Music & Audio · Open source
AA-AuralListen Podcatcher
Artem A.
Private, ad-free podcast app – audio only, no account, all data on your phone
Opens the official F-Droid page
About AA-AuralListen Podcatcher
AA-AuralListen Podcatcher is a private podcast app for Android. It plays audio podcasts only, needs no account, shows no ads and does no tracking. Everything you do in the app stays on your phone – there is no server of the developer.
Find and subscribe
Search Apple Podcasts and fyyd.de, subscribe by RSS address, import and export OPML
New podcasts start out provisional: listen in (streaming only), then subscribe
Rate podcasts with 1 to 5 stars – your subscriptions are sorted by it
Pull to refresh; moved podcasts (new feed address) are followed automatically
Red counter of unplayed episodes on each subscription; search within your subscriptions
Podcast page with description and links to the website and to support the podcast
Seasons: "S2·5" on the cover and a season filter; serial podcasts in listening order
Listening
Background playback with notification, lock screen and Bluetooth controls
Skip −15 s / +30 s, speed 1.0× to 2.0×, volume boost (global or per podcast)
Remaining time or total length at a tap; at higher speed also the real remaining time
Show notes with tappable links, episode number and release date
Chapters (Podlove, JSON, ID3) with the progress of the current chapter and per-chapter skip, bookmarks with notes
Sleep timer with gentle fade-out, also "until the end of the episode"
Remembers the position of every episode; an episode counts as played only at its end
Playback history of the last 100 episodes played to the end
Robust against network problems and MP3s with variable bitrate
Playlists
Several playlists that continue automatically, with colors, sorting and "Resume"
"Play next" and "Add to the end" for the playlist that is playing; ⏮ ⏭ in the player and via Bluetooth
Finished episodes leave the playlist at once, after 5 minutes or never – your choice
All new or unplayed episodes of a podcast, topic or season into a playlist
A symbol on every episode that is in a playlist
What's new in 1.3.4
• Player: controls pinned at the bottom, blurred picture as background, own landscape layout • Chapter pictures from MP3s and feeds, chapter list follows playback • New episodes go into a playlist without downloading (streamed) • "Mark as played" follows the playlist setting (default: 5 min) • Home: 🔥 for podcasts you rarely skip • Refreshing shows a status line per podcast • Podcast description unfolds, bookmark deletion asks first • Many fixes
How to install AA-AuralListen Podcatcher
- Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
- Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
- If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
- Open AA-AuralListen Podcatcher from your app drawer.




