Escapepod

Place

#47 of 55

Chart

Score

6.2

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Escapepod, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Escapepod's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Escapepod	Free	Android podcast player · MIT License

Each one read from Escapepod's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Android requirement: The listed version 1.6.7 requires Android 7.1 or newer.checked 11 Oct 2026
Supported platforms: Android 7.1 and newerchecked 22 Sep 2026

Data requests: Version 1.6.7 identifies requests as Escapepod instead of disclosing the Android version, device model, and build ID.checked 11 Oct 2026
License and author: The app is listed under the MIT License, with y20k as its author.checked 11 Oct 2026
Minimal interface: The app has two screens: a list of podcasts and a list of episodes for one podcast.checked 11 Oct 2026
Network behavior: Auto-update does not download files over a cellular network by default.checked 11 Oct 2026
Offline downloads: Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
OPML: Users can import and export podcast lists in OPML format through Settings.checked 11 Oct 2026
Playback: Escapepod has a simple up-next feature for playing another episode after the current one.checked 11 Oct 2026
Podcast discovery: It has a simple search option but no podcast discovery feature.checked 11 Oct 2026
Purpose: Escapepod is a simple, lightweight app for listening to podcasts.checked 11 Oct 2026
Search sources: Search uses Podcast Index by default, with gpodder.net available as an alternative in settings.checked 11 Oct 2026
Security update: Version 1.6.6 hardened feed parsing, downloads, and playback against malformed or hostile data.checked 11 Oct 2026
Storage limit: By default, the app keeps the latest two episodes, along with episodes started or downloaded manually; episodes not listened to in more than two weeks are removed.checked 11 Oct 2026