Buying Guide
Five of these eight are open source, and the best local player is 4.8 MB. The split that matters is whether your music is a folder of files you own or a subscription you rent — the apps for those two lives have almost nothing in common.
8 min read · 8 apps covered · android
Head-to-Head
These two podcast apps are not competing on the same thing. One is built around playing an episode well, the other around finding one. Knowing which problem you actually have settles it in a minute.
5 min read · 2 apps covered · android
Buying Guide
No single free program does all of this well. What works is a small toolchain — one editor, one player, one converter — split by the job rather than by the brand.
7 min read · 8 apps covered · windows