Your premier podcast/media instrument, now extensible, capable of YouTubing
About this app
Podcini.A, an open source extensible media instrument, attuned to Puccini, adorned with pasticcini and aromatized with porcini, invites your harmonious heartbeats.
Notable features
1. Not only handling podcasts, but also local media, and any remote media served by external source providers. 2. Features multiple, natural and circular play queues associable with any feed. 3. Features volume hierarchies each of which can contain sub-volumes and feeds. 4. Presents synthetic feeds and allows media to be separately shelved. 5. Remote media (unsubscribed) can be preserved or played. 6. Allows online search of remote media provided by external sources. 7. Enables setting tags, todos, notes/comments, 5-level rating, and 12-level play state on every media. 8. Boasts sophisticated sorting, filtering and searching on media and feeds. 9. Supports sleep and auto-play timers. 10. Handles auto-download or auto-enqueue governed by policy and limit settings of individual feed. 11. Supports spaced repetition of repeat media: auto-download or auto-enqueue them at preset intervals specified in the feed. 12. Caches streamed audio for seamless local rewind and replay. 13. is capable of playing 2 media simultaneously (one in each ear with earphones) with independent controls. 14. Features audio clips recording and position marking on any media for better review. 15. Allows linking/relating multiple media for better grouping. 16. Is capable of preserving important media when a feed is unsubscribed. 17. Spotlights sending/receiving feeds and subscriptions catalogue across devices without a server. 18. Offers Readability and Text-to-Speech for RSS contents. 19. Supports auto-backups, customized media folder and importing DB from other apps
Join the Podcini community!
Podcini is under active development by volunteers. You can contribute too, with code, comments or improvements. See source code on github.com/XilinJia/Podcini.A
Licensed under GPL-3.0-only, by Xilin Jia.
What's New in v12.4.0
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * adopted improved API in PodciniLib 1.1.1
- * external apps (if used) need to be updated for compatibility
- * search playlists and individual media is enabled
- * added SoundCloud support via external app CloudSound
- * in SearchScreen
- * added Remote tab for results of online media (via external apps only)
Version history
Jul 16, 2026 · 67.3 MB · Android API 26–37 · code 72
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * adopted improved API in PodciniLib 1.1.1
- * external apps (if used) need to be updated for compatibility
- * search playlists and individual media is enabled
- * added SoundCloud support via external app CloudSound
- * in SearchScreen
- * added Remote tab for results of online media (via external apps only)
SHA-256 5f0b3e4413ca17af88d4f4961574fa9377c63825c0892a9e87f282a478992553
Jul 14, 2026 · 67.3 MB · Android API 26–37 · code 71
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * fixed issues of receiving shared media or feed from other apps
- * fix for YT channels should be combined with update of UT.urn app to 1.0.13
SHA-256 dfdb4f94bbfda4fc2d07d9780e8b906ac6689fa3bf66150278c6b1d3bfabcff7
Jul 12, 2026 · 67.3 MB · Android API 26–37 · code 69
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * in EpisodeInfo view, when Related is clicked, undo closing EpisodeInfo from 12.2.0
- * in duplicate list, action button is not shown
SHA-256 53fe6aa9eac2fa6f14e6f8aa8749be1dbf320422d98c743d140a4e2315bd41ae
Will it run on your device?
92%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- Multiple CPU architectures are covered.
- Aligned with the latest Android target SDK expectations.
Installation Guide
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Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
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