uPod Podcast Player
Free App
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About uPod Podcast Player
uPod is a full featured podcatcher for Android with a beautiful, cover art centric Android 5 design and a unique inbox concept to handle new episodes. It provides everything you need to consume podcasts including an extensive podcast catalog with search capabilities, automatic media handling, integrated audio playback speed control and more.
This version is completely free without ads, spyware or other nasty stuff. Yes, even extended features like the audio playback speed and volume gain are available for free. If you like uPod please rate it at Goolge play, tell your friends about it and/or purchase the premium license which adds the following premium features:
▪ Cloud backup and cross device sync of playback positions, playlist and episode states tied to your Google account
▪ Chromecast support
▪ Chapter navigation (MP3 and M4A)
▪ Sleep timer (stop and end of chapter, episode or after some time)
▪ Podcast specific settings (e.g. auto add to playlist, only keep x latest episodes)
▪ up to two specific sync times per day
Free Features
▪ Audio playback with speed control¹ and volume gain¹
▪ Video playback (including audio only option)
▪ Chapter support for MP3 and M4A/AAC/MP4 files
▪ Support for bluetooth headsets and headset controls
▪ Offline show notes
▪ Drag-and-drop playlist
▪ Coverart centric, podcast colored user interface
▪ Effective inbox workflow for assorting new episodes²
▪ Full automatic download
▪ Resumable downloads
▪ Automatic media file cleanup
▪ Lock screen and notification playback controls
▪ Support for Android Wear (control playback from your watch)
▪ Podcast subscription management
▪ Extensive podcast catalog with search capabilities
▪ OPML import and export
▪ Responsive layout (looking great on phone and tablet support)
▪ Material design (Lollipop/Android 5)
▪ English and German translations
¹) Audio playback speed control and volume gain requires at least Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
²) Inbox: If you have podcasts for which you cherry pick episodes, then the optional »New« view is for you. It displays all new episodes and you can chose for single, all or selected episodes whether you want to save them for later or mark them as finished.
Support
Visit the support site to get help or vote for missing features.
Please contact me through the support site if something isn't working as expected.
See http://upod.mobi to learn how to follow me via RSS, Google+ or Twitter.
Permissions
The following is a list of the permissions required by uPod and what they are used for:
Internet access: Fetching podcasts, downloading media files, syncing, sending crash reports
View network connections: automatically start/stop sync/download when connection state (not connected/Wi-FI/mobile) changes
Accounts: select the Google account to synchronize your playback positions, playlist and episode states with (only premium version)
Read/write external storage: store episode downloads and cache coverart
Prevent from sleeping: keep audio/video playing in the background, perform sync and download in the background
Run at startup: schedule sync as soon as the device started
License check: check whether you've purchased the premium license
This version is completely free without ads, spyware or other nasty stuff. Yes, even extended features like the audio playback speed and volume gain are available for free. If you like uPod please rate it at Goolge play, tell your friends about it and/or purchase the premium license which adds the following premium features:
▪ Cloud backup and cross device sync of playback positions, playlist and episode states tied to your Google account
▪ Chromecast support
▪ Chapter navigation (MP3 and M4A)
▪ Sleep timer (stop and end of chapter, episode or after some time)
▪ Podcast specific settings (e.g. auto add to playlist, only keep x latest episodes)
▪ up to two specific sync times per day
Free Features
▪ Audio playback with speed control¹ and volume gain¹
▪ Video playback (including audio only option)
▪ Chapter support for MP3 and M4A/AAC/MP4 files
▪ Support for bluetooth headsets and headset controls
▪ Offline show notes
▪ Drag-and-drop playlist
▪ Coverart centric, podcast colored user interface
▪ Effective inbox workflow for assorting new episodes²
▪ Full automatic download
▪ Resumable downloads
▪ Automatic media file cleanup
▪ Lock screen and notification playback controls
▪ Support for Android Wear (control playback from your watch)
▪ Podcast subscription management
▪ Extensive podcast catalog with search capabilities
▪ OPML import and export
▪ Responsive layout (looking great on phone and tablet support)
▪ Material design (Lollipop/Android 5)
▪ English and German translations
¹) Audio playback speed control and volume gain requires at least Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
²) Inbox: If you have podcasts for which you cherry pick episodes, then the optional »New« view is for you. It displays all new episodes and you can chose for single, all or selected episodes whether you want to save them for later or mark them as finished.
Support
Visit the support site to get help or vote for missing features.
Please contact me through the support site if something isn't working as expected.
See http://upod.mobi to learn how to follow me via RSS, Google+ or Twitter.
