Podcasts have a very important role in online media because they cover almost any topic. From storytelling and music podcasts to podcasts that talk about politics, economic and scientific issues. They all have their own audience and millions of people from all over the world spend minutes of their time listening to them.
There are some apps for hosting and publishing podcasts. Let’s take a look at the best podcast applications for iPhone and Android. So read the post until the end.🙂
Castbox
Castbox is one of the popular podcasts where many producers like to publish their content. It is completely free and thankfully free of annoying ads.
If you like to improve your English language, it is the right app for you. It supports more than 70 languages and you can download more than 95 million podcasts from all over the world for free. Other good features of Castbox include support for Amazon Echo and Chromecast speakers.
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Apple Podcasts
In the iOS system and on the iPhone and iPad, there is an app called Podcasts by default. By using it you can access a large number of good and strong podcasts. One of the advantages of Apple Podcasts is the very simple and mature user interface of the application, which makes listening to it, a pleasant experience.
With Apple Podcasts, you can download your favorite podcasts and listen to them offline later. Also, by adding podcasts to the list of favorites, you can be notified of new episodes as soon as they are released with a notification.
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SoundCloud
Everyone knows Soundcloud for streaming music, but it also hosts a wide range of interesting podcasts. This is multi-platform and syncs well between mobile and web versions.
It is not as simple as Google Podcasts, and to download and listen to podcasts offline, you must be a premium subscriber. SoundCloud’s Artificial Intelligence has a very important feature that suggests and recommends similar podcasts to you depending on what you’re listening to.💚
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Spotify
Some of the most important podcasts in the world are published on Spotify. It has almost 300 million users. The basic features of the service are free. It has advertisements and offline music downloads. It also has a feature that based on your interest, finds similar music, albums and artists for you. So if you want a song but don’t know what to listen to, spotify radio is a good feature that helps you a lot.
How can i use podcasts better?
✅You can adjust speed.
When listening to a podcast, you can adjust the playback speed faster than normal. This is very useful for reviewing what you have listened to so far, specially when you are using podcasts for learning English. You can adjust the speed in cases where the narrator’s speaking speed is slower than usual for you.
✅It has a15-second jump.
When you are listening to your favorite podcast you may sometimes lose the story or be distracted for a short period. At this time, you can move forward or backward intervals using the 15-second symbol on your screen.
✅You can save your favorite episodes.
You can save an episode so you can listen to it later. Some podcast players will automatically delete the episodes you’ve listened entirely after a while, so save your favorite episodes.
✅You can manage the queue of podcasts.
You can manage the playback queue of your podcasts and decide which episode you want to play automatically after the one that you are listening to now.
What are the best podcast apps, in your opinion? And what kinds of topics you listen to? Share your answers with me in the comments.✍
