For those that listened to the recent THC show with Adam Curry, aka The Podfather, he mentioned working on a new open-source podcast platform/manager called Podverse. It's available now for both iOS/Android/Web and it supports all the features you'd expect: auto-download, RSS feed subscription (i.e. for THC+), and a great search library of many (if not all) podcasts out there!
There's an optional premium feature that adds cool things like "Chapters" which allows you to select clips from within an episode, so that you can "zoom in" on a topic. I'd never thought of this before, but I think it could be the next big thing (especially if it would be intuitive to use)
Here's an example of chapters from the THC episode: https://podverse.fm/clip/LmdUSMXz6
The app is still young and imperfect, but I love Adam Curry, and the fact that he's been highlighting THC publicly, so who knows, if this works well, I may even switch from the default apple podcast app one day soon!
So go ahead and try it for yourself:
https://podverse.fm/
To use THC+ on Podverse follow the instructions:
- Download and open the app on your phone (iOS/Android)
- Tap on "More" in the bottom right corner
- Select "Add custom RSS Feed"
- Copy and paste the THC+ RSS feed into the bar, and click "Save"
- Now tap on the arrow facing down in the top-left corner and go to "Podcasts"
- Enter your username and password for your THC+ subscription (the same one you use for the website)
- And voila, you should now have access to THC+ on Podverse