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A podcatcher is a computer program used to automatically download podcasts. It is a form of aggregator, and can also transfer received audio files to a portable media player.

The term podcatcher was first dubbed by Kevin C. Tofel on October 9, 2004 in an on-line review of Doppler, which was one of the first podcatchers for the Windows platform. This review was the basis for one of the first print mentions of podcatchers in the February 2005 issue of Pocket PC Magazine.

The most popular podcatcher is generally considered to be Juice.

List and Comparison of Podcatchers

A comprehensive list of podcatchers is available at Podcast Software

Podcasts

 

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Creator OS Cost Features
iTunes Apple Computer Mac OS X, Windows XP Free Media Player, iPod updater, podcatcher, built in directory
Nimiq The Nimiq Team Windows Free Podcatcher for windows, built in Bittorrent client
PodSpider RapidSoftware Solution Windows €14.90, $17.90 Podcatcher
Odeo Noah Glass & Evan Williams Mac OS X 10.4 Free Mac OS X Widget, Podcatcher, built in directory
Podcast.com Podcast.com Windows/Mac OS X/Linux Free Online based, no downloadable client
Juice The Juice Team Windows, Mac OS X 10.3+, GNU/Linux Free Podcatcher, built in directory
Wizz RSS News Reader Wizz Computer Firefox extention, fully tested on Windows XP/2000, Mac OS X, Mandrake 10.0 Free Podcatcher, can read any RSS
Winamp Nullsoft Windows Free/14.95 (both have podcast directory) Media Player, Music Store, can update MP3 players (iPod too!)