When comparing BeyondPod vs Podkicker Pro, the Slant community recommends BeyondPod for most people. In the question“What are the best podcast apps for Android?” BeyondPod is ranked 5th while Podkicker Pro is ranked 18th. The most important reason people chose BeyondPod is:
BeyondPod has the ability to create playlists based on usage, making for an easy way to group content of similar tastes.
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Pros
Pro Smart Playlists
BeyondPod has the ability to create playlists based on usage, making for an easy way to group content of similar tastes.
Pro Playback speeds
You can change the speed of playback. (Paid)
Pro Per podcast settings
You can set each podcast to have different settings: Download settings, authentication, sort order, playback speed, volume boost and more.
Pro Easy to add podcasts
It's very easy to search through published podcasts or add a podcast feed by URL.
Pro Organize by category
You can create categories and add podcasts to them. This makes it easy to tap and play a specific genre, to have smart lists prioritize certain categories and keep yourself organized.
Pro Clean look
The app uses material design without a lot of clutter.
Pro Quick to play
Every screen lists downloaded podcasts, making it easy to tap and play. The rest of the download episodes, or episodes in the category you are in, are automatically queued. Other podcast apps will show you a list of podcasts for which there may be episodes downloaded, if you tap into them.
Pro Filter episodes
You can filter any episode view: audio, video, downloaded, unfinished, not played and favorites.
Pro Chromecast support
Users can cast their podcasts to Chromecast compliant devices easily with the built in Chromecast function of BeyondPod. This makes a great tool for those that don't want to have to use another app or service on their other devices as the podcasts can just be streamed to them from the users phone, where all their synced podcasts reside.
Pro Powerful search and discovery features
Podkicker Pro provides a strong search feature with an engine of over 260,000 podcasts.
There are many different ways you can search (keyword, name, RSS entry and more), and there is a match feature for finding new podcasts you might be interested in.
Pro Powerful podcast management
Many useful settings to customize behavior, including automatic download of new podcasts, keep last X podcasts, auto delete after listened, etc..
Pro Great UI
Simple and easy to use.
Cons
Con Slightly convoluted design
There is a left slide out menu, and right slide out play list, the play screen, and the default episode list screen. It's hard to exactly place yourself in the app because it's designed to easily let you jump from one place to another.
Con Buggy
Prone to long delays loading and starting playback, chromecast playback fails frequently and stays in the notification area even when stopped or dismissed.
Con Cannot play episodes with subscribing
To download a podcast or stream with regular controls you must be subscribed to the podcast. You can sample stream episode on the subscribe screen.
Con Features locked behind paywall
Users must purchase the full version to get Chromecast casting, changeable playback speeds as well as other features.
Con No cloud support
Cannot sync podcasts, listen state, or position between devices.