Podcast app support
Learn how Huge’s features are supported in podcast listening apps.
Member feeds
A member feed is a custom RSS feed that can be manually added into a podcast app (rather than the podcast being found in the app via search).
Apps that support custom feeds
The following list is not a comprehensive list of apps that support custom feeds as there are so many on the market.
These apps all definitely allow users to add custom feeds:
- AntennaPod
- Apple Podcasts
- Breaker
- Castamatic
- Castbox
- Castos
- Downcast
- Google Podcasts
- Podcast Addict
- Overcast
If you want to add a missing podcast app to this list, please email [email protected].
Apps that don’t support custom feeds
Unfortunately, these apps do not allow adding custom feeds, so your members cannot use them for listening to your private audio content.
- Spotify
Post content
When writing posts with the Huge editor you may add formatting and different content elements like quotes, images or code blocks.
As this post content is used as show notes in podcast apps, it’s important to know how it will be displayed in the apps that your members are listening with.
Unlike browsers, which aim to display web content in the same way as each other, there is less standardisation in podcast apps today. This means that some apps support some content elements and some don’t.
If an app is not listed here, it hasn’t yet been tested.
Bold, italic
These podcast apps do support showing bold and italic content in post descriptions:
- Castamatic
- Castbox
- Castro
- Overcast
- Pocket Casts
These podcast apps do not support showing bold and italic content in post descriptions:
- Apple Podcasts
- Breaker
- Google Podcasts
Links
These podcast apps do support showing links in post descriptions:
- Apple Podcasts
- Breaker
- Castamatic
- Castbox
- Castro
- Pocket Casts
- Overcast
These podcast apps do not support showing links in post descriptions:
- Google Podcasts
Headings
These podcast apps do support showing headings (<h1> and <h2>) in post descriptions:
- Castro
- Overcast
These podcast apps kind of support showing headings (<h1> and <h2>) in post descriptions:
- Apple Podcasts (no styling; shows plain text)
- Breaker (no styling; shows plain text)
- Castamatic (same size but bold)
- Castbox (no styling; shows plain text)
- Google Podcasts (no styling; shows plain text)
- Pocket Casts (no styling; shows plain text)
Emojis
These podcast apps do support showing emojis in post descriptions:
- Apple Podcasts
- Breaker
- Castamatic
- Castbox
- Castro
- Google Podcasts
- Overcast
- Pocket Casts
Lists
These podcast apps do support showing lists (<ul> and <ol>) in post descriptions:
- Apple Podcasts
- Breaker
- Castamatic
- Castbox
- Castro
- Overcast
- Pocket Casts
These podcast apps kind of support showing lists (<ul> and <ol>) in post descriptions:
- Google Podcasts (shows a ”*” marker for both types of list)
Images
These podcast apps do support showing images in post descriptions:
- Castbox
- Castro
- Pocket Casts
These podcast apps kind of support showing images in post descriptions:
- Breaker (shows image at full size)
- Overcast (you have to click a button to show them)
These podcast apps do not support showing images in post descriptions:
- Apple Podcasts
- Castamatic
- Google Podcasts
Quotes
These podcast apps do support showing quotes (<blockquote>) in post descriptions:
- Castro
- Castbox
- Overcast
These podcast apps kind of support showing quotes (<blockquote>) in post descriptions:
- Apple Podcasts (no styling; shows plain text)
- Breaker (no styling; shows plain text)
- Castamatic (no styling; shows plain text with some left padding)
- Google Podcasts (no styling; shows plain text)
- Pocket Casts (no styling; shows plain text with some left padding)
Horizontal rule
These podcast apps do support showing horizontal rules (<hr>) in post descriptions:
- Castamatic
- Castbox
- Castro
- Overcast
These podcast apps do not support showing horizontal rules (<hr>) in post descriptions:
- Apple Podcasts
- Breaker
- Google Podcasts
- Pocket Casts
Inline code
These podcast apps do support showing inline code (<code>) in post descriptions:
- Castamatic
- Castro
- Overcast
- Pocket Casts
These podcast apps do not support showing inline code (<code>) in post descriptions:
- Apple Podcasts (shows plain text)
- Castbox (renders the code as HTML)
- Google Podcasts (shows plain text)
- Breaker (renders the code as HTML)
Code blocks
These podcast apps do support showing code blocks (<pre>) in post descriptions:
- Castamatic
- Castro
- Overcast
- Pocket Casts
These podcast apps kind of support showing code blocks (<pre>) in post descriptions:
- Apple Podcasts (no styling; shows plain text)
- Breaker (no styling; shows plain text)
- Google Podcasts (no styling; shows plain text)
These podcast apps do not support showing code blocks (<pre>) in post descriptions:
- Castbox (renders the code as HTML)