If you want to download, subscribe, and listen to podcasts on the fly, then you’ll want a a good third-party app from Google Play. There’s an obvious benefit to downloading an Android-specific podcast app: you’ll be able to manage, subscribe, and listen to podcasts without using your computer. Using a third party app is more convenient and much faster.
There are a handful of terrific apps out there that let you download and manage podcasts directly from your mobile device. We’re partial to the simple and incredibly easy to use free apps Podcast Addict and Podcast Republic.
An alternative is Pocket Casts ($4). It has everything we want in a podcast player, a huge library, a trending podcast chart, and a clean interface that makes it easy to manage your subscriptions. It also lets you sync between devices and works with iOS.