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Comparison

Pocket Casts vs Podcast Addict

Pick Pocket Casts when

  • Heavy podcast listeners
  • Cross-platform listeners (iOS, Android, web, Sonos)
  • Podcast discovery seekers
  • Budget users happy on the free tier

When Pocket Casts is not a fit

  • Anyone considering a lifetime purchase
  • Privacy-sensitive users of private podcast feeds
  • Businesses or teams . consumer-only product
  • Casual listeners fine with Spotify or Apple Podcasts

Sources

  1. The Best Podcast Player Apps We've Tested for 2026pcmag.com
    review
  2. Pocket Casts 7: A Host of Improvements Make the App Feel Brand Newmacstories.net
    review
  3. Reddit: Pocketcasts: it's great.reddit.com
    review
  4. Reddit: I've swapped to Pocket Casts and recommend you do the samereddit.com
    review
  5. Reddit: $3.99 becomes $9.99/annually becomes $39.99/annuallyreddit.com
    review
  6. Forum: The new advertisements seriously suck.forums.pocketcasts.com
    review
  7. Hacker News: Pocket Casts, you altered the dealnews.ycombinator.com
    news
  8. The Verge: Pocket Casts is showing ads to people who paid for an ad-free experiencetheverge.com
    news
  9. 9to5Mac: Pocket Casts lifetime members being shown ads9to5mac.com
    news
  10. Ars Technica: Pocket Casts makes its web player freearstechnica.com
    news
  11. Forum: Private feeds shown as public (data breach)forums.pocketcasts.com
    security
  12. Sonos: Pocket Casts on Sonossupport.sonos.com
    official
  13. GitHub: Automattic/pocket-casts-androidgithub.com
    official
  14. Tracxn: Pocket Casts company profile (acquired)tracxn.com
    official
  15. reddit.comreddit.com
    review