Gadgetory

I welcome to tap that app I'm antuan goodwin this is the show where we talk about the hottest apps in the mobile space these days I spend more time listening to podcast than I do listening to music there's so many good shows about technology and cars and Android now iphone users have got it easy podcast management's built right into itunes but Google's left its podcast loving Android users out in the cold without a native podcast subscription service fortunately there are a few good pod catching apps available in the android market dog catcher puts your favorite audio and video podcast at your fingertips with a set of options that allow users to be as basic or as complex and granular as they'd like to be if you want dog catcher to just download the newest episode of every subscribed show it can handle that if you want to set the auto downloader options on a per show basis dogcatcher can do that too if you only want to download podcasts when your phone's plugged in and on Wi-Fi you're good to go this app also allows resume playback so you can pick up your shows where you left off now the on pod offers just about all of the functionality of dog catcher but adds the ability to separate your podcast into categories so you can keep your comedy podcasts separate from your tech news podcast now categories come into play with a cool feature called Smart Play that lets the user micromanage what feeds get add it to the playlist and in what order so if you like to start your day with the latest news show then listen to three comedy shows and then finish up with the oldest episode of your favorite internet radio drama beyondpod will accommodate beyondpod also offers a tablet optimized version for honeycomb users both dog catcher and beyond pod are going to cost you about seven dollars each however beyondpod is free for the first seven days for those of you who like to try before you buy I think that either of these apps is worth every penny if you subscribe to a bunch of audio and video podcasts the app that will be best for you will depend on which interface you like the best whichever podcast manager you choose be sure to fill it up with C net podcast which you can find over at cnet com / podcasts and if you've got an app that you would like to see us tap send it to tap that app at cnet com I'm antuan goodwin and if you'll excuse me I've got to tune in to the latest episode of tap that app weird