Antenna Pod is 10/10.
Been using AntennaPod for 2 years now. Amazing app.
I did the switch some times ago and I love AntennaPod. Still, I did not manage to have synchronization with a desktop service, and I miss that from Google Podcast.
This is my main concern too.
Also AntennaPod seems to be worse than Google Podcast at Bluetooth connections going into standby during conversational pauses creating jilted cutoffs.
I have not experienced that, but have you tried the Skip silence in audio feature? It does a good job removing pauses in audio which would hopefully solve the problem you are experiencing.
I’m typically looking to entertain myself with a podcast and skipping silence would be like cutting parts of scenes in a movie because “nothing is happening”.
It’s probably more of an issue with the cheap Bluetooth devices I’ve tried to use.
I’ve been using Samsung Dex or Windows 11’s Phone Link to open the app on my desktop.
Gpodder2go has your back.
I don’t use sync but it has an option for “cloud sync” in the settings, “gpodder.net” and “gpoddersync” seem to be the only two options but maybe one of those will work.
Have always been curious about AntennaPod. Was about to switch from PocketCasts earlier this year but turns out PocketCasts became open source a little over a year ago, October 2022.
https://blog.pocketcasts.com/2022/10/19/pocket-casts-mobile-apps-are-now-open-source/
Still curious about AntennaPod but PocketCasts has been and continues to work super well and has a web/desktop (PWA) client so may just stick with it. Mobile app repos below btw.
https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-ios
I think it’s usable for free though I’m not sure to what degree since I picked up a one time payment lifetime plus subscription some years ago. I see it’s sadly now only free or monthly subscription. 😔
I use AntennaPod as it’s the best Foss option but it’s very buggy.
For me it just never shows the correct play time so podcasts will get to the end in app but still have like 10 minutes left to play. Also it has a habit of randomly skipping back 10 seconds every now and then.
