From Xavier's most recent response/post, it sounds like PA is inching closer to cross-device synchronization. The day cross-device sync is available, I'll switch back from Pocket Casts and become a paid user. Sooner the better.

Do most of those who have voted here need true sync of all the things mentioned in the suggestion?

I suspect that Xavier has got very stuck trying to make a proper bi-/multi-directional sync work. It's surely a challenge. So I have suggested a simpler goal which would (I hope) be simpler to implement and therefore more likely to be implemented successfully.

If you think that my suggestion would be adequate for you, please give it a vote. The message would be "This would be good enough. Better this than waiting many more years for full multi-platform sync."

https://podcastaddict.uservoice.com/forums/211997/suggestions/39650617

I've been a paid user for several years and would like to see a very specific subset of this feature:
Help me back up episodes (or entire podcasts) that I have marked using the existing Podcast Addict "favourite" feature.

Podcasts and specific episodes can disappear after some time so I like to back things up locally, and organize them in my own way so I can find them easily.

Here's how I manage this today:
1. Set Podcast Addict to save to a folder that my phone recognizes as "Podcasts" (this is for convenience for file navigation).
2. Set "favourite" on any episodes that I want to keep.
3. Delete all downloaded episodes. Podcast Addict keeps the favourites.
4. Use the Google "Files" app to navigate to my podcast folder.
5. Select episodes then "Share" them to Google Drive into a "Podcasts" folder there (usually making a new subfolder for each podcast as filenames are often not descriptive).
Unfortunately, there is no way to "Share" an entire folder so this process can be tedious if I have set a lot of favourites.

Getting everything to my PC or another device from Google Drive or other cloud services is generally trivial as they have good integrations for syncing that way, especially for PC.

Automating steps 3 thru 5 would make things a lot easier.

Essentially what I'd like to see is a button that lets me "Share" all favourite episodes, ideally preserving the subfolder they are stored in and adding that to a specific folder on Google Drive. I think to do this the coding would need to be quite specific and therefore less flexible. However, it might allow for folder preservation which would be nice.

Alternatively, if there was simply a button available after I've selected an episode (in "Downloaded Episodes" perhaps) that would let me "Share" to Google Drive (or via any other app) that would be good enough. It would also potentially make the coding more flexible, allowing people to "Share" a file (or multiple files) with pretty much any other app on their device (if the app is coded to handle that). All of the cloud storage apps can as far as I know.

If implemented like that it would mean not having to mark episodes as favourites anymore. Items I want to preserve could just be done immediately when I think of it, then removed from my phone.

It looks like current versions of Android provide an API that helps with this "Share" feature: https://developer.android.com/training/secure-file-sharing/share-file

For an example (I think) in Google's Android version of their "Recorder" app you can select a recording then "Share" it and on Android 10 (on my phone) the following items are available:

- send as a message to one of the three most recent people I sent messages to via Google Messages app
- send via Google Messages app (select a contact in the app)
- play to VLC
- send as email attachment using Gmail
- send to a connected Bluetooth device
- send via the Google's Files app "hotspot" feature
- Save to Google Drive
- Save to a specific folder I recently used in Google Drive

Note:
I only want to keep episodes I've marked as favourites, not all episodes, so using a backup manager or similar doesn't make sense. It would need to be able to read Podcast Addict's metadata.

I am personally committing to pay for the app if cloud sync is added

The app has a great interface, but I would not consider using it until I get the same podcast list across devices (without import/ export files each time). Started this in 2015? Think I better move on...

If you want to backup your subscriptions as an opml file you can do it from Settings/Backup & Restore then select the Backup entry. The backup file is stored in a subfolder called backup within your storage location. You can press the share button to send this file to your Drive, Dropbox, email account.

Given the number of votes and comments spanning several years, I'm really surprised the developers have not found a way to do this. I've only just switched to PA but like others, without the functionality of being able to login via multiple devices, I may need to continue shopping around for an app that can do this. I needed an app that had the ability to bookmark but I also listen on different devices and simply do not have the time or energy to unsubscribe to My podcasts and Rick off the hundreds of episodes I have listened to.

So at the moment ---> New device means new subscriber & start from scratch ?? You gotta be kidding

Would be nice when Podcast Addict could sync and play podcast on Garmin watches.

Hi, If the servers are problem, have you considered the possibility to provide VM/docker or anything to allow self-hosting the server part?

what about gpodder support?

Any word on this @admin ? It's been years and I've recently decided to jump ship from using Podcast Addict and pocket casts to using your service exclusively. One of the major things that kept me from doing it earlier was that I liked the cross platform idea. Any update/feedback would be greatly appreciated.

would love it.
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I think you can now synchronize with Google drive without having to pay anymore. It's like a hidden storage like what's app is using or so.

I also really need this feature please

I really would like to see this feature, but it's really broad now. Does this include LAN sync or cloud sync? Subscription or downloaded episodes as well? Does it sync progress?

My suggestion is to split up this feature request to see what users really want.

I would love to see this feature. Please add this. Thanks

I agree, this would be a great feature. I would pay for the option to use it.

So I have to say that this idea is second on the list of top ideas, it has nearly 5,000 votes, and there have been comments constantly on it since the start of it until current day. However, I find it funny that the developer is spending so much focus on things with Android Auto (which as a note was suggested in April 2015 and completed 7 months later) but yet this idea has been requested since June 2013 and it says it is started, but 6 years later and we are still waiting. C'mon developer, please give us an update on where you are with this feature. I am sure I speak for us all when I say that it feels like you have forgotten about us and this request or that you just don't care about it.

Yes, please!