Comparing Top 5 Podcast Apps: Spotify, Apple, Google, Pocketcast, TuneIn (Full Transcript)

Speaker 1: What's the difference between all of the streaming apps out there? Does it matter which one you choose? In this video, I'll walk you through five different streaming apps to help you break down which one is best for you based on your device, your listening habits, and your priorities. Spotify is the best podcast streaming app for people who already use it for their music because you can get everything all in one place. Something exclusive to Spotify is that you can create playlists with music and podcast episodes. This is great when curating a playlist for a long drive, when you want to have a healthy mix of both information and mindless listening. You can now watch video podcasts on Spotify rather than just audio. The Spotify algorithm is great at suggesting new shows based on your listening history. The daily podcast playlist is curated for every individual listener based on the shows that they like. This means that every day you can wake up to new episodes picked just for you. Apple Podcasts is the best podcast streaming app for iPhone users because it comes free with your iPhone and you can easily transition to listening on different Apple devices. Something exclusive to Apple Podcasts is the Stations feature. This lets you group podcasts together to suit your needs. For example, you could add your favorite news and current affair shows to your morning coffee station. Whenever your friends share a podcast episode with you through iMessage, Apple will save this in Apple Podcasts under a dedicated shared with you tab so that you can keep track of external recommendations. You have the option to become a paid subscriber to your favorite shows so that you can have access to exclusive content and financially support the show's creator. You can read what other people are thinking about the show before you listen by checking out the reviews. To discover new shows on Apple Podcasts, you can use the browse tab for all different sorts of recommendations. This page includes trending shows in various categories and the most popular episodes and shows on the platform. It also has a you might like section of suggested shows based on your listening history. Unfortunately, you can't listen to Apple Podcasts on Android, but unless a show is exclusive to Apple Podcasts, then you can most likely find it on other streaming platforms. Google Podcasts is best for Android users because you can use voice commands with Google Assistant to play, pause, fast forward, find new episodes, and more. The features of Google Podcasts are limited, making it straightforward to use for anybody who might find other podcast apps overwhelming. When you first start out on the Google Podcasts app, your home screen will be blank, but as you start to listen to and subscribe to shows, your home screen will fill up with new On the explore tab, you can filter through top shows in various categories, and a curated for you tab will suggest based on your listening history. On Google Podcasts, you can't create playlists of episodes, but similar to other podcasting apps, you can add episodes to your queue so you can listen to them in a row. Pocketcast is one of the best podcasting apps out there for people who like to customize their playback experience. You can adjust playback speed, trim out silences, and you can program the app to skip through the first little bit of an episode so that you can skip introductions and get straight into the content. The layout of the app is very clean and user-friendly. Once you subscribe to a show, the cover image of that show gets added to your home screen so that you have a nice grid of all of your favorite shows to choose from. You can manually create filters to help you search through the shows and the episodes that you've already subscribed to. You can make filters on during a show to help you navigate through the show. You can also make filters on duration, release date, and even whether the show includes audio only or audio and video. Like the other apps, you can add episodes to your queue to create a seamless listening experience. If the podcast creator has added chapter markers to their show, then you can skip through these chapters to quickly get to the content that you want to hear. TuneIn is a great all-in-one solution because it features access to live sports, music, world news, and FM radio from all around the world. It offers more than 50,000 stations and more than 120,000 shows, and with the help of your phone's GPS, it will help you find stations close to you. You can search by genre, station, or podcast. A cool feature that the TuneIn app has is car mode. This simplifies the interface to help you find what you want to listen to more quickly and easily if you're driving. The downside of TuneIn is that it won't give you as personalized an experience as the other apps do, but it does give you access to a variety of different audio content. Those are 5 of the best podcast apps out there that you can choose from to be your go-to listening platform. Make sure to subscribe to our channel before you go so you'll be notified every time we post a new video. And if you want to create a podcast on your phone, then check out this playlist of videos next where I'll take you on a tutorial of the Riverside app.