Podcini.X - Podcast instrument vs Retroboy
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Podcini.X - Podcast instrument
Podcini, an open source podcast instrument, attuned to Puccini, adorned with pasticcini and aromatized with porcini, invites your harmonious heartbeats. Do I hear your heartbeats? Great! Common functionalities of a podcast player are well-supported: Search, discover and subscribe to podcasts, by keywords, simple RSS URLs, or OPML files. Download, stream or queue episodes, and enjoy them the way you like with adjustable playback speeds. Save effort, battery power and mobile data usage with powerful automation controls for auto-downloading/auto-enqueuing episodes. If the feed contains no media (plain RSS feed), Text-to-Speech engine is used to play the text. Listening progress can be instantly synced through a NextCloud server or across devices in the same Wi-Fi network without a server. So what's special with this podcast app among the many? Well, aside from doing the above well, the following make it stand out: It's open sourced, free to use and free of ads, free as in beer and free as in speech! It takes advantage of modern frameworks to be efficient and conserve energy. In addition to subscriptions, it allows you to create your own synthetic podcasts to compile your interested episodes from various sources to better focus on your interests. While the list of episodes (filtered and sorted by you) in each podcast serves a natural playlist for you, it also empowers you with multiple queues each associable with any podcasts to group similar contents for better listening. On any podcast/episode, you can assign 5 levels of rating allowing you to make better decisions on where to put your attention. You have 12 levels of play states (like to play soon, play again, etc) to better plan and enhance your listening experiences. You can also keep your personal notes with your opinions/comments on each podcast/episode. It has sophisticated sorting and filtering options for you to better select contents. When you unsubscribe a podcast, it allows you to preserve your important episodes of the podcast in a synthetic feed. It keeps a record of your unsubscribed podcasts and notifies you if you unknowingly try to re-subscribe to some. It caches streamed audio for seamless local rewind and replay. You can record audio clips or mark positions on any episodes for better review. You can also set selected episodes related for better grouping. Sure, you can play any episodes in your car's speakers. And, it's not all about audio, video is well handled. You can cast the audio/video to Chromecast speakers/screens. Some other podcast players can also do all of the above? Join the Podcini community! Podcini is under active development by volunteers. You can contribute too, with code, comments or improvements. See source code on github.com/XilinJia/Podcini.X
Retroboy
Retroboy provides vintage imaging technology not seen since the digital cameras and monochrome screens of the previous century. A series of real time filters implement various image processing algorithms, to emulate the graphic experience of classic hardware. * 4-tone Bayer dithering as found on the Nintendo® Game Boy® Camera * Amstrad CPC filter with 27 color palette * PXL-2000 PixelVision filter emulating one of the first digital video cameras * Commodore 64 filter with VIC-II 16-color palette * Atkinson dithering filter used by the original Apple® Macintosh® OS * Halftone dot filter as popularized by Roy Lichtenstein and the pop art movement * Record animated GIF movies * Scene mode setting to support for example low light exposure * Zoom using the volume rocker * Adjust the dynamic contrast to further enhance your photos * Process images from your gallery by tapping the share button and selecting Retroboy * Share your pictures through Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, MMS, E-mail or any other methods your device supports
| Feature | Podcini.X - Podcast instrument | Retroboy |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | MIT |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | Media PlayerPodcastVideoBrowser | Media PlayerVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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