boxlore: Podcast App & Player

boxlore is a podcast app for curious minds. Describe an idea and find episodes about it, follow a question in Lore, or let boxlore suggest what's next. Then it steps back while you listen.

Free, with no app ads and no paywalls.

Curious: it goes looking with you

• Search by idea. Describe a topic and get episodes about it, even when the words don't match. Misspelled show names still work.

• Lore. Swipe through questions that each lead to an episode. What you play and skip teaches your taste.

• For You and Because you like. Picks shaped by what you listen to, like and finish.

• Home. Daily mix, rows for the time of day, and trending shows.

• The boxlore Brief. An optional daily news episode with sources, in Global, India, US and UK editions.

• A start that asks first. Meet Echo, answer a few questions and get shows to begin with. Or search, pick genres or import your library.

Calm: then it gets out of the way

• A podcast player that takes its colours from the show's cover, or a minimal layout with a larger title and big controls.

• Playback speed from 0.5× to 3×, and a sleep timer that can stop at the end of an episode.

• Separate skip back and forward amounts from 5 to 120 seconds, plus intro and outro skipping for each show.

• Chapters and transcripts that follow playback, saved with downloads.

• Smart Queue keeps something playing: the next episode, unfinished listening, new episodes, then recommendations.

• Download episodes to listen offline. Smart Downloads have episode and storage limits, Wi-Fi and charging options, and auto-delete for played episodes.

• Video podcasts, Android Auto, Google Cast and widgets.

Yours: whatever you want it to be

• Six Home styles: Block, Cover, Tide, Duotone, Halo and Marquee.

• Classic, Pure, Material 3 from your wallpaper, or a custom theme from any colour.

• Floating or classic navigation, and Crisp, Soft or Round lettering.

• Folders from 1×1 to 3×3, plus your own tag and icon for any show you follow.

• Add any RSS feed by its link, including private links.

• Import and export OPML, back up everything to a file, or sign in to sync across your devices.

• LeaveMeAlone turns off recommendations wherever you don't want them.

Good to know

• Some podcasts include ads that their creators put in their own episodes. Those play as part of the show.

• boxlore plays public podcasts from the Podcast Index and any RSS feed you add. Shows exclusive to other platforms aren't available.

• Recommendations are matched on boxlore's servers from what you've listened to, then fine-tuned on your phone. The privacy policy explains what's collected and why.

• Tablet and foldable layouts are in alpha. Send feedback from the Home top bar.

boxlore is made by box.create. Ideas from listeners shape what comes next.