smarterPod: Simple and Smart Podcast Player

smarterPod: Simple and Smart Podcast Player

Listen to podcasts in the background of Chrome! Sync content across computers, manage your feeds, save progress, get new episodes!

What is smarterPod: Simple and Smart Podcast Player?
smarterPod: Simple and Smart Podcast Player is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to listen to podcasts and manage your feeds in the background of your browser. It's an Angular.js-based extension that provides features like Chrome notifications upon title change, metadata retrieval, and Google Storage Sync capability for your partially listened episodes. One of its standout features is that it updates your feeds and syncs content across different computers every 15 minutes, ensuring that you always have the most updated content. During its Beta stage, smarterPod plans on adding more features such as custom feed retrieval. It needs permissions for sending requests for podcast feed data and Google Sync must be enabled for proper operation.
Stats
Users: 4,000+
Rating: 3.07 (28)
Version: 0.3.0.2 (Last updated: 2017-11-28)
Creation date: 2017-11-27
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • notifications
  • background
  • http://*/
  • https://*/
Size: 11.56M
URLs: Website
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Summary

BETA VERSION FOR COURAGEOUS TESTERS!

New in version 0.3, you can search on Apple's iTunes Podcast database for your favorite podcasts!

smarterPod is a Angular.js based Google Chrome extension for listening to podcasts in the background of your browser, with feed management capabilities, Chrome notifications on title change, metadata retrieval as well as Google Storage Sync capability for your partially listened episodes and current playlists, regardless of which computer you're on. smarterPod aims to be the most straightforward way to listen to podcasts in your browser without the need for extra tabs, heavy Flash player clients or external application.

smarterPod updates your feeds and syncs every 15 minutes, ensuring that you have the most updated content and saved episodes on every computer you use at all times.

Right now, smarterPod is in Beta, with some awesome new features planned in the pipeline, including custom feed retrieval (download X episodes of this feed on every update). If there is something you would like to see, let us know! This is the first public version of this project and I hope to add new features, improve the application and work with it more over the coming months!

Also, there is currently a list of bugs on GitHub: https://github.com/smromain/smarterPod. If you encounter any bugs, please feel free to either submit on Github, through Chrome Web Store's User Feedback feature or via email (using my email address in the app). Thanks!

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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Simple and easy to use interface
  • Cross device syncing feature
  • Quick setup time
Cons
  • Difficult to play historic episodes
  • Confusing to add podcast/feeds
  • Issues with app becoming unresponsive
Most mentioned
  • Difficulty in navigating old episodes
  • Problems with adding podcasts
  • Syncing feature with other devices
Recent reviews
So far so good. Been using it for 1 day. I would love a little pop-out player like Google Music has. I like to stick it in the corner of my screen while I'm working so I can always hit the play/pause button easily. Also hotkeys would be nice.
by Charles Catura Charles Catura, 2020-07-09

it is complicated to use, no clear setting to use. something this complex needs directions and im not even sure how it was downloaded
by Cecile Smith Cecile Smith, 2019-11-17

Extremely inconvenient to play old episodes. The front-end is very mediocre and needs a complete revamp.
by Islam Tawfik Islam Tawfik, 2019-09-03
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Safety
Risk impact

smarterPod: Simple and Smart Podcast Player may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

smarterPod: Simple and Smart Podcast Player has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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