Podcast Player App - Podbean

Podcast app: play popular podcasts & livestreams with the great podcast player.

Podcast Player App - Podbean

App stats

Version: 9.5.3 (Last updated: 2024-11-26)
Creation date: 2015-07-21
Permissions
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Microphone: record audio
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Other:
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • pair with Bluetooth devices
  • full network access
  • change your audio settings
  • run at startup
  • prevent device from sleeping
  • read Google service configuration

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App summary

Podbean is the best podcast app / podcast player and audio livestream app on Android with 5 Million+ downloads, 120K+ reviews, 300K+ live show hours, 1 Billion+ episodes downloaded, and an average rating of 4.7/5.

Also nominated as one of the "Top podcast player apps, 50 best podcatchers for Android and iOS" by TCC.👍

Podbean Podcast App is an easy to use podcast player for podcast fans, offering a super clean layout and easy to navigate interface. With millions of popular podcasts to choose from, you can stream or download your favorite podcasts anywhere, anytime for free.

⭐️DISCOVERY / RECOMMENDATION
•  Subscribe to millions of podcast channels including top networks like NPR, CBC, BBC, HowStuffWorks, The New York Times, This American Life and Gimlet.
•  Search by podcast name, episode name, or author name.
•  Browse new/trending/top podcasts by topics or categories.
•  Get customized recommendations based on your play history.
•  Choose audiobooks from bestsellers and classics for FREE.

⭐️PLAYBACK / AUDIO EFFECTS
•  Instantly stream or download podcasts to play offline.
•  Stay organized with customizable playlists.
•  Intelligent speed removes silences from an episode without distortion.
•  Volume boost normalize the volume and make shows easier to listen to.
•  Advanced playback features like auto-play next and Sleep timer.
•  Support mini podcast player widget on your android homepage.
•  Support bluetooth, ChromeCast and android auto.
•  Integrate with Amazon Alexa.

⭐️NOTIFICATION / AUTOMATION
•  Stay updated: Get new episode notification from followed podcasts.
•  Automatic download and option to delete after being played.
•  Support batch mode to download, delete, and add playlist.
•  Settings can be customized by podcast.

⭐️AUDIO RECORDER / PODCAST STUDIO
•  Professional podcast recording studio app with easy-to-use interface.
•  Rich background music and various sound effects to choose from.
•  Powerful post-production including edit, split, merge, and export.
•  Free large space, various promotions, and social sharing.
•  All-in-one audio recorder and podcast creator to make a podcast.
•  Remote group recording, collaborating with invited people.
•  Instant interaction and feedback in the live chat.
•  Cloud server backup, get originals for future editing.


⭐️AUIDO LIVE STREAMING
•  Listen to an exciting variety of live audio shows
•  Engage with the host and other listeners with messages
•  Send gifts to reward the host
•  Call-in to share your thoughts and ask questions
•  Fan Club: recurring income from your most loyal fan base with special live stream privileges.




Listen best podcasts 2020 on Podbean - Podcast App & Podcast Player, including This American Life, Serial, The Joe Rogan Experience, S Town, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, Radiolab, My Favorite Murder, True crime, Criminal, Joel Osteen, The Dave Ramsey Show, ESPN Radio, The Daily, Dirty John, Up First, The Moth, The Tim Ferriss Show, Freakonomics Radio, Startup, Stuff You Should Know, How Stuff Works, Bloomberg, Revision3, Relay FM, PodcastOne, The New Yorker, Showtime, Slate, TEDTalks, NPR podcasts, Wondery, WNYC, 5by5, KCRW, NASA, CBS Radio, CNET, CNN, CBC, BBC and Bill O'Reilly etc.

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • User-friendly layout and intuitive interface
  • Ability to create playlists and customize listening order
  • Wide selection of podcasts available
  • Good recommendations for new podcasts
  • Overall smooth functionality when not encountering issues
Cons
  • Issues with the app's ability to mark episodes as played correctly
  • Frequent playback interruptions or pauses during listening
  • Problems with downloading episodes automatically
  • Inconsistent performance with pressing play on episodes
  • Crashes or network issues reported despite stable connections
Most mentioned
  • Playback issues, including random pauses and app crashing
  • Difficulty with the 'mark as played' feature
  • Problems with automatic downloads for podcasts
  • Positive feedback on the overall user experience when functioning properly
User reviews
In some ways better than stitcher, now no longer free. I'm very satisfied since figuring out how to have episodes automatically added to my playlists. The app works very smoothly. My only niggle is that I'm unable to listen to full episodes of a substack pod to which I'm subscribed. The app downloads 10 mins of the hour+ pod and I'm flummoxed as to how to rectify this. I copied the url into the search as suggested in substack, yet no dice.🤷‍♂️
by Lyle File, 2024-11-02

Great for podcast listeners. Ever since Google podcast went away I've been looking around. Spotify was kind of sort of okay but does stupid things like not allow you to set up cues to listen in what order you want. Amazon was good, but did not have a fast forward within a podcast feature. Pod bean is the answer to everything. You can find every podcast and you can put them in whatever order you want to listen to them
by Curt Fouts, 2024-10-19

Very user friendly, and the best place to listen to a podcast I've recently become addicted to. I've found 2 other places with the podcast archived, but one place only had from 2014 to 2019 and the second place only had 2019 to present and there were a lot of gaps in those 2 places. Podbean fills all those gaps. 2 thumbs up, and HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!
by Matt L, 2024-10-18
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