There’s also a wide variety of podcasting apps available to download on your Android. So, how do you choose the best podcast app? Well, it depends on what you’re looking for, and where your interests lie. The following are 5 of the best podcast apps you should download now.

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1. Podcast & Radio Addict

This app is often considered to be the top free Android podcast app. You can download and stream podcasts in addition to live-streaming various podcasts and radio shows. This app is also compatible with YouTube, your audiobooks, Android Auto, Chromecast, and SONOS, among others. It has all of the major podcast networks (NPR, Ted Talks, BBC, etc.) and is customizable according to your preferences.

2. Podcast Republic

This is a top-rated, free app from the Play store, but it also allows in-app purchases. You can stream or download podcasts for offline listening, play audio and video podcasts, customize the app to fit your needs, and you can even set a sleep timer, among other features. This app also works on Android Auto and Android Wear.

3. Pocket Casts

This app costs $3.99, but it’s well worth the price: it’s well-designed, easy to use, frequently updated, customizable, and has all of the features you want in a podcasting app. It also has Android Wear and Chromecast support.

4. SoundCloud

This is a great, free streaming service for discovering new indie music and podcasts. There are a lot of off-beat, quirky podcasts on SoundCloud, but you’ll also likely find some of your favorite YouTube stars, writers, celebrities, and musicians on this app.

5. Spotify

Your favorite music-streaming service now supports podcasts. Spotify is still adding more podcasts, so it’s unlikely they’ll have every podcast featured in other podcasting apps. Still, if you’re already are a huge fan of Spotify then it might not be necessary to download a separate podcasting app. You can download podcasts for offline listening, as well — a great perk to avoid excess data charges.

The first series, hosted by The Fader’s Editor in Chief, Naomi Zeichner, narrows in on the process behind music selection in today’s most popular TV shows. Three episodes have been released thus far, featuring interviews with the music supervisors from Girls, The OC, and Being Mary Jane. The podcast covers everything from lyrics to soundtrack decisions (based on current pop culture and political movements). Zeichner and her guests dive into the intricacies involved in creating a momentous scene on TV with music choices, especially when it comes to featuring artists and songs that can make or break the mood of the moment.  

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Unpacked, meanwhile, takes on the country’s biggest music festivals, with hosts Matt FX (Broad City’s music supervisor) and Michele Santucci (of Spotify Studios) traveling around the country to interview the creative minds behind festivals like South by Southwest. The Chris Lighty Story will focus on the music industry executive and his part in building the careers of hip hop’s lauded figures LL Cool J, 50 Cent, Missy Elliott, Foxy Brown, and Puff Daddy. The podcast will deal with a range of issues, from Chris Lighty’s own tumultuous path, to the rise of hip hop and the consequences of success.

These projects are the products of partnerships with Panoply Studios (involved in producing Showstopper and Unpacked) and Gimlet Media and Loudspeakers Network (responsible for The Chris Lighty Show). The first two podcasts will be streamed exclusively on Spotify, while The Chris Lighty Show will appear on other platforms just 8 weeks after its release.

Spotify’s objective is to provide opportunities for podcasts to reach the platform’s diverse audience pool, according to an interview between Nieman Lab’s Nicholas Quah and Spotify’s Dossie McCraw. McCraw, who is the company’s head of podcasts, claims that Spotify will be able to help podcast publishers with “creative, marketing, and event production support,” hoping to tap into users’ vested interest in music, music history, and key figures in the development of the industry.

This move comes at an interesting time, as companies like Apple, Pandora, and Spotify are all competing to provide fresh, accessible content to their music-streaming users in novel ways. It will be interesting to see how these platforms progress and evolve as they vie for wider audiences and new angles for streaming opportunities.

BeyondPod Podcast Manager

BeyondPod Podcast Manager is a great app for keeping all of your podcasts in one place. It lets you stream audio and video podcasts from CNN and ESPN, as well as other big-time news stations. Additionally, you can make playlists of your favorite shows and control when and which podcasts you want to have continuously downloaded.

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Podcast and Radio Addict

Offering support for a lot of different platforms including Chromecast and Pebble, this free app works well for all types of podcast lovers. Like BeyondPod, Podcast and Radio Addict suggest new audio and video podcasts for you, as well as letting you customize your download preferences, widgets, and themes.

Podkicker

Podkicker is such an effective app because of its simplicity. It has a ton of useful features like a car mode for driving and a sleep timer. While the free app works well, a measly $1.99 gets you a premium app that doesn’t play any ads and gives you access to the first app updates as they become available. The only problem with this app is that it can’t always find more obscure podcasts.

TuneIn Radio

For those of you who are more old school, TuneIn Radio gives you access to not only podcasts, but also AM/FM radio talk shows and other radio stations. While TuneIn is a great option, the podcast owner has to make their shows available on TuneIn before the app will find them.