u/hamza_q_

I've always been annoyed by podcast ads. They've gotten kinda out of hand as of late lol. Searched and found a few apps that could detect and skip them, but they were all paid. So I made a free one. To my knowledge this is the first podcast app with free ad block.

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/drea-podcast-ad-blocker/id6759070798

iOS (26+) only for now. If the app becomes popular I'll def think of doing an Android version as well.

From today on, you never have to listen to a podcast ad again. tearsofjoy.jpeg 🥹

For mods: yes, this is technically self-promotion. But I'm not trying to sell you anything. As I said, the app is completely free and doesn't even have user accounts. Just made something cool that I hope people will find useful. If anyone's suspicious about how it's able to be free, i.e. doesn't it cost money to run, are you selling my data (I'm not) etc. I can explain in the comments. I may open-source the app at some point; still thinking about it.

Cheers.

Always found it incredibly annoying that Spotify Premium doesn't mean no podcast ads. So I searched and found a few apps that can detect and skip the ads, but they're all paid. So I made a free one. To my knowledge this is the first podcast app with free ad block.

Works for any English podcast. You won't be able to find Spotify exclusives though because, well, they're exclusive to Spotify lol. But the vast majority of podcasts are not exclusives.

iOS (26+) only for now. If the app becomes popular I'll def think of doing an Android version as well.

For mods: yes, this is technically self-promotion. But I'm not trying to sell you anything. As I said, the app is completely free and doesn't even have user accounts. Just made something cool that I hope people will find useful. If anyone's suspicious about how it's able to be free, i.e. doesn't it cost money to run, are you selling my data (I'm not) etc. I can explain in the comments. I may open-source the app at some point; still thinking about it.

Cheers.

Always found it incredibly annoying that Spotify Premium doesn't mean no podcast ads. So I searched and found a few apps that can detect and skip the ads, but they're all paid. So I made a free one. To my knowledge this is the first podcast app with free ad block:

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/drea-podcast-ad-blocker/id6759070798

Works for any English podcast. You won't be able to find Spotify exclusives though because, well, they're exclusive to Spotify lol. But the vast majority of podcasts are not exclusives.

iOS (26+) only for now. If the app becomes popular I'll def think of doing an Android version as well.

For mods: yes, this is technically self-promotion. But I'm not trying to sell you anything. As I said, the app is completely free and doesn't even have user accounts. Just made something cool that I hope people will find useful. If anyone's suspicious about how it's able to be free, i.e. doesn't it cost money to run, are you selling my data (I'm not) etc. I can explain in the comments. I may open-source the app at some point; still thinking about it.

Cheers.

Always found it incredibly annoying that Spotify Premium doesn't mean no podcast ads. So I searched and found a few apps that can detect and skip the ads, but they're all paid. So I made a free one. To my knowledge this is the first podcast app with free ad block:

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/drea-podcast-ad-blocker/id6759070798

Works for any English podcast. You won't be able to find Spotify exclusives though because, well, they're exclusive to Spotify lol. But the vast majority of podcasts are not exclusives.

iOS (26+) only for now. If the app becomes popular I'll def think of doing an Android version as well.

For mods: yes, this is technically self-promotion. But I'm not trying to sell you anything. As I said, the app is completely free and doesn't even have user accounts. Just made something cool that I hope people will find useful. If anyone's suspicious about how it's able to be free, i.e. doesn't it cost money to run, are you selling my data (I'm not) etc. I can explain in the comments. I may open-source the app at some point; still thinking about it.

Cheers.