When comparing Stitcher vs Player FM, the Slant community recommends Player FM for most people. In the question“What are the best online podcast players?” Player FM is ranked 1st while Stitcher is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Player FM is:
Functional web app that shares settings with Android app.
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Pros
Pro Free
There are zero in app purchases meaning the app retains full functionality while also being free.
Pro Allows downloading episodes for offline listening on mobile devices
This is a useful feature for saving bandwidth and listening when you are not on a network.
Pro Find similar podcasts through Smart Station
A feature called Smart Station will offer podcasts based on what you've previously listened to.
Pro Auto generated stations
Stitcher creates stations from a mix of podcasts, making for an easy way to listed to different things in one channel.
Pro Web player
Functional web app that shares settings with Android app.
Pro Seamless offline support
Latest episodes from Subscriptions and Play Later are automatically kept offline.

Pro Discovery
Can follow whole topics and search individual episodes.
Pro Cloud sync
Subscriptions and favorite topics sync across devices and the web.
Pro Best online support
Pro No ads
This shows a responsible attitude about in-app ads.
Cons
Con Inserts advertisments in between episodes
Con Limited preferences
Con Cannot add RSS feeds
Con Next played episode is wrong sometimes
On some podcasts when an episode ends the player "jumps" to the last episode or even to an entirely different podcast.
