gPodder vs. juice vs. ziepod vs. RSSRadio vs. The Spellcatcher vs. Armangil

General Features gPodder juice ziepod RSSRadio The Spellcatcher Armangil
Version
3.7.0
2.1
0.99 (Beta)
1.33
1.0.0.102
4.0
Last Release
2014-05-16 (9 years ago)
2.2
2006-02-12 (18 years ago)
19/02/2005
2024-03-29 (today)
2016.03.07
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
Thomas Perl
juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/team/index.php
Daniel Broad
Ace Frahm
Doga Armangil
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Closed Source, open API, plugin source available
All Rights Reserved
MIT
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free trial or $17.49
0
Freeware
Languages
0
0
1
English
0
0
0
Operating System gPodder juice ziepod RSSRadio The Spellcatcher Armangil
Windows 98
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Windows XP
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mac OS X
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Linux
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Windows Mobile
No
No
No
No
No
No
Palm OS
No
No
No
No
No
No
Programming Language
Python
Python and wxPython
.NET
C#
Ruby
Common Features gPodder juice ziepod RSSRadio The Spellcatcher Armangil
Search
local & web
local
local & web
local & web
none
local & web
Notifications
Popup, Tray Icon, Cron
yes, customizable
notifies you of updates, Notifier feed you news
MSN Style Popup + Chime
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.
no
OPML Import
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
OPML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Playlist Formats
M3U
M3U, PLS
WMP, iTunes, jRiver, Direct Sync to Flashdrive, any by API
Feed List Format (FLF), which lists one ATOM or RSS feed's URI per line, ues '#'' character for comment lines.
m3u, pls, smil, asx, tox, xspf
Organize gPodder juice ziepod RSSRadio The Spellcatcher Armangil
Expiring Channels
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Archive Old Feeds
Lock or archive to folder, iPod, archive using "gpodder-backup"
configurable
No
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
yes
Feed Reading gPodder juice ziepod RSSRadio The Spellcatcher Armangil
Integrated Browser
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plain Text
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Podcatching gPodder juice ziepod RSSRadio The Spellcatcher Armangil
Schedule Downloads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Resume Partial Downloads
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Limit Download Size
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
ID3 Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Sync gPodder juice ziepod RSSRadio The Spellcatcher Armangil
Sync to iTunes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Sync to PSP
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Sync to Mediaplayer
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Sync to iPod
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Integrated burning to CD
No
No
No
No
No
No
Media gPodder juice ziepod RSSRadio The Spellcatcher Armangil
MP3
download & external playing
download & external playing
download
download & internal playing
download
download
MPEG-4
download & external playing
download
download
download & external playing
download
download
Real
download & external playing
download
download & external playing
download
download
Quicktime
download & external playing
download
download & external playing
download
download
Windows Media
download & external playing
download
download
download & internal playing
download
download
DivX
download & external playing
download
download & external playing
download
download
Xvid
download & external playing
download
download & external playing
download
download
Content Protocols gPodder juice ziepod RSSRadio The Spellcatcher Armangil
rss 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
atom
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Transport Protocols gPodder juice ziepod RSSRadio The Spellcatcher Armangil
http
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
https
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
http auth
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
bittorrent
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Proxy Server
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
feed://
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
podcast://
No
No
No
No
No
No
pcast://
No
No
No
No
No
No
itpc://
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
itms://
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Support gPodder juice ziepod RSSRadio The Spellcatcher Armangil
Support Forum
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Mailinglists
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
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