Listen deeper.
The podcast app for people who really listen. Free on iPhone, iPad and Android.
01The player
A player that stays out of your way.
Full screen in the colours of the cover. A speed for every show, a sleep timer that waits for the end of the episode, and show notes where every timestamp takes you straight to the moment.
- 0.6× – 2.0×Speed in steps of 0.1, also per show
- −10 s · +30 sBack and forward with one tap
- End of episodeA sleep timer that lets the story finish
- Up nextA queue you reorder by dragging
Playback speed1.2×
Stops by itself once you sleep
02SleepNew
Fall asleep to a story.
Stories in which nothing happens, told slowly. One is ready every evening, with rain, ocean or a fire underneath. Missing the end is the idea.
- One tap starts your evening.
- The sound plays on for a while and stops by itself.
- In thirteen languages, each with a voice of its own.
The first story and all sounds are free. With Plus: every story, your own mix all night, without internet too.
03Discover
Find the show you didn’t know you needed.
Recommendations that tell you why they suit you, the Top 10 of your country, updated every day, and topics from news to true crime. Search every podcast in the world, in any language.
Top 10
For you
Search in your own languages first, or in all of them at once.
04Offline
No signal. Still listening.
Download episodes for the plane, the metro or the middle of nowhere. When the connection drops, PodWhale switches to your downloads by itself, and it can tidy up the episodes you have finished.
Downloads
05Languages
Speaks your language.
The whole app in thirteen languages, from Arabic to Turkish. In Arabic the app turns around and reads from right to left. Choose the languages you listen in and Discover follows.
06Big screens
At home on big screens. And on folding ones.
On a folding phone, PodWhale starts as a normal app on the cover screen. Open it, and your list and the episode sit side by side. The same on iPad and Android tablets.
Today
Today
iPhone · iPad · Galaxy Z Fold · Pixel Fold · Android
07PodWhale PlusNew
Get more from every episode.
PodWhale Plus gives every episode a deeper layer: the text as you hear it, subtitles in your own language, chapters, and a line that tells you why it’s worth your time.
08Free and Plus
Listening stays free. Plus takes you deeper.
7 days free
€39.99per year
Just €3.33 a month
Prices differ per country: the App Store and Google Play show the exact price in your own currency. Cancel during the free days and you pay nothing. Text, subtitles, chapters and lines are made automatically with AI and can contain mistakes.
09Why a whale
Why a whale?
Whales live in pods, and they sing to each other across whole oceans. A podcast does something similar: one voice that carries far, to whoever wants to listen.
PodWhale was made in the Netherlands by a listener who missed Google Podcasts when it shut down. It is independent, and every email still reaches the maker.
Tap a whale
10Your pod
Your pod is ready.
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