ziepod vs. Armangil vs. juice vs. gPodder vs. RSSRadio vs. NewsFire

General Features ziepod Armangil juice gPodder RSSRadio NewsFire
Version
0.99 (Beta)
4.0
2.1
3.7.0
1.33
1.3
Last Release
2006-02-12 (18 years ago)
2016.03.07
2.2
2014-05-16 (9 years ago)
19/02/2005
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
Doga Armangil
juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/team/index.php
Thomas Perl
Daniel Broad
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
License
MIT
GPL
GPL
Closed Source, open API, plugin source available
lifetime license for one user
License Cost/ Fee
Freeware
0
Free
Free trial or $17.49
16,99€
Languages
1
English
0
0
0
0
1
English
Operating System ziepod Armangil juice gPodder RSSRadio NewsFire
Windows 98
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Windows XP
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Mac OS X
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Linux
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Windows Mobile
No
No
No
No
No
No
Palm OS
No
No
No
No
No
No
Programming Language
Ruby
Python and wxPython
Python
.NET
Common Features ziepod Armangil juice gPodder RSSRadio NewsFire
Search
local & web
local & web
local
local & web
local & web
local & web
Notifications
notifies you of updates, Notifier feed you news
no
yes, customizable
Popup, Tray Icon, Cron
MSN Style Popup + Chime
OPML Import
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
OPML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Playlist Formats
M3U, PLS
m3u, pls, smil, asx, tox, xspf
M3U
WMP, iTunes, jRiver, Direct Sync to Flashdrive, any by API
Organize ziepod Armangil juice gPodder RSSRadio NewsFire
Expiring Channels
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Archive Old Feeds
yes
configurable
Lock or archive to folder, iPod, archive using "gpodder-backup"
No
Feed Reading ziepod Armangil juice gPodder RSSRadio NewsFire
Integrated Browser
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plain Text
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcatching ziepod Armangil juice gPodder RSSRadio NewsFire
Schedule Downloads
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Resume Partial Downloads
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Limit Download Size
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
ID3 Editing
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Sync ziepod Armangil juice gPodder RSSRadio NewsFire
Sync to iTunes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Sync to PSP
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Sync to Mediaplayer
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Sync to iPod
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Integrated burning to CD
No
No
No
No
No
No
Media ziepod Armangil juice gPodder RSSRadio NewsFire
MP3
download
download
download & external playing
download & external playing
download & internal playing
download
MPEG-4
download
download
download
download & external playing
download & external playing
download
Real
download
download
download & external playing
download & external playing
Quicktime
download
download
download & external playing
download & external playing
download
Windows Media
download
download
download
download & external playing
download & internal playing
DivX
download
download
download & external playing
download & external playing
Xvid
download
download
download & external playing
download & external playing
Content Protocols ziepod Armangil juice gPodder RSSRadio NewsFire
rss 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
atom
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Transport Protocols ziepod Armangil juice gPodder RSSRadio NewsFire
http
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
https
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
http auth
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
bittorrent
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Proxy Server
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
feed://
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
podcast://
No
No
No
No
No
No
pcast://
No
No
No
No
No
No
itpc://
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
itms://
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Support ziepod Armangil juice gPodder RSSRadio NewsFire
Support Forum
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Mailinglists
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
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