologically, pick one and hit play.


I've just tried AntennaPod.

Unless there's some setting I am missing, I think it doesn't let you search for podcast episodes and then play them without subscribing to a podcast. In that respect, Google podcasts is better.


I believe you are correct, since unsubbing from a podcast will likewise delete all episodes associated with that podcast.




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