Every story podcast, with the answers built in
PodcastCodex is a podcast player for serialized narrative shows: audio dramas, serialized fiction, and narrative history. Listen inside the app and get spoiler-safe answers to "wait, who is this again?" without leaving your episode.
Your shows, one calm shelf
Continue where you left off and scan your library at a glance.
Playback that stays out of the way
Waveform, playhead, and an In This Scene strip that is live to your position.
Follow the story word by word
Timestamped transcript you can scrub and search, highlighted as you listen.
The show's encyclopedia, up to here
Browse every entry, filtered to only what you have heard so far.
Who is this again?
Alice, whose records may hold clues. Mentions, first and last heard, and where they come up.
Try five episodes free
Sample 43 entries from the first five episodes, then unlock the show with one purchase. Includes one month free on the monthly plan.
Features
A full daily player first, with the story tools built quietly on top.
A Real Daily Player
Subscribe via RSS or directory search, stream or download with a storage cap you control, and enjoy background playback, lock screen controls, and resume exactly where you left off across interruptions.
Downloads Without the Clutter
Take entire seasons offline for flights and commutes, then let automatic cleanup remove played episodes so your storage never fills up with shows you already finished.
Built for Every Screen
On iPhone, a live codex panel sits right beside playback. On iPad, a two-column library pairs a codex rail with a responsive Now Playing view.
The codex knows where you are
Every entry is anchored to specific moments in specific episodes, so answers arrive at exactly the depth you have earned.
“Previously, on The Long Way South…”
Characters, places, and terms
The codex tracks everyone and everything the show names, each entry tied to the exact moment it first matters.
Spoiler gating to your playhead
The core rule is simple: an entry only reveals what the show has narrated before your current position. Ten episodes in means ten episodes' worth of knowledge, never what the wiki knows.
"Previously on" recaps
Coming back to a long series? A recap of everything before your playhead gets you re-entered without rereading old episodes.
Coverage that grows over time
Analysis runs server side, so coverage for new shows keeps improving. Shows without a codex yet still play perfectly as a normal podcast player.
FAQ
Short answers to the questions listeners ask most.
Listeners of serialized fiction and history podcasts. Interview shows, news, and panel podcasts are out of scope by design, so the app stays focused on narrative storytelling.
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