YourPods The premium podcast player. No ads. No tracking. Zero subscriptions. A smooth and secure podcast experience across all your devices—even your vehicle. Enjoy refreshing, native playback on iOS, macOS, Apple Watch, and Apple CarPlay. Pay once. Listen forever.

Pro audio. On autopilot.

Conquer your massive queue with a smart audio engine that respects your time.

• Trim Silence: Save hours of listening time. Our smart audio engine automatically skips dead air and long pauses—without ever distorting the host’s voice.
• AutoPilot: Your queue runs itself. New episodes auto-add to Up Next, priority episodes jump to the top, and every show follows its own Listening Profile. Drag to reorder anytime.
• Sleep Timer: Wind down your way. Set a timed countdown or choose DriftOff Mode to stop after the current show finishes. Control it hands-free with Siri from your pillow.
• Bespoke Settings: Treat every show differently. Set custom rules for auto-queueing, auto-downloading, and custom skip intervals on a per-podcast basis.

Everywhere you listen.

Buy once, use it everywhere. YourPods is meticulously crafted for the Apple ecosystem.

• Apple Watch Freedom: Leave your phone behind. Download episodes directly to your wrist for fast, offline, phone-free workouts.
• Siri & CarPlay: Keep your hands on the wheel. Full Siri voice support and a beautifully integrated CarPlay dashboard.
• Always Fresh: Flawless integration with the iOS Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and full Podcasting 2.0 Chapter support.
• Even on macOS: Use the iOS version of the app on your Mac! Native macOS app coming in the future.

True privacy. Total control.

We believe your listening habits belong to you. Listen instantly using a secure, local-only account to keep your library blazing-fast and 100% private right on your device.

For self-hosters and privacy purists, YourPods is proudly self-hosted friendly. Seamlessly integrate with gPodder-compatible* servers (like Nextcloud and NextPod) to sync your library across devices—without ever relying on Big Tech corporate clouds**.

Switch in seconds.

Moving from an expensive, cluttered podcast app? It’s effortless. Export your OPML file and drop it into YourPods to instantly restore your entire library.

The Details

Universal Purchase: Seamless experience across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Watch.

📚 Library Management

• Subscribe via RSS feed URL or built-in search
• Create custom podcast groups
• Filter: All, Downloaded, Unplayed, In Progress
• Unplayed count badges and blue dot indicators
• Drag-to-reorder your library with persistent sort order
• Progress tracking synced to your gPodder server

📥 Queue & Playback

• Queue-driven listening — build your daily lineup and go
• Drag-to-reorder, swipe to remove, “Play Next” / “Move to Top” quick actions
• Episodes auto-advance seamlessly — even in the background
• Download episodes for offline playback with per-podcast auto-download
• Stream error recovery with automatic retry and resume from exactly where you left off

🚗 CarPlay Integration

• Three-tab dashboard: Library, Up Next, Recently Updated
• Custom now-playing controls: Trim Silence, Speed Adjust, Chapter Navigation
• Artwork thumbnails, real-time playback state sync with your phone

⌚ Apple Watch

• Standalone watchOS companion with full queue and library browsing
• Play downloaded episodes or stream directly from your wrist
• Remote iPhone playback controls
• On-watch downloads with battery-aware safeguards
• Background queue refresh keeps your watch in sync

🏝️ Dynamic Island & Lock Screen

• Live Activity with real-time progress, artwork, and interactive playback controls
• Works on Dynamic Island (iPhone 14 Pro+) and lock screen

🎙️ Siri — Hands-Free Everything

10 voice commands that work from the lock screen, AirPods, and CarPlay:

• “Play YourPods” / “Resume YourPods” / “Pause” / “Stop”
• “Skip forward” / “Rewind” / “Next episode”
• “Play latest episode” / “Play [podcast name]”
• “Set playback speed to 1.5x”

🎵 Podcasting 2.0 Support

• Chapters — navigate by chapter with images, timestamps, and tap-to-seek
• Transcripts — live transcript viewer that auto-scrolls and supports tap-to-seek

⚙️ Settings & Customization

• Multiple sync profiles
• Per-podcast settings: playback speed, skip intro/outro, auto-queue, auto-download
• Sleep timer for nighttime listening
• Listening stats — total time, episodes completed, per-podcast breakdowns
• Configurable start page, date format, cache duration, and theme (System / Light / Dark)
• Tab bar display: Text Only, Icon Only, or Text & Icon

☁️ gPodder Sync

• Multi-profile support with per-profile sync timestamps
• Push/Pull sync with gPodder-compatible servers
• Episode action sync (play, download, mark played)
• Cross-device queue sync via your gPodder server
• Conflict resolution with configurable strategy (auto or prompt)
• Progress sync across all devices

New in 2.0 — Complete Native Rewrite

YourPods 2.0 is rebuilt from scratch in native Swift. Every feature is faster, more reliable, and deeply integrated with the Apple ecosystem.
🆕 Streaming Resilience — recovery from network drops with exponential backoff
🆕 50+ reliability fixes — queue persistence, thread safety, stream recovery, cold-start resume Resilience — Playback recovers gracefully from network drops
🆕 Siri Voice Commands — 10 hands-free commands from lock screen, AirPods, or CarPlay
🆕 Chapters & Transcripts — Podcasting 2.0 support with tap-to-seek
🆕 OPML Import & Export — migrate subscriptions to or from any podcast app
🆕 Password-Protected Feeds — subscribe to Patreon and premium podcast feeds
🆕 Per-Podcast Settings — speed, skip intro/outro, auto-queue, auto-download per show
🆕 Recently Updated Feed — home screen grid of your newest unplayed episodes
🆕 Bluetooth & Car Display Metadata — podcast author name on dashboards and speakers

Join the Beta!

Play, sync, and add your favorite podcasts to your existing GPodder Sync* service on iOS. Join the beta iOS/iPadOS/macOS on TestFlight now!

Technical Details

• Architecture: Built natively in Swift with SwiftUI for state-of-the-art Apple platform integration.
• Audio Engine: AVQueuePlayer with spoken-audio optimization, stream error recovery, and background playback.
• Sync Protocol: Implements the Open Podcast Sync protocol for subscriptions and episode actions (gPodder-compatible).
• Security: Credentials stored in iOS Keychain (kSecAttrAccessibleAfterFirstUnlock). HTTPS enforced by default.
• Storage: SwiftData for offline capability, Keychain for credentials, FileManager for downloads.
• Concurrency: Swift Concurrency (async/await, Actor) for thread-safe operations.
• App slowness may be related to Nextcloud throttling: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/configuration_server/bruteforce_configuration.html