azureus vs. FireAnt vs. myPodder vs. The Spellcatcher

General Features azureus FireAnt myPodder The Spellcatcher
Version
2.4.0.0
1.7
1.0.0.102
Last Release
2006-02-12 (18 years ago)
2006-01-23 (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
Joshua Kinberg
www.podcastready.com
Ace Frahm
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
No
No
License
CCPL ?
All Rights Reserved
License Cost/ Fee
free for download
0
Languages
0
1
English
2
German, English
0
Operating System azureus FireAnt myPodder The Spellcatcher
Windows 98
No
No
No
No
Windows XP
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mac OS X
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Linux
Yes
No
Yes
No
Windows Mobile
No
No
No
No
Palm OS
No
No
No
No
Programming Language
java
C#
Common Features azureus FireAnt myPodder The Spellcatcher
Search
local & web
web
web
none
Notifications
after start of software
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
No
Yes
No
OPML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Playlist Formats
M3u, PLS
Feed List Format (FLF), which lists one ATOM or RSS feed's URI per line, ues '#'' character for comment lines.
Organize azureus FireAnt myPodder The Spellcatcher
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
Feed Reading azureus FireAnt myPodder The Spellcatcher
Integrated Browser
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plain Text
No
No
Yes
No
Podcatching azureus FireAnt myPodder The Spellcatcher
Schedule Downloads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Resume Partial Downloads
No
Yes
No
No
Limit Download Size
Yes
Yes
No
No
ID3 Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Sync azureus FireAnt myPodder The Spellcatcher
Sync to iTunes
No
Yes
No
No
Sync to PSP
No
Yes
Yes
No
Sync to Mediaplayer
No
Yes
No
No
Sync to iPod
No
Yes
Yes
No
Integrated burning to CD
No
No
No
No
Media azureus FireAnt myPodder The Spellcatcher
MP3
download
download
download & external playing
download
MPEG-4
download
download
download & external playing
download
Real
download
download
download
Quicktime
download
download
download & external playing
download
Windows Media
download
download
download & external playing
download
DivX
download
download
download & external playing
download
Xvid
download
download
download & external playing
download
Content Protocols azureus FireAnt myPodder The Spellcatcher
rss 2.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
atom
No
Yes
No
Yes
Transport Protocols azureus FireAnt myPodder The Spellcatcher
http
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
https
No
No
No
No
http auth
No
No
No
No
bittorrent
Yes
Yes
No
No
Proxy Server
No
No
Yes
No
feed://
No
No
Yes
No
podcast://
No
Yes
Yes
No
pcast://
No
Yes
Yes
No
itpc://
No
Yes
Yes
No
itms://
No
Yes
Yes
No
Support azureus FireAnt myPodder The Spellcatcher
Support Forum
No
No
Yes
No
Mailinglists
No
Yes
Yes
No
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