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Facts

Product
Shows & Stories
What it is
An app that brings podcasts, video podcasts, blogs and other RSS feeds together in one library, with one search for everything and your progress synced across devices.
Who it is for
People with more subscriptions than the average podcast app can handle.
Publisher
Estellantica GmbH, Koberstr. 28, 88048 Friedrichshafen, Germany. Managing director Nikolai Bader. Registered at Amtsgericht Ulm, HRB 747642.
Launch
5 November 2026
Platforms
Web app in any current browser on a computer, tablet or phone. On Windows (Chrome, Edge) and Android it installs as an app straight from the browser. A standalone Windows app is coming.
Price
Permanent guest tier in browser (€0, up to 10 shows). Full 7-day trial free without payment details, trial ends automatically falling back to guest tier. After that €9 a month (cancel monthly) or a one-off €79 for twelve months. No ads, no tracking.
Sold in
EU/EEA, Switzerland, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
Ads and data
No ads in the app, no tracking, no selling of data. Server in Frankfurt, Germany, backed up daily. Account and sync data can be exported and deleted at any time.
Features
Folders and tags for up to 10,000 subscriptions per account; search across the whole library; saved searches and scheduled collections; Show Mode; chapters, transcripts, notes, ratings; speed, sleep timer, Smart Speed; unlimited downloads; insights; reading view for articles; podcast discovery; OPML import and export.
Open standards
Reads chapters, transcripts, persons, funding links, soundbites, season and episode numbers and the feed GUID from the Podcast Index podcast namespace (Podcasting 2.0) wherever a feed provides them.
Languages and themes
15 interface languages, 36 themes, light and dark.
Contact
konto@showsandstories.com

Short descriptions

One line

Podcasts, video podcasts and blogs in one app, with no ads and no tracking.

Short description

Shows & Stories brings podcasts, video podcasts and blogs from RSS feeds into one library, with one search for everything, chapters, transcripts and your progress on every device. No ads, no tracking. Permanent guest tier or free 7-day trial, then €9 a month.

Screenshots

Real screenshots of the app. The shows, episodes and people in them are made up. PNG, desktop 2200 pixels wide, phone 1170 pixels wide, English and German; the home view in light and dark, the rest in light.

English

German

Eight of the 36 themes as a strip:

Logo

Symbol and wordmark as SVG and PNG. Please do not distort, recolour or combine with other marks.