| General Features | itunes | gPodder | Armangil | ziepod | PPR | FireAnt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
6.0.4
|
3.7.0
|
4.0
|
0.99 (Beta)
|
2.0
|
|
| Last Release |
2014-05-16 (10 years ago)
|
2016.03.07
|
2006-02-12 (18 years ago)
|
2006-03-27 (18 years ago)
|
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)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
| Author |
apple
|
Thomas Perl
|
Doga Armangil
|
Lance Robinson
|
Joshua Kinberg
|
|
| URL | ||||||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| License |
GPL
|
MIT
|
CCPL ?
|
|||
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
Free
|
Freeware
|
|||
| Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
English |
1
English |
1
English |
| Operating System | itunes | gPodder | Armangil | ziepod | PPR | FireAnt |
| Windows 98 |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Windows XP |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Mac OS X |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Linux |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Windows Mobile |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Palm OS |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Programming Language |
Python
|
Ruby
|
C#
|
|||
| Common Features | itunes | gPodder | Armangil | ziepod | PPR | FireAnt |
| Search |
local & web
|
local & web
|
local & web
|
local & web
|
web
|
web
|
| Notifications |
Popup, Tray Icon, Cron
|
no
|
notifies you of updates, Notifier feed you news
|
System tray notifier
|
||
| OPML Import |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| OPML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Playlist Formats |
M3U, PLS
|
M3U
|
m3u, pls, smil, asx, tox, xspf
|
M3U, PLS
|
m3u, pls, wpl, apple, itunes
|
M3u, PLS
|
| Organize | itunes | gPodder | Armangil | ziepod | PPR | FireAnt |
| Expiring Channels |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Archive Old Feeds |
Lock or archive to folder, iPod, archive using "gpodder-backup"
|
yes
|
Configurable
|
|||
| Feed Reading | itunes | gPodder | Armangil | ziepod | PPR | FireAnt |
| Integrated Browser |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Plain Text |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Podcatching | itunes | gPodder | Armangil | ziepod | PPR | FireAnt |
| Schedule Downloads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Resume Partial Downloads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Limit Download Size |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ID3 Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Sync | itunes | gPodder | Armangil | ziepod | PPR | FireAnt |
| Sync to iTunes |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Sync to PSP |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Sync to Mediaplayer |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Sync to iPod |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Integrated burning to CD |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Media | itunes | gPodder | Armangil | ziepod | PPR | FireAnt |
| MP3 |
download & internal playing
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
download
|
download & internal playing
|
download
|
| MPEG-4 |
download & internal playing
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
download
|
download & internal playing
|
download
|
| Real |
download & external playing
|
download
|
download
|
download
|
||
| Quicktime |
download & internal playing
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
download
|
download
|
|
| Windows Media |
download & internal playing
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
download
|
download & internal playing
|
download
|
| DivX |
download & external playing
|
download
|
download & internal playing
|
download
|
||
| Xvid |
download & external playing
|
download
|
download
|
download
|
||
| Content Protocols | itunes | gPodder | Armangil | ziepod | PPR | FireAnt |
| rss 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| atom |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Transport Protocols | itunes | gPodder | Armangil | ziepod | PPR | FireAnt |
| http |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| https |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| http auth |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| bittorrent |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Proxy Server |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| feed:// |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| podcast:// |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| pcast:// |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| itpc:// |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| itms:// |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Support | itunes | gPodder | Armangil | ziepod | PPR | FireAnt |
| Support Forum |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Mailinglists |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| remove itunes | remove gPodder | remove Armangil | remove ziepod | remove PPR | remove FireAnt |