AdGuard and 1Blocker are the two most-installed content blockers on iOS. Both do a solid job on general web browsing. Both are advertised as "podcast ad blockers" in some corners of the inte...
If you've noticed you keep reaching for the volume knob mid-podcast, you're not imagining it. Podcast ads, particularly programmatic ones inserted via dynamic ad insertion, have quietly climbe...
Spotify serves ads on podcasts even for many listeners who thought they had them turned off. The ad load has climbed steadily over the last three years, and the mechanics of how Spotify inserts ads (d...
drea arrived in the podcast ad blocker category with the most disarming pitch possible: it's free, it needs no account, and there's no subscription hiding behind a trial. This review covers ho...
Adblock Podcast is the most ideologically interesting app in the podcast ad-skipping category: it charges you a subscription, then hands part of it back to the shows whose ads you skip. This review co...
There are two honest ways to remove podcast ads: pay for a feed that never contains them, or use a tool that finds the ads in the audio and cuts them out of your listening. Everything else you'll ...
Searching for a podcast ad blocker lands you in a confusing market: some tools are full podcast apps, some are feed services bolted onto your existing app, and some are browser-era blockers that don&#...
If you want to skip podcast ads without stabbing the +30s button four times per break, you have more options in 2026 than ever before. A new generation of apps can detect ad segments inside an episode...
Most mainstream podcast apps won't help you skip ads. Apple Podcasts plays every ad in full. Spotify serves ads to free and premium subscribers alike on podcasts. Pocket Casts respects creator mon...
If you want to block podcast ads at the network level — meaning across every device on your home Wi-Fi, without installing anything per-device — Pi-hole and AdGuard Home are the two big open-source op...