Podsnap Terms of Service
Last updated: 2026-10-01.
Podsnap (com.maxschwaber.podskip on Android,
com.maxschwaber.podsnap on iPhone and iPad) is a podcast player
that skips ads, built and run by one person. Using the app means you agree to
these terms.
The service
Podsnap plays podcasts you choose, transcribes episodes to find ad reads, and skips or flags them. Transcripts and detected ad segments are shared across everyone using the same server, keyed to the episode rather than to you. See the privacy policy for what data that involves.
If you sign in, Podsnap also keeps your own library — subscriptions, folders, playlists, stars, positions, and stats — on the server so it follows you between devices. Unlike transcripts, your library is yours alone and is never shared. See the privacy policy.
The subscription
The first 30 episodes with ad-skipping are free, including episodes the app prepares in the background (for example, with auto-download on), and after that you get one free episode every 24 hours. Skipping ads in every new episode requires Podsnap Plus, a subscription at $1.99 a month or $19.99 a year (US prices; other countries see their store's local price). The app keeps working as a normal podcast player without a subscription — the paywall applies only to new ad-skip marks.
The subscription is sold, billed, and renewed by the store you bought it from — Google Play on Android, the App Store on iPhone and iPad — not by Podsnap directly. That store handles payment, automatic renewal, and cancellation. The subscription renews automatically at the end of each period unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. Cancel any time from Google Play's subscription settings, or on iPhone and iPad in Settings → your name → Subscriptions; access continues until the end of the paid period. Refunds follow that store's own policies. Podsnap does not see or store your payment details — only whether the subscription is active.
On iPhone and iPad, Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies. Where it and these terms differ, these terms add to it for the Podsnap service and do not reduce your rights under it.
Your responsibilities
- You are responsible for the content of any podcast feed you add.
- Don't use the service to abuse, overload, or scrape the server outside normal app use.
- Manual ad-segment marks you submit should describe the episode accurately — they are shared with other listeners of that episode.
No warranty
Podsnap is provided as-is. Ad detection can be wrong: it may miss an ad or skip something that wasn't one. The developer is not liable for missed, mis-skipped, or delayed content, or for service interruptions.
Changes
These terms may change as the app does. If they change, the date above changes, and material changes are called out in the app's release notes.
Contact
See also: privacy policy, delete your account.