Permissions
The following is a list of the permissions required by uPod and what they are used for:
Internet access: Fetching podcasts, downloading media files, syncing, sending crash reports
View network connections: automatically start/stop sync/download when connection state (not connected/Wi-FI/mobile) changes
Accounts: select the Google account to synchronize your playback positions, playlist and episode states with (only premium version)
Read/write external storage: store episode downloads and cache coverart
Prevent from sleeping: keep audio/video playing in the background, perform sync and download in the background
Run at startup: schedule sync as soon as the device started
License check: check whether you've purchased the premium license
All Application Badges
Free
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Android
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Android app
App History & Updates
What's Changed
Several bug fixes
Several bug fixes
Version update uPod Podcast Player was updated to version 6.3.3
Version update uPod Podcast Player was updated to version 5.1.3
Version update uPod Podcast Player was updated to version 4.5.1
Name changed Name changed! uPod Podcast Player – Trial now is known as uPod Podcast Player.
What are users saying about uPod Podcast Player
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Nice design and fully functional.
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I enjoy that it handles all the feeds just right. Would like to see a feature to automatically skip the beginning or ending of podcast episodes.
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All the features I am looking for (at least almost - renaming podcasts would be a nice functionality) built into a beautiful UI. Impressive work, thank you!
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Chapter cant show
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Junk
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Moved from dog catcher and have not looked back. Appreciate the time and effort spent building this app. Well done.
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Just downloaded the app. I enjoy the layout, so far the best layout compared to other podcast apps that I've tried. But there's not Widget??? A Widget would entice me to give this a 5 star rating.
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Almost perfect. Can the app do quicker playback then 2.5x speed if not will this be considered in the future. Only thing holding me back from upgrading/switching from another podcast app
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Good user interface, support is excellent, no adds, finds all pocasts. Best podcast player I know.
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An excellent podcast player. Please add uPod to Android Auto in the next update.
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Works pretty well.. Syncs with all my devices..
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A very well laid out app but some features will require a read of the manual ie not as intuative as it could be. Recent downloads immediately accessible which is why I changed over from Pocketcast as there you would have to scroll to the very end of your list to see the most recent. This is a beautiful product.
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Works well.
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You forced me to sign into Google Drive. I lost all my podcasts and favorites. Now nothing streams.. Finally got everything streaming, but had to uninstall and reinstall many times and no favorites. Had to download another app and then copy podcast links.. One of myi podcasts is now limited to 100 episodes, so favorites unrecoverable.
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As user of multiple Android devices and podcast enthusiast I really enjoy the synchronisation capabilities of this app. Also the simple, clean and elegant design and the subscription and management features amaze me!
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UI isn't that intuitive, plus a lot of the features are walled off and only accessible in the premium version.
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It works well, what else can I say?
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By far one of the best podcast players especially when it comes to chapter marks.
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It was usable till I was looking at that huge loan add. Deleting now.
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Good application. One stop for podcast lovers.
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Legal
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I enjoy that it handles all the feeds just right. Deducted a star because I do experience stuttering when using the faster playback, and I can't automatically skip the start or end to an episode. This is the better of PocketCasts, but it could be perfect.
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Some of the controls need to be bigger. Tiny even on a 6 inch phone. Suggest a car related button mode
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I love it, but I wish there was a night mode or dark theme.
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All the features I am looking for (at least almost - renaming podcasts would be a nice functionality) built into a beautiful UI. Impressive work, thank you!
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Chapter cant show
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Cool
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Junk
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The undisputed king of podcatchers on Android. Suffers from none of the errors with sync and playback that commonly plague its competitors. Sven is a really responsive developer and really cares about his users. There's one small issue with the way episodes are identified but I've been assured that this will be fixed. When this is done the app will be an unqualified market leader. Would recommended.
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This is the best podcasting app if you want to download episodes instead of streaming. It makes my car commute much more enjoyable
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It picks up from where I left off and even if I decide to listen to sth else, when it's over, it resumes the one I was listening to.
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Moved from dog catcher and have not looked back. Appreciate the time and effort spent building this app. Well done.
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Super App, schneller und sehr hilfsbereiter Support!
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By far the cleanest looking podcast app, lots of options for however you like to listen, with few issues on the back end. Really give it a shot, it's better than whatever you're currently using! A few features that I would like though... Thanks for this app.
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It's good for three reasons: it's fast, beautiful and easy to manage. It's bad for one reason that kills the app regardless of the good things: it downloads when I just wanna listen. I've disabled everything in the settings but it continues downloading. Uninstalled.
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Just downloaded the app. I enjoy the layout, so far the best layout compared to other podcast apps that I've tried. But there's not Widget??? A Widget would entice me to give this a 5 star rating.
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Testing my trial period ans it looks like awsome. Its a beatiful, simple, organized and helpful app for podcast. I have been looking for an alternative for my old Instacast (iOS app) and this one is ok, works for me. I guess I am going to buy the complete version.
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I fiddle with this for about 10 minutes but couldn't find a import feature. This seems like an standard feature based on my experience with other podcast apps.
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Simple and fast.
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This was on OK podcast player. But, now it tells me I need to log on to Google Drive to use it. I'm probably just a Luddite, but I don't see a reason for this except to allow Google to mine yet more of my data.