Processing
Local-first
How product activity is processed.
INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE
AntennaPod
An open-source Android podcast player with local subscriptions, downloads and no advertising or application analytics.
- Mobile
- Local-first
- Open source
- No account required
- Pricing
- Donation
- Category
- Photos and media
Privacy at a glance
A quick view of the dimensions most useful for comparing this product. Unconfirmed facts stay explicitly unconfirmed.
Identity
No account
Whether an account is needed to use it.
Tracking
None detected
Reported analytics and tracking posture.
Ownership & source
Open source
Availability of the product source code.
Offline support
Partial
Whether core use can continue offline.
Self-hosting
No
Whether you can run it on your own infrastructure.
What to know
Why it stands out
- The application itself has no ads, third-party tracking or analytics and stores subscriptions and playback state locally.
- It uses open podcast standards, supports offline downloads and is fully open source.
Trade-offs
- Podcast hosts, search providers, image hosts and optional synchronization services receive network requests and apply their own logging policies.
- Listening history, subscriptions and downloaded media are local application data and are not universally encrypted at rest by AntennaPod.
Best for
Android users who want a capable podcast manager without joining a proprietary listening platform.
Consider another option when
Users who expect podcast publishers and optional search or sync services to receive no network metadata.
Technical details
Complete privacy-profile dimensions, grouped for easier review. Each value is retained from the catalogue record.
4 groups · 18 dimensions
- Processing
- Local-first
- Storage
- Local device
- Offline support
- Partial
- Self-hosting
- No
- Data export
- Yes
- Data deletion
- Yes
Alternatives
Evidence
3 public sources collected
- AntennaPodantennapod.org · Product page · podcast features, open-source status and community model
- AntennaPod Privacy Policyantennapod.org · Privacy policy · local data, no analytics, external podcast requests and optional services
- AntennaPod source repositorygithub.com · Source repository · open-source Android application
Review status: ListedLast reviewed: Not yet reviewedCatalogue updated: 12 Jul 2026
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