Fast, ad-free podcasting crafted for Android.
Explore shows through semantic topic search, enjoy intelligent discovery tuned to your taste,
and listen without paywalls, subscriptions, or ads.
About · The soul of boxlore · What we track · Features · Release notes · Screenshots · Install
boxlore is crafted to make podcast listening better. Built for listeners who care about quality software, it combines thoughtful audio and video controls with intelligent discovery—completely free of ads, subscriptions, and paywalls.
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🎨 BeautifulFluid Material 3 interface with dynamic theming, video playback, chapters, and clean controls. |
🧠 SmartNatural-language semantic search by topic, paired with hybrid vector recommendations. |
🔒 YoursDeep customization, full library ownership, and offline downloads. Zero ads, zero subscriptions, and no paywalls. |
| 📜 The soul of boxlore | 🔒 What we track and why |
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| Why this app is free, ad-free, and crafted with care. | How hybrid discovery works & full data transparency. |
| Feature | What it does |
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| Find podcasts | Search by show name, even with a misspelling, or describe a topic to find podcasts and individual episodes about it. |
| Recommendations | Hybrid discovery: Server-side semantic vector search using your recent listening seeds, with on-device tuning for your playback habits. |
| Automatic queue | When the list of episodes waiting to play runs low, Smart Queue can add more from the current show, unfinished listening, subscriptions, and recommendations. |
| Audio and video player | Play audio and video episodes with speed controls, a sleep timer, chapters, transcripts, intro skipping, and a queue you can reorder. |
| Downloads and library | Keep subscriptions, new episodes, downloads, likes, and listening history together. Smart Downloads can prepare episodes for offline listening. |
| Alerts and widgets | Choose which shows can send new-episode alerts. Home-screen widgets show playback controls, subscriptions, or new episodes. |
| TV and car playback | Send playback to supported TVs and speakers with Google Cast, or listen through Android Auto. |
| More ways to discover | Browse short question cards that lead to related episodes, or play an optional daily news briefing with sources and chapters. |
| Import and backup | Import a subscription file (OPML) from another podcast app, then export your subscriptions or a full library backup whenever needed. |
| No app ads | boxlore has no banner ads and does not charge to unlock features. Podcasts may still contain ads placed by their publishers. |
New features and improvements for the next release are currently in development.
AI-generated summary; may contain mistakes.
Verify details in the changelog and linked pull requests.
🚨 Critical:
- Fixed critical bugs related to Google sign in not working and onboarding authentication flow
- In-app feedback screen revamp with automatic draft recovery.
- General stability optimizations and performance enhancements.
 Home Continue listening and see suggestions |
 Search Find a name or explore a topic |
 Player Controls, chapters, transcripts, and queue |
 Recommendations Suggestions based on what you listen to |
 Library Subscriptions, downloads, likes, and history |
 Daily briefing Optional news audio with sources |
- Google Play is the recommended install.
- GitHub Releases provides the latest APK for sideloading.
- Obtainium adds boxlore with automatic update tracking.
Android may ask you to allow installation from your browser or file manager when sideloading.
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boxlore is source-available under the PolyForm Strict License 1.0.0. Noncommercial use is allowed; redistribution and derivative works are restricted by the license.