# AudioAnchor (open-source podcast app)

> AudioAnchor is a free, open-source podcast app for Android. Audio player that tracks the listening process of your audio books and podcasts. It has 245 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

AudioAnchor is an audio player that tracks the listening process of your audio books and podcasts. Features: AudioAnchor offers a clean and intuitive interface for listening to audio files while keeping track of the listening process. Additional features include: * lock screen media controls * sleep timer * export / import listening progress as sql database

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/flackbash/AudioAnchor |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Java |
| GitHub stars | 245 |
| License | GPL-3.0-only (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/com.prangesoftwaresolutions.audioanchor/ (package com.prangesoftwaresolutions.audioanchor) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | not linked |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Podcast apps |
| Latest release | v2.7.0 (Sep 24, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 1, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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