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What is it?
AntennaPod is an open-source podcast application by Daniel Oeh that is used for downloading, listening, and managing your podcasts.

What does it do?
As a podcast app, AntennaPod provides users with the ability to add, download, and listen to their podcasts. As an open source applicatio, the entire source is available on GitHub. AntennaPod allows you to import feeds from OPML files, by URL, or by browsing through the Miro podcast directory. I did find that the Miro directory to be missing some lesser known podcasts, but a majority of the major podcasts were listed.

The app has the basic features you would expect from a podcast app such as: the ability to stream or download podcasts, Shownotes (pictured above), and the ability to queue episodes for easy listening.

The developer also calls out some of the specific highlighted features as well via the Play store description

AntennaPod is still in beta and might lack some advanced features or have bugs. So far the following features are implemented: – Downloading and Streaming of episodes
– Support for Atom and RSS feeds
– OPML import and export
– Flattr integration
– Player homescreen widget
– Search
– Automatic feed updates
– Sleep timer
– MiroGuide integration
– Supports MP3 chapters, VorbisComment chapters and Simple Chapters

Design Highlights:
- Beautifully designed player, that is clean and functional (and utilizes Categories view
- Use of the Action bar that properly follows the Android Design Guidelines.
- Holo icons throughout the application - Holo Light theme
- Holo Dark theme

Design Requests
- Use of a Drawer/Slide-Out Menu to replace some options hidden in the overflow menu.
- Expanded Notifications when playing a podcast (allow stop/pause/play)
- Further optimized tablet UI (although it looks great on the Nexus 7)

Feature Requests:
- Ability to import feeds from Google Reader
- Add additional playback options to widget (currently can only Pause/Play)
- Ability to auto-download podcasts

Final Thoughts:
I love apps that are great at performing a single task, and especially one’s that perform the task as well as AntennaPod. The app is beautiful, functional, and simple to use. I have found many of the currently available podcasts apps to be lacking in some way (usually in design and ease of use), and that is where AntennaPod stands tall. The app closely follows the Android Design Guidelines, while still maintaining a clean UI and fucntional approach to its users. Oh, and did we mention it’s OPEN SOURCE and FREE meaning the development possibilities are endless…

While I would like to see some minor/additional features added, the overall experience with AntennaPod was top notch and therefore comes with an easy to give high recommendation.

Holo Score: 8.75/10 “Highly Recommended”

AntennaPod // Free