Start free. Stay free if you like.
One show costs nothing, and it always will. Upgrade when the habit sticks; cancel the moment it doesn't.
Free
- Follow one show
- Paste as many one-off links as you like
- Verified copying and clean-up
- Normal speed only
- No searching inside the app
Swim
- Follow as many shows as you like
- Listen at up to 2x
- Search and browse inside the app
- Keeps your three most recent episodes
- No workout features
Pro
- Everything in Swim
- Speeds up to 4x
- Smart fill — tops the headphones up on its own
- Split long episodes into chunks
- Even out the volume
- Tighten the silences — more episode, same session
- Fill an exact session length, with spoken time-remaining
- Interval beeps while you swim
- A cadence track to stroke or stride to
- Read web articles aloud
Cancel any time — your subscriptions and files stay on your computer either way.
Questions
Do I need to be online at the pool?
No. Everything goes onto the headphones before you leave the house, which is just as well — they have no radio of their own, and neither does the deep end.
Which headphones work?
Shokz OpenSwim, OpenSwim Pro and SWIM PRO — the ones with storage built in. Anything that shows up as a USB drive will work too.
What happens if I stop paying?
Podlaps drops to the free plan and keeps working. Your shows and settings stay put and nothing gets locked away. The next Update trims the headphones to the free plan's one episode per show, and anything trimmed can be fetched again if you come back.
Is there a Mac version?
Not yet. The same code compiles for a Mac, but it's never met a real pair of headphones on one, and shipping it like that would just be asking you to test it for me. Windows 10 and 11 for now.