| General Features | NewsFire | Armangil | ziepod | RSSRadio | The Spellcatcher | gPodder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.3
|
4.0
|
0.99 (Beta)
|
1.33
|
1.0.0.102
|
3.7.0
|
| Last Release |
2016.03.07
|
2006-02-12 (18 years ago)
|
19/02/2005
|
2024-05-04 (1 day ago)
|
2014-05-16 (9 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)
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| Author |
Doga Armangil
|
Daniel Broad
|
Ace Frahm
|
Thomas Perl
|
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| URL | ||||||
| Free and Open Source |
No
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Yes
|
Yes
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No
|
No
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Yes
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| License |
lifetime license for one user
|
MIT
|
Closed Source, open API, plugin source available
|
All Rights Reserved
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GPL
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|
| License Cost/ Fee |
16,99€
|
Freeware
|
Free trial or $17.49
|
0
|
Free
|
|
| Languages |
1
English |
0
|
1
English |
0
|
0
|
0
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| Operating System | NewsFire | Armangil | ziepod | RSSRadio | The Spellcatcher | gPodder |
| Windows 98 |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Windows XP |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Mac OS X |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Linux |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Windows Mobile |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Palm OS |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Programming Language |
Ruby
|
.NET
|
C#
|
Python
|
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| Common Features | NewsFire | Armangil | ziepod | RSSRadio | The Spellcatcher | gPodder |
| Search |
local & web
|
local & web
|
local & web
|
local & web
|
none
|
local & web
|
| Notifications |
no
|
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.
|
Popup, Tray Icon, Cron
|
|
| OPML Import |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| OPML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Playlist Formats |
m3u, pls, smil, asx, tox, xspf
|
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
|
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| Organize | NewsFire | Armangil | ziepod | RSSRadio | The Spellcatcher | gPodder |
| Expiring Channels |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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Yes
|
| Archive Old Feeds |
yes
|
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
|
Lock or archive to folder, iPod, archive using "gpodder-backup"
|
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| Feed Reading | NewsFire | Armangil | ziepod | RSSRadio | The Spellcatcher | gPodder |
| Integrated Browser |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Plain Text |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Podcatching | NewsFire | Armangil | ziepod | RSSRadio | The Spellcatcher | gPodder |
| Schedule Downloads |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Resume Partial Downloads |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Limit Download Size |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ID3 Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Sync | NewsFire | Armangil | ziepod | RSSRadio | The Spellcatcher | gPodder |
| Sync to iTunes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Sync to PSP |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Sync to Mediaplayer |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Sync to iPod |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Integrated burning to CD |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| Media | NewsFire | Armangil | ziepod | RSSRadio | The Spellcatcher | gPodder |
| MP3 |
download
|
download
|
download
|
download & internal playing
|
download
|
download & external playing
|
| MPEG-4 |
download
|
download
|
download
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
download & external playing
|
| Real |
download
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
download & external playing
|
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| Quicktime |
download
|
download
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
download & external playing
|
|
| Windows Media |
download
|
download
|
download & internal playing
|
download
|
download & external playing
|
|
| DivX |
download
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
download & external playing
|
||
| Xvid |
download
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
download & external playing
|
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| Content Protocols | NewsFire | Armangil | ziepod | RSSRadio | The Spellcatcher | gPodder |
| rss 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| atom |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Transport Protocols | NewsFire | Armangil | ziepod | RSSRadio | The Spellcatcher | gPodder |
| http |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| https |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| http auth |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| bittorrent |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Proxy Server |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| feed:// |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| podcast:// |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| pcast:// |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| itpc:// |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| itms:// |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Support | NewsFire | Armangil | ziepod | RSSRadio | The Spellcatcher | gPodder |
| Support Forum |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Mailinglists |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| remove NewsFire | remove Armangil | remove ziepod | remove RSSRadio | remove The Spellcatcher | remove gPodder |