The podcast player that keeps your listening to itself
UnumPod is a native iOS podcast app with a liquid-glass player, synced transcripts, bookmarks, smart downloads, and full OPML portability. No account. No tracking. No lock-in.
Beautifully native
Built in SwiftUI with a liquid-glass design — translucent layers, real-time blur, springy motion, and haptics. Each show's artwork tints its pages and the player.
Genuinely private
No account exists to create. Subscriptions, positions, bookmarks, and notes live on your device — and export as standard OPML whenever you want.
Power without clutter
Transcripts, chapters, folders, tags, and download rules — behind an Advanced Mode toggle, so the app stays simple until you ask for more.
Already getting better
The first update landed alongside the App Store launch.
Smarter search
Search now blends three directories — Apple, PodcastIndex, and the fyyd community index — and ranks by cross-directory consensus. Or skip search entirely: paste an Apple Podcasts link or a raw RSS address and jump straight to the show. PodcastIndex now works out of the box, no key required.
Synced transcripts Beta
Podcasting 2.0 transcripts, live: the current line highlights as the host speaks, the view auto-scrolls with playback, and tapping any line seeks straight to it. An Advanced Features (BETA) toggle.
Live Radio Beta
A whole Radio tab behind Advanced Features: the open Radio Browser directory, live streams with now-playing titles, auto-reconnect, favorites, and AirPlay. Plus, for the terminally curious — an ASCII Art theme with text-drawn artwork and CRT scanlines.
See it for yourself
Real screens from the shipping app — no renders, no mockups.
Two minutes in the app
Serious listening tools, standard
No feature tiers, no "premium unlock" for basics. The full toolkit ships in the box.
A player worth looking at
- Full-screen player with scrub, skip, speed, sleep timer, and chapters
- Mini-player expands full screen with fluid matched motion
- Video episodes with Picture in Picture
- Dark-first design with Light, High Contrast, and your pick of accent colors
Remember what you heard
- Bookmarks with notes, captured right from the player
- Per-episode notes for longer takeaways
- Transcripts from podcast feeds — text, VTT, SRT, HTML, and Podcasting 2.0 JSON — with live-synced highlighting in beta
- Resume position per episode; recent and completed lists
Downloads that behave like a manager
- Auto-download rules per show with keep-newest-N retention
- Storage usage with per-show breakdown and delete
- Live transfers with cancel; failed downloads retry
- Wi-Fi-only mode and auto-delete after played
A library that scales with you
- Search across three directories — Apple, PodcastIndex, and fyyd — with consensus ranking and RSS verification
- Paste an Apple Podcasts link or RSS address to add any show directly
- Playlists, favorites, and a persistent reorderable queue
- Advanced Mode unlocks folders and per-show tags
Your subscriptions are a text file, not a hostage.
No account. No tracking. No lock-in.
Most podcast apps are a service you log into. UnumPod is software you own the output of.
| What most podcast apps do | What UnumPod does |
|---|---|
| Require an account | No account exists to create |
| Sync your listening to their servers | Keeps positions, notes, and bookmarks on your device |
| Analyze your listening for ads and recommendations | Doesn't track listening at all |
| Hold subscriptions in a proprietary silo | Auto-backs up standard OPML to your own iCloud Drive |
| Store third-party keys on their backend | Keeps your optional PodcastIndex key in the iOS Keychain |
Searching a directory and streaming an episode talk to those services directly — UnumPod adds no accounts, analytics, or tracking of its own. Ships with an Apple privacy manifest, and its App Store privacy label reads "Data Not Collected."
The roadmap, out loud
- CarPlay and Apple Watch controls
- Home Screen widgets
- iPad and Apple TV layouts
- Skip silence + voice boost — free, not a paywall
- New-episode notifications
- Sync+ — optional accounts, cloud backup, and cross-device sync
- Sync will be a choice, not a requirement
- Web app
The short answers
Is UnumPod free?
Yes — free on the App Store, with every feature included. No tiers, no ads, no account.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no account system. Install it and press play.
Can I bring my subscriptions from another app?
Yes — import OPML from any podcast app. Export (and auto-back-up) the same way, so you're never locked in.
Does it show transcripts?
Yes, when a show publishes them via the podcast namespace — text, VTT, SRT, or HTML formats.
What is Advanced Mode?
A toggle that reveals power features — folders, tags, auto-download and auto-delete rules — so the default experience stays simple.
Which devices?
iPhone and iPad (iOS/iPadOS 18 or later), Apple Silicon Macs (macOS 15+), and Apple Vision Pro. CarPlay, Apple Watch, and Apple TV are on the roadmap.
Press play, not accept-all
UnumPod is listening software that answers to you — and nobody else. It's free, and there's no account standing between you and your first episode.
Download on the App Store