QuickNews vs. raggle vs. PPR vs. The Spellcatcher

General Features QuickNews raggle PPR The Spellcatcher
Version
1.22
0.4.4
2.0
1.0.0.102
Last Release
2005-12-13 (18 years ago)
2006-03-27 (18 years ago)
2024-03-29 (today)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Stand alone, inc.
Paul Duncan
Lance Robinson
Ace Frahm
URL
Free and Open Source
No
No
Yes
No
License
BSD, MIT/X
All Rights Reserved
License Cost/ Fee
14,95$
0
Languages
0
1
English
1
English
0
Operating System QuickNews raggle PPR The Spellcatcher
Windows 98
Yes
No
No
No
Windows XP
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Mac OS X
Yes
Yes
No
No
Linux
No
Yes
No
No
Windows Mobile
No
No
No
No
Palm OS
Yes
No
No
No
Programming Language
ruby
C#
C#
Common Features QuickNews raggle PPR The Spellcatcher
Search
local
web
web
none
Notifications
System tray notifier
no "you've got podcasts" messages are sent, but you can see the feed scanning & download activity as it happens in The Spellcatcher's console window.
OPML Import
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
OPML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
Playlist Formats
m3u, pls, wpl, apple, itunes
Feed List Format (FLF), which lists one ATOM or RSS feed's URI per line, ues '#'' character for comment lines.
Organize QuickNews raggle PPR The Spellcatcher
Expiring Channels
Yes
No
No
No
Archive Old Feeds
Configurable
The definition of "Expiring Channels" on podcatcher matrix is unclear, it is not possibli to understand what that means. The Spellcatcher never erases downloaded podcast episodes from your computer. You must delete them yourself when you are done with th
Feed Reading QuickNews raggle PPR The Spellcatcher
Integrated Browser
No
No
No
No
Plain Text
Yes
Yes
No
No
Podcatching QuickNews raggle PPR The Spellcatcher
Schedule Downloads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Resume Partial Downloads
Yes
No
Yes
No
Limit Download Size
No
No
Yes
No
ID3 Editing
No
No
No
No
Sync QuickNews raggle PPR The Spellcatcher
Sync to iTunes
No
No
Yes
No
Sync to PSP
No
No
No
No
Sync to Mediaplayer
No
No
Yes
No
Sync to iPod
No
No
No
No
Integrated burning to CD
No
No
No
No
Media QuickNews raggle PPR The Spellcatcher
MP3
download & external playing
download
download & internal playing
download
MPEG-4
download & external playing
download & internal playing
download
Real
download & external playing
download
download
Quicktime
download
download
Windows Media
download & internal playing
download
DivX
download & internal playing
download
Xvid
download
download
Content Protocols QuickNews raggle PPR The Spellcatcher
rss 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
atom
Yes
No
No
Yes
Transport Protocols QuickNews raggle PPR The Spellcatcher
http
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
https
No
No
No
No
http auth
Yes
Yes
No
No
bittorrent
No
No
No
No
Proxy Server
No
Yes
Yes
No
feed://
No
No
No
No
podcast://
No
No
No
No
pcast://
No
No
No
No
itpc://
No
No
No
No
itms://
No
No
No
No
Support QuickNews raggle PPR The Spellcatcher
Support Forum
Yes
No
No
No
Mailinglists
No
Yes
No
No
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