Capsule: Podcast Player Android

Capsule: Podcast Player

Private podcast player with no banner ads, downloads, radio & easy discovery.

Overview

Features & Capabilities

Capsule is a beautifully clean, private podcast and radio app built to be tiny and distraction-free. At just 2–4MB, Capsule uses minimal space, contains no advertising banners, and doesn’t collect or share personal information. Discover trending shows, browse categories, or search across 525,000 active podcasts and 18.5 million episodes for fast discovery and listening.

Subscribe to your favorite shows, download episodes for offline listening, and pick up where you left off with an “In Progress” queue. Listen to local and worldwide radio stations, customize the app theme, and enjoy a simple, privacy-first experience. Built with care by Dai & Uyen — feedback and issues welcome at goodeggs@protonmail.com.

User Growth & Download Statistics

By:
Good Egg Studio 🥚
Downloads:
14,098 85
Rating:
4.24
(158)
Version:
1.2026.8.8 Last updated: 2026-08-08
Version code:
1786215182
Creation date:
2018-09-07
Publisher country:
GB GB
Permissions:
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC Low risk
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK Low risk
  • android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
  • android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk
  • android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Low risk
  • android.permission.WAKE_LOCK Low risk
  • com.android.vending.BILLING Low risk
  • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE Safe
  • studio.goodegg.capsule.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Size:
15.57MB
Email:
go*****@protonmail.com
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Google Play Store
Data ingested on:
2026-08-21
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Contact the developer

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Developed by:
Good Egg Studio 🥚
Google Play Store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=studio.goodegg.capsule
Email:
go*****@protonmail.com
Website:
http://thegoodegg.studio

User Reviews

Users consistently praise Capsule’s beautiful, minimal UI, speed, lack of ads and responsive developers who add features (sleep timer, queue, auto-download). Frequent complaints are missing organization (tags/folders, multi-select), playback/Bluetooth control issues, limited download controls (Wi‑Fi restriction, auto-download visibility), weak discovery by region, and clumsy episode-info UX (play-on-tap, hard-to-expand descriptions).
Pros
  • Beautiful, clean and minimal user interface with good theme options
  • Lightweight, fast and uncluttered (no ads) — easy to use
  • Developers are responsive and ship frequent fixes/updates
  • Solid core podcast features (sleep timer, queue, auto-download added)
Cons
  • Lacks organization tools: folders/tags, multi-select and bulk actions for episodes
  • Playback control problems reported with Bluetooth and after other apps take audio focus (some fixes noted)
  • Download management is limited or unclear: Wi‑Fi-only restriction and auto-download settings/visibility
  • Discovery is sparse/region-limited and categories often contain few shows
  • Episode info / UX: play-on-tap can be annoying and descriptions aren’t always easy to expand or read
Recent reviews
I just wish that the picture of the show to be bigger on the player view. Perhaps a full page instead of a tab when clicked in?
by Wa*****, 2024-07-21

I love the easy to use design and speed of this podcast player. it has no ads/clutter. If I think of suggestions, I would say having folders for our podcasts (e.g. "jogging", "games",etc.) Second, having a favorite button for episodes. Third, exporting to mp3. Last, an option to show description when tapping an episode. A bug report: the Games category in the Discover tab leads to an error message "You look lost". I can't locate the Exported OPML file. Thank you
by Ch*****, 2020-12-19
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