YourPods is a clean, simple, and refreshing podcast experience. No app ads. Ever. YourPods is a gPodder-compatible, privacy-first, self-hosted friendly podcast player. Sync your subscriptions and listening progress across all your devices using your own Nextcloud server, manage multiple profiles, and keep your data 100% yours.
🍎 Apple Ecosystem Integration
- CarPlay — Full queue management, Recently Updated tab, chapter navigation, speed & silence controls
- Apple Watch — Standalone playback, offline episode transfer, complications, and configurable sync
- Dynamic Island — Real-time playback status on supported iPhones
- Siri — 10 native voice commands for hands-free playback
- Shortcuts — All Siri intents available as Shortcuts for automations
- Universal Purchase — Seamless experience across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Watch
🎧 Player Experience
- Live Transcripts — Interactive, searchable transcripts with auto-scroll
- Smart Chapters — RSS and description-parsed chapter support for easy navigation
- Smart Queue — Manual drag-and-drop reordering with quick actions
- Precision Control — Granular playback speed (0.5×–3×), skip intro/outro, and sleep timers
- Per-Podcast Settings — Auto-queue, auto-download, remove after play, and archive per podcast
- Mini Player — Persistent playback controls across the app
☁️ Sync & Privacy
- Self-Hosted — Full compatibility with Nextcloud & gPodder
- Privacy First — No tracking, no analytics, no ads
- Multi-Profile — Switch between different servers or user accounts instantly
🔍 Discovery
- Unified Search — Defaults to Apple Podcasts for extensive coverage, with optional PodcastIndex support
- Add to Server — Discover new podcasts in-app and instantly sync subscriptions
- Background Refresh — Automatic episode fetching with configurable intervals
What’s New in 2.0
- Complete Swift Rewrite — 100% native Swift and SwiftUI, replacing the Flutter-based v1.x
- CarPlay Recently Updated — Browse new episodes directly from CarPlay
- CarPlay Chapter Navigation — Skip between chapters from the Now Playing screen
- 10 Siri Commands — Play, pause, skip, set speed, and more — all hands-free
- Per-Podcast Settings — Auto-queue, auto-download, and more per podcast
- Automatic Flutter Migration — Existing users seamlessly migrate all data on first launch
- Profile Deletion — Fully delete profiles and associated data
- Sleep Timer — Configurable duration with automatic pause
Get Started
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| App Store | Automatic updates — purchasing directly funds development 🙏 |
| TestFlight | Beta access to test new features for free |
| Source | Build it yourself — see the README for developer instructions |
Technical Overview
| Language | Swift 5.9 |
| UI Framework | SwiftUI |
| Storage | SwiftData (iOS 17+) |
| Audio | AVFoundation / AVAudioEngine |
| Sync Backend | Optimized for gpodder-sync on Nextcloud |
| Build System | XcodeGen + Swift Package Manager |
| Targets | iOS 17.0, watchOS 10.0 |
Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0