uPod is a full featured podcast player for Android with a beautiful, cover art centric Android 5 design and an inbox concept for easily assorting new episodes. It provides everything you might expect from a podcast player these days including cross device synchronization, audio playback speed control and volume boost, Chromecast and Google Cast for audio support, automatic media handling (download and deletion) and a lot more.

uPod is available for free and as a paid premium version.

Available for free! ∞

The free version comes without ads, spywhere or other nasty stuff. It’s fully featured and brings — among other things — the following:

• Beatiful, coverart centric, podcast colored user interface
• Effective inbox workflow for assorting new episodes
• Audio playback with speed control (requires at least Android 4.1)
• Audio volume boost (requires at least Android 4.1)
• Video playback (including audio only option)
• Support for bluetooth headsets and headset controls
• Offline show notes
• Drag-and-drop playlist
• Automatic download list
• Resumable downloads
• Automatic media file cleanup
• Lock screen and notification playback controls
• Support for Android Wear (control playback from your watch)
• Podcast subscription management
• Discover/search new podcasts
• OPML import and export
• Responsive layout (looking great on phone and tablet support)
• Material design (Lollipop/Android 5)
• English and German translations

Premium License ∞

The paid version adds the following features:

• Cloud backup and cross device sync of playback positions, playlist and episode states tied to your Google account
• Chromecast and Google Cast for audio support
• Automatic download (e.g. when connected via Wi-FI)
• Podcast specific settings (e.g. auto add to playlist, only keep only the x latest episodes)
• up to two specific sync times per day