Podcini.X - Podcast instrument vs Valentin's PowerTools #012 - Rate Your Pics
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Podcini.X - Podcast instrument
Podcini, an open source podcast instrument, attuned to Puccini, adorned with pasticcini and aromatized with porcini, invites your harmonious heartbeats. Do I hear your heartbeats? Great! Common functionalities of a podcast player are well-supported: Search, discover and subscribe to podcasts, by keywords, simple RSS URLs, or OPML files. Download, stream or queue episodes, and enjoy them the way you like with adjustable playback speeds. Save effort, battery power and mobile data usage with powerful automation controls for auto-downloading/auto-enqueuing episodes. If the feed contains no media (plain RSS feed), Text-to-Speech engine is used to play the text. Listening progress can be instantly synced through a NextCloud server or across devices in the same Wi-Fi network without a server. So what's special with this podcast app among the many? Well, aside from doing the above well, the following make it stand out: It's open sourced, free to use and free of ads, free as in beer and free as in speech! It takes advantage of modern frameworks to be efficient and conserve energy. In addition to subscriptions, it allows you to create your own synthetic podcasts to compile your interested episodes from various sources to better focus on your interests. While the list of episodes (filtered and sorted by you) in each podcast serves a natural playlist for you, it also empowers you with multiple queues each associable with any podcasts to group similar contents for better listening. On any podcast/episode, you can assign 5 levels of rating allowing you to make better decisions on where to put your attention. You have 12 levels of play states (like to play soon, play again, etc) to better plan and enhance your listening experiences. You can also keep your personal notes with your opinions/comments on each podcast/episode. It has sophisticated sorting and filtering options for you to better select contents. When you unsubscribe a podcast, it allows you to preserve your important episodes of the podcast in a synthetic feed. It keeps a record of your unsubscribed podcasts and notifies you if you unknowingly try to re-subscribe to some. It caches streamed audio for seamless local rewind and replay. You can record audio clips or mark positions on any episodes for better review. You can also set selected episodes related for better grouping. Sure, you can play any episodes in your car's speakers. And, it's not all about audio, video is well handled. You can cast the audio/video to Chromecast speakers/screens. Some other podcast players can also do all of the above? Join the Podcini community! Podcini is under active development by volunteers. You can contribute too, with code, comments or improvements. See source code on github.com/XilinJia/Podcini.X
Valentin's PowerTools #012 - Rate Your Pics
Welcome to Rate Your Pics, an app that allows you to rate your pictures very quickly. How it works: * Tap the big red button ("Select Folder") to select a folder * You start rating the pictures with the buttons from ★☆☆☆☆ to ★★★★★ * the files get renamed as you rate * ☆☆☆☆☆ moves the picture to trash (undo possible during session). * forward and backward buttons go forward and backward in the preview. That way you can change your rating or skip rating a picture. Features: * ⭐ Rating Overlay - Hold any picture for half a second to toggle overlay mode. In this mode, your rating is displayed over the picture for one-sixth of a second after each rating. You can disable this feature for faster rating. * 🗑️ Delete 0 Star Pictures - 0 Star Pictures are only deleted when you pause the app, close it, or press the button that takes you to the welcome screen. Until then, you can undo the ratings. * ☕ Contemplative Loading - Our state-of-the-art image loading process takes just long enough for you to ponder the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. It's the perfect opportunity to grab a cup of coffee tea, contemplate your existence, or practice your patience. We believe in turning waiting time into quality time! Created with ❤️ by Valentin.
| Feature | Podcini.X - Podcast instrument | Valentin's PowerTools #012 - Rate Your Pics |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid |
| Categories | Media PlayerPodcastVideoBrowser | Media PlayerVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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