Transcribe on the device
A compact speech model turns the episode into text as it plays. Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) spots and host reads are treated the same and turned into text.
For Android and iOS
A podcast player that saves you time, one ad at a time.
xadcast Premium analyses each episode, finds the ads and skips them for you automatically, so you get straight to the content.
Premium subscription required for ad skipping and cross-device syncing.
How it works
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Just listen… it cuts the ads.
It starts analysing the episode when you hit play, transcribing ahead of what you are listening to so it is ready to skip. Specialised on-device AI chips make this quick, efficient and accurate.
Spot the adverts
Ads are unique to you. With Dynamic Ad Insertion, networks use tracking cookies and your IP address to target ads and stitch them into the file as it downloads. Your episode is different from everyone else's, which is why detection has to run on your device.
Episodes are untouched
We never alter the files, we just skip what is identified as an ad. Turn the feature off and you can listen to the whole file.
Skipping 2 ads · 1:30 saved
Skipped break, tap to replay
Ad break ahead
Why on the device
There is no shared list of where the ads are.
Most podcast networks insert ads dynamically, stitching them in when you download. Two people fetching the same episode get different audio with ads in different places, so a central database of ad timings cannot work. Detection has to run against the bytes you actually received.
It also keeps the listening itself private: the audio, the transcript and the detection results stay on the phone. With Premium, only your library and your place in each episode sync between devices.
- Audio stays on the deviceAudio, transcripts and detection results are never uploaded.
- Different on every deviceThe same episode downloaded on your phone and your tablet can carry different ads in different places, so each device detects its own.
- Models ship inside the appNothing is downloaded at runtime. It works from the first episode, offline.
Premium
Your library, on every device.
Subscribe to a show on your phone and it is waiting on your tablet. Stop listening on one and the other picks up at the same spot, across Android and iOS.
Ad detection still runs on each device, because each one downloads its own copy of an episode with its own ads.
Everything else
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The rest is a first-class podcast app.
Live captions
The transcript follows the audio as it is made. Tap a line to jump there, or search the episode for a phrase. Lines inside an ad break are dimmed, not hidden, so you can see what was cut.
Speed and sleep
Playback from 0.8× to 3×, skip forward 30 seconds and back 15, and a sleep timer that shows what is left.
A queue that is ready
Drag to reorder, play next or play last. The queue is kept downloaded in order, and the next episode is analysed while you listen so it starts on the actual content.
Downloads that know their place
Per-podcast windows keep the newest few episodes downloaded and tidy up after you have listened. Anything you download by hand is left alone.
Refreshes overnight
Optionally check feeds and fetch new episodes in the background, only on Wi-Fi and only while charging if you like.
Find any show
Search a catalogue of roughly 333,000 podcasts, paste any RSS feed, or open a feed:// or pcast:// link.
In the car and on the lock screen
Transport controls in the notification and on the lock screen, Bluetooth buttons, and Android Auto.
Picks up where you were
Syncs across devices and ecosystems, Android and iOS.
Pricing
Save 30%
Less than a coffee, for hours back.
Premium adds Ad Skipping, Live Captions, Searchable Transcripts, and Library and Episode Progress Syncing across Android and iOS.
Monthly
$2.99 / month
$35.88 over a year. Cancel any time.
Annual
$24.99 / year
Works out to $2.08 a month, $10.89 less than paying monthly.
Hours back, every year
58% of Americans 12 and older listen to podcasts every month, about 167 million people. The average listener spends around nine hours a week with them, and most shows carry 3 to 10 minutes of ads per hour. xadcast skips the ads, so that time goes back to the listener.
| Listener | Time listening per month | Ads per month | Time back per year |
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| Casual | 13 h | 39–130 min | 8–26 h |
| Typical | 39 h | 117–390 min | 23–78 h |
| Heavy | 52 h | 156–520 min | 31–104 h |
Ranges run from a light ad load of 3 minutes per hour to a heavy one of 10. A month is 4.33 weeks. Figures are the ad time in what you listen to; how much of it xadcast skips varies by show. Sources: Edison Research, The Infinite Dial 2026; MRI-Simmons; Magellan AI; Oxford Road and Podscribe.