You don't need a new app. You need the ads gone from the episodes. Paste any show's feed into ZeroAds and we send back the same show with the ads cut out: a clean feed that plays in Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Overcast, or any of 47+ apps. The first 5 episodes are free.
About 2 minutes to set up. Cancel anytime.
Podcast ads are recorded into the episode audio, so blockers, premium tiers, and silence trimming cannot pull them out. That is why most of the usual fixes do not work.
Spotify Premium audio podcasts can still carry Spotify ads and sponsor messages the host reads aloud.
A browser blocker works on web pages. A podcast ad is spoken inside the audio file, so there is nothing for it to block.
Smart Speed and Trim Silence shorten quiet moments, so the ads play a little sooner. A few apps skip ads during playback, but only inside that one app.
We cut the ads out of the audio and hand you a feed for the same show. Any app that takes an RSS URL plays it.
The fix that works is to remove the ads from the audio before it reaches your app. The longer version is in our guide to removing podcast ads.
Step 1
Search any show in ZeroAds or paste its RSS feed.
Step 2
We read the full episode, find every ad, and remove it from the audio itself. You get a clean feed link.
Step 3
Add the clean feed to your podcast app. It plays like any other show.
97-98%
of ad time caught in our accuracy tests
900 hours
of ads removed from 10,000+ episodes in three weeks
47+
podcast apps play ZeroAds feeds
A typical episode carries about 4 minutes of ads. We cut them from the audio itself and list every cut with a timestamp you can check.
Any app that can add a show by RSS URL works. Pick yours for setup steps: Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Overcast, or Podcast Addict.
Listening on Spotify? It cannot follow a private feed, so the ads stay there. See what to do about ads on Spotify.
Your first 5 episodes are free. After that it is $5.99/mo for founding members, or see the full pricing.
Ads are part of the audio file, so most apps cannot remove them. Remove them from the file instead: paste the show's RSS feed into ZeroAds, we cut the ads out, and you add the clean feed to your podcast app. The first 5 episodes are free.
Yes: the one you already use, once the ads are gone from the feed. ZeroAds cuts them out of the audio, so they're gone in any app that takes an RSS URL, with a timestamped report of every cut. Your queue, speed settings and downloads stay where they are.
No, not on audio podcasts. Premium removes music ads, but Spotify says Premium listeners can still hear its ads and the host's sponsor reads on audio podcasts. Spotify can't follow a private feed either, so move your shows to Apple Podcasts, Overcast or Pocket Casts and go ad-free there.
No. A browser ad blocker stops web ads, but a podcast ad is spoken inside the episode audio, so there is nothing for it to block. The ad has to be cut out of the audio itself.
Any podcast app that accepts a custom RSS URL - 47+ of them, including Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Overcast, and Podcast Addict. Spotify and Amazon Music do not accept custom feeds.
Your first 5 episodes are free. After that, founding members lock in $5.99/mo forever. The founding rate is for the first 500 members; then it's $7.99/mo. There is also an annual plan at $60/yr. Cancel anytime.
We're building a revenue-sharing system so the podcasters you listen to are compensated. We'll publish the full payout policy once it's tested.