The 5 best applications to listen and download podcasts
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If you are the one who usually likes specific radio shows, but you don't have time to listen to them live, don't worry, that's what podcasts are for. Its function is precisely that. They allow us to access a large number of on-demand radio programs so that we can turn to them when we are free. Imagine that you really like a radio program, but that it is broadcast at 4 in the morning and at that time you sleep. When you wake up or, in the afternoon, after work, you can put it through one of the apps available for podcastThere are quite a few in the app stores, we reveal some of the most interesting ones.
1. Ivoox
It is one of the best-known podcast applications and also one of the most used. Ivoox has current radio programs on demand, as popular as "La rosa de los vientos" on Onda Cero, "Ya veremos" on M80 or "With you inside" on Cadena Ser.We also find others on TV such as «Cuarto Milenio», the mystery program led by Iker Jiménez. So that you can listen in the dark in your room to everything that is talked about on Sunday nights at Cuatro.
The Ivoox menu is very visual and complete. There is a tab to search for specific podcasts and another for you to explore by topic. Here there are sections such as "history and humanities", "Football", "Humor and entertainment", "Politics, economy and opinion", etc... In all of them you will find hundreds of podcasts with programs of all kinds . Once inside, you can see more information about the podcast in question or the duration, and you can also download it to a special folder (My Ivoox) within the app itself or recommend it to a friend through social media or email. Ivoox also allows you to subscribe to a podcast to be aware of all the broadcasts, or listen to the radio live. It is available for iOS and Android completely free.
2. Pocket Casts
It is one of the few paid podcast applications, but if you are a true lover of them it is worth buying it. Its price on Android is 4 euros and on iOS it costs 4.50. It's not cheap, but Pocket Cast will allow you to carry out more functions in addition to listening to your favorite programs. One of them is the possibility of filtering programs over time This means that it lets us choose the date on which we want it to show us content (days, weeks or months).It is quite practical for programs with many seasons, since in this way it will give us the possibility of locating those that have been left behind.
And not only this. This app also allows us to download podcasts, increase the volume of the voices when we want to pay more attention to something, as well as change the playback speed or lower the background noise. Another possibility is to skip the program introductions, something that is appreciated by those who waste several minutes with the "opening".
3. TuneIn Radio
It is one of the most downloaded podcast apps in app stores. Its success lies in the fact that it is free and allows you to listen to and download millions of podcasts. In addition, TuneIn Radio also has more than 100,000 live radio stations, with the possibility of filtering by category or location. The app is quite simple.It has a favorites section where we can save our stations or podcasts of interest to have everything at hand whenever we want.
The podcasts are found in the browse section. Once inside you can see different sections (featured, top in Spanish, top music). You can explore by channels or themes (art and culture, business and economy, comedy, education...). TuneIn Radio is free for iOS and Android, but you won't get rid of it if you don't get the Premium version.
4. CastBox
Another application to listen to free podcasts is CastBox. Its operation is very similar to the previous ones. It has a search engine to locate your programs of interest, although if you don't know what to listen to you can investigate in the categories section, with different sections full of podcasts of all kinds (on he alth, music, literature, history, business…). Within CastBox there are also sections for Best podcasts (the most listened to by users), Music, Comedy or Politics and news.
CastBox has other functionalities. For example, you will have the possibility of playing the contents via streaming, modifying parameters such as the speed when listening to the audios. There is also an “offline” mode to save the programs you want at home via WiFi and be able to listen to them later without consuming additional data from your rate. This app is free for iOS and Android. However, if you want to use all its features you will have to pay around 2 euros for each of the elements you need.
5. Podcast Player
Finally, and only for Android, there's Podcast Player, an app that will allow you to subscribe, listen and download all the podcasts you want. Like the other apps, you will find all the themes.There are also some of today's most popular radio programs. And what if you don't have a connection? You can also pass the time listening to podcasts, because this app has an offline mode function for when you go by plane or don't have an Internet connection. Of course, do not forget to previously download the programs that interest you.
Another of its great virtues is that it has a timer function to disconnect the app whenever you want. You can also have the same podcasts organized on all your devices. Just sign in with Google and subscribed podcasts on your phone will appear on your tablet and other devices .
