Podfriend

Place

#33 of 55

Chart

Score

6.9

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

Plans and prices

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

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Podfriend	Free	Native desktop app; syncs with the web

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

Creator support: The site says listeners can send creators boosts using built-in Lightning payments.checked 11 Oct 2026
Discovery: The site offers podcast search, category browsing, and trending shows.checked 11 Oct 2026
Episode transcripts: Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Intended audience: The project describes its goal as providing listeners an open podcast alternative across web, mobile, and desktop.checked 11 Oct 2026
Notable limitation: The maintainer says the code may need fixes and streamlining to work across more devices than their own Windows machine and Mac laptop.checked 11 Oct 2026
Open source: The project repository is public and lists an MIT license.checked 11 Oct 2026
Podcasting 2.0: The project says it supports the Podcasting 2.0 initiative and its open ecosystem.checked 11 Oct 2026
Product: Podfriend describes itself as a podcast player and an open alternative to large apps like Spotify.checked 11 Oct 2026
Rich podcast content: The project mentions support goals including movies, chapters, locations, guests, and interactive content.checked 11 Oct 2026
Social listening: Podfriend says listeners can see what friends are listening to, share episodes, and discuss them.checked 11 Oct 2026
Support: The project README asks users having trouble with the code to open an issue.checked 11 Oct 2026
Web version: The project documents a web build and production build command.checked 11 Oct 2026

Desktop platforms: The project documents packaging for Windows and Mac.checked 11 Oct 2026
Mobile platforms: The project documents iOS and Android builds.checked 11 Oct 2026
Supported platforms: Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Androidchecked 20 Sep 2026