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!

smarterPod: Manage Your Podcasts Easily on Chrome

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.

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Extension stats

By: Steve M. Romain

Users: 3,000+

Rating: 3.07

(28)

Version: 0.3.0.2 (Last updated: 2017-11-28)

Creation date: 2017-11-27

Permissions:

storage
notifications
background
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Size: 11.56M

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 16,288 ▲ 12

Other rankings

#939 in News & Weather ▲ 54

#8 in custom feed keyword 20 ▲ 2

#26 in steve keyword 4 ▼ 7

#29 in flash player keyword 56 ▲ 1

#48 in smart keyword 21 ▼ 7

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Works well for basic podcast listening
Simple and easy-to-use interface
Ability to sync podcasts across different computers
Helpful support from the developer
Easy to set up and running quickly

Cons

Inconvenient to access older episodes
Confusing interface with unclear instructions
Unresponsive at times and has technical issues
Difficulty adding new podcasts
Not intuitive to use for first-time users

Most mentioned

Inability to play old episodes easily
Complexity and lack of proper guidance
Issues with podcast addition and management
Need for a pop-out player feature
Positive feedback on the developer's support

User 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.

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

Cecile Smith, 2019-11-17

Extremely inconvenient to play old episodes. The front-end is very mediocre and needs a complete revamp.

Islam Tawfik, 2019-09-03

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Extension safety

Risk impact

smarterPod: Simple and Smart Podcast Player requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

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