Kural Podcasts

Kural is a native podcast player for iPhone, Apple Watch and CarPlay, with Apple Music built in if you want it. Follow shows from Apple's podcast directory or any RSS feed, and your library, progress and Up Next sync across your devices through iCloud. Run a self-hosted PinePods server? Sign in and Kural syncs with it too. LISTEN ONCE, THEN MOVE ON • Up Next queue: play next, reorder, and keep playing automatically • Played episodes leave the queue and get cleaned up • Automation rules download and queue new episodes of the shows you play most, remove played downloads, and retire old unplayed episodes, on a schedule with no approval step PLAYS ANYWHERE • Downloads to your iPhone in the background, with a storage limit and "keep the next few queued episodes downloaded" • Offline progress is kept on the device and synced later • Download While Streaming keeps the episode you're playing on the phone, so a dropped connection doesn't stop the show • Chapters: see where you are, jump to any chapter, and skip forward or back a chapter • Skip Silence speeds through long pauses • Resumes after phone calls and other interruptions • Now Playing on the Lock Screen and in Control Center, with AirPlay and speed control YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • Search Apple's podcast directory, or paste a feed URL • Import and export your subscriptions as OPML • Syncs through your private iCloud database; nothing passes through us • Optional two-way sync with PinePods: shows, positions, played and saved episodes, and Up Next. YouTube channels and server downloads from PinePods play while signed in. PODCASTS AND MUSIC IN ONE PLACE • Turn on Apple Music to search the catalog and play songs, albums, playlists and stations • Recently Played, your playlists and Made for You on Home and in the Music tab • Add songs to playlists, your library or Favorites • Playing a song pauses your podcast, and the other way round BUILT FOR APPLE DEVICES • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with play, skip and Up Next • CarPlay: Up Next, your shows, the latest episodes, and your music • Apple Watch remote with a watch face complication • Eleven accent colors, each with a matching app icon No ads, no analytics, no tracking. Kural is an independent project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the PinePods project.