I've been using AntennaPod for over a year - moved over from PocketCasts back then - and am very happy with it. I have very simple requirements though, so it might be as full-featured as other options.
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1000% support. AntennaPod is the best :)
I second AntennaPod! Have been using it daily for over half a year and absolutely love it
It's a little convoluted to setup at first but once one understands the features you can have it do anything. I have specific podcasts skip the intro. I have ones I enjoy give me a reminder when a new one releases but other's I love will auto download, go to my queue, and auto delete when I finish listening to them.
This is pretty much the only one anybody ever recommends, and it is 100% justified.
The deal breaker feature I've been waiting for is the ability to play daily podcasts first then serialised podcasts in order. I have this with Podcast Addict and it means I virtually never have to touch the app itself.
Interesting that a solution exists for that scenario. I used to use 2 podcast apps to keep my dailies and serials separate and had to manually go between them.
Yep I've been a happy Antenna Pod user for years. A double tap of my headphones skips 30s forward, triple 10s back and makes skipping past the ads easy.
This is how I have it set up in pocketcasts as well, it’s a nice setup!
Another vote for AntennaPod, although Podcini doesn't seem too different. They all lack a way to make multiple playlists.
Also, on my ancient tablet with Android 7, i use antenna pod except for playback, where i switch to Audio Anchor to avoid some crashing.
AntennaPod is better than it has any right to be -- on a modern device, it's super smooth.
What ads? I haven’t noticed any and I use it every day, their faq says
Pocket Casts does not insert ads into episodes.
Pocket Casts is mozilla public license btw
I'm partial to AntennaPod. Nice interface and on F-Droid.
I'm a fan of Podverse. It has a few limitations that annoy me a bit, but I still pay $18 annually for the Premium features.
Most podcasts do have rss feeds ( that's how Google podcasts did subscribe them). So find your podcast and subscribe him in f e fresh rss. You can open it in either brave ( background playing ) or vlc