| General Features | The Spellcatcher | RSSRadio | NewsFire | QuickNews | gPodder | Armangil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.0.0.102
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1.33
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1.3
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1.22
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3.7.0
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4.0
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| Last Release |
2024-04-17 (1 day ago)
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19/02/2005
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2014-05-16 (9 years ago)
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2016.03.07
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| Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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| Author |
Ace Frahm
|
Daniel Broad
|
Stand alone, inc.
|
Thomas Perl
|
Doga Armangil
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| URL | ||||||
| Free and Open Source |
No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| License |
All Rights Reserved
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Closed Source, open API, plugin source available
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lifetime license for one user
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GPL
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MIT
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| License Cost/ Fee |
0
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Free trial or $17.49
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16,99€
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14,95$
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Free
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Freeware
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| Languages |
0
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0
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1
English |
0
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0
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0
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| Operating System | The Spellcatcher | RSSRadio | NewsFire | QuickNews | gPodder | Armangil |
| Windows 98 |
No
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Yes
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No
|
Yes
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No
|
Yes
|
| Windows XP |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Mac OS X |
No
|
No
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Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
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| Linux |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Mobile |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| Palm OS |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
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| Programming Language |
C#
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.NET
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Python
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Ruby
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| Common Features | The Spellcatcher | RSSRadio | NewsFire | QuickNews | gPodder | Armangil |
| Search |
none
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local & web
|
local & web
|
local
|
local & web
|
local & web
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| 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.
|
MSN Style Popup + Chime
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Popup, Tray Icon, Cron
|
no
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| OPML Import |
No
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| OPML Export |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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| Playlist Formats |
Feed List Format (FLF), which lists one ATOM or RSS feed's URI per line, ues '#'' character for comment lines.
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WMP, iTunes, jRiver, Direct Sync to Flashdrive, any by API
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M3U
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m3u, pls, smil, asx, tox, xspf
|
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| Organize | The Spellcatcher | RSSRadio | NewsFire | QuickNews | gPodder | Armangil |
| Expiring Channels |
No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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| 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
|
No
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Lock or archive to folder, iPod, archive using "gpodder-backup"
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yes
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| Feed Reading | The Spellcatcher | RSSRadio | NewsFire | QuickNews | gPodder | Armangil |
| Integrated Browser |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
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| Plain Text |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Podcatching | The Spellcatcher | RSSRadio | NewsFire | QuickNews | gPodder | Armangil |
| Schedule Downloads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
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| Resume Partial Downloads |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Limit Download Size |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| ID3 Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Sync | The Spellcatcher | RSSRadio | NewsFire | QuickNews | gPodder | Armangil |
| Sync to iTunes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Sync to PSP |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
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| Sync to Mediaplayer |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Sync to iPod |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
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| Integrated burning to CD |
No
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No
|
No
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No
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No
|
No
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| Media | The Spellcatcher | RSSRadio | NewsFire | QuickNews | gPodder | Armangil |
| MP3 |
download
|
download & internal playing
|
download
|
download & external playing
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
| MPEG-4 |
download
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
download & external playing
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
| Real |
download
|
download & external playing
|
download & external playing
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
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| Quicktime |
download
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
|
| Windows Media |
download
|
download & internal playing
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
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| DivX |
download
|
download & external playing
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
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| Xvid |
download
|
download & external playing
|
download & external playing
|
download
|
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| Content Protocols | The Spellcatcher | RSSRadio | NewsFire | QuickNews | gPodder | Armangil |
| rss 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| atom |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Transport Protocols | The Spellcatcher | RSSRadio | NewsFire | QuickNews | gPodder | Armangil |
| http |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| https |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| http auth |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
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| bittorrent |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Proxy Server |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| feed:// |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
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| podcast:// |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| pcast:// |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| itpc:// |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| itms:// |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
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| Support | The Spellcatcher | RSSRadio | NewsFire | QuickNews | gPodder | Armangil |
| Support Forum |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Mailinglists |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| remove The Spellcatcher | remove RSSRadio | remove NewsFire | remove QuickNews | remove gPodder | remove Armangil |