The Spellcatcher vs. juice vs. Synclosure vs. FireAnt

General Features The Spellcatcher juice Synclosure FireAnt
Version
1.0.0.102
2.1
0.4
Last Release
2024-03-19 (today)
2.2
15.09.04
2006-01-23 (18 years ago)
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
Ace Frahm
juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/team/index.php
Joshua Kinberg
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
No
License
All Rights Reserved
GPL
CCPL ?
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Languages
0
0
1
English
1
English
Operating System The Spellcatcher juice Synclosure FireAnt
Windows 98
No
No
No
No
Windows XP
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mac OS X
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Linux
No
No
Yes
No
Windows Mobile
No
No
No
No
Palm OS
No
No
No
No
Programming Language
C#
Python and wxPython
phyton
Common Features The Spellcatcher juice Synclosure FireAnt
Search
none
local
web
Notifications
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.
yes, customizable
OPML Import
No
Yes
Yes
No
OPML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Playlist Formats
Feed List Format (FLF), which lists one ATOM or RSS feed's URI per line, ues '#'' character for comment lines.
M3u, PLS
Organize The Spellcatcher juice Synclosure FireAnt
Expiring Channels
No
No
No
No
Archive Old Feeds
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
configurable
Feed Reading The Spellcatcher juice Synclosure FireAnt
Integrated Browser
No
No
No
Yes
Plain Text
No
No
No
No
Podcatching The Spellcatcher juice Synclosure FireAnt
Schedule Downloads
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Resume Partial Downloads
No
Yes
No
Yes
Limit Download Size
No
No
No
Yes
ID3 Editing
No
No
No
No
Sync The Spellcatcher juice Synclosure FireAnt
Sync to iTunes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Sync to PSP
No
No
No
Yes
Sync to Mediaplayer
No
No
No
Yes
Sync to iPod
No
No
No
Yes
Integrated burning to CD
No
No
No
No
Media The Spellcatcher juice Synclosure FireAnt
MP3
download
download & external playing
download
download
MPEG-4
download
download
download
download
Real
download
download
download
Quicktime
download
download
download
download
Windows Media
download
download
download
download
DivX
download
download
download
download
Xvid
download
download
download
download
Content Protocols The Spellcatcher juice Synclosure FireAnt
rss 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
atom
Yes
No
No
Yes
Transport Protocols The Spellcatcher juice Synclosure FireAnt
http
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
https
No
Yes
No
No
http auth
No
Yes
No
No
bittorrent
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Proxy Server
No
Yes
Yes
No
feed://
No
No
No
No
podcast://
No
No
No
Yes
pcast://
No
No
No
Yes
itpc://
No
No
No
Yes
itms://
No
No
No
Yes
Support The Spellcatcher juice Synclosure FireAnt
Support Forum
No
Yes
No
No
Mailinglists
No
No
No
Yes
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