Set your show priorities once. Autohop works down the list automatically — downloading ahead, advancing when an episode ends, and never asking you what to play next.
Autohop is a native iPhone podcast app built for serious, hands-free listening — automatic Up Next management, Trim Silence, and Vocal Boost for long drives, commutes, and everyday listening.
"Most podcast apps treat Up Next like a to-do list you manage manually. Autohop manages it for you — automatically, intelligently, and indefinitely."— Built for serious, high-volume podcast listeners
Features
Built for people who subscribe to more shows than they can easily keep up with, and want a player that keeps pace.
Rank your podcasts once by drag-and-drop. Autohop fills Up Next in that order automatically. No daily management required. Learn how it works →
Autohop learns each show's release pattern and gives likely releases priority whenever the app is active or iOS grants background time. iOS, not Autohop, controls the exact timing of background execution.
A sleep timer that runs itself, every night. Set your bedtime hours once and Autohop checks in with a soft, meditative chime — "are you still listening?" Tap any control to keep going — even the "Still Listening" button right on your lock screen, no unlocking needed. Drift off and playback gently fades out and rewinds to the last thing you heard.
Listening in the car with others? One switch temporarily slows every show to a comfortable group speed and pauses silence trimming — and one switch brings all your personal settings straight back.
Choose what each podcast downloads automatically using title, description, and duration rules. Skipped episodes remain visible and manual actions still work. Rules sync through optional iCloud Sync.
Your subscriptions, priority order, played state, position, history and stats stay in step across all your iPhones — through your own private iCloud. No account, no sign-up, and nothing leaves your control. Off by default; flip one switch to turn it on.
Four-level silence trimming per podcast — Off, Low, Medium, High. RMS-based detection removes dead air without affecting speech rhythm.
Four-level vocal clarity enhancement per podcast. Makes voice content easier to follow in noisy environments or at high speeds.
Your listening, visualised — across 7 Days, the current or previous month and year, and Lifetime, with a listening heatmap, 24-hour listening clock, streaks, and exactly how much time Autohop has saved you. Tap any top show for details, and see which shows you're drifting from. All on-device.
Full chapter support with active-chapter display and automatic skip for chapters you've marked as disabled. Never sit through sponsorships again.
Speed, start skip, end skip, trim silence, and vocal boost are all set independently per show. Dense interviews and narrative shows can sound completely different.
Override Up Next with two swipe gestures. Promote an episode to the front or push it to the end — Up Next always shows exactly where things stand.
Three independent per-podcast rules: archive after playing, archive inactive episodes after a set interval, and keep only the N most recent episodes. Set once and never think about storage again.
Browse the Apple Podcasts charts — a Top-8 carousel plus genre rows, with a country picker for other storefronts. Curated "Top Podcasts" spotlights from other countries are woven in too. Preview any show's full episode list, and even play episodes, before subscribing.
Search the iTunes podcast catalog by name, author, or keyword. Browse the full episode list before subscribing. Recently viewed podcasts are saved for 30 days.
Autohop only plays files already on your device. No buffering and no mid-episode stall on a weak signal. Completed background transfers keep Up Next stocked when iOS permits them to run.
Full audio and video podcast support with landscape unlock for full-screen playback. Chapter navigation works on both.
Six duration presets or end-of-episode mode — choose how many episodes to finish before playback stops. Extend by 5 minutes without leaving the player.
A searchable record of every episode you've listened to, grouped by date with total listening time and episode count. See exactly how much you've heard.
Bring your whole subscription list across from any other podcast app in one step — and export it any time as a backup or to move on. Your library is always yours.
Capability map
A quick look at the shipped features that make Autohop a hands-free, download-first podcast player.
| Feature | Status | Where to use it | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority-ranked auto queue (how it works) | Available | Subscriptions / Up Next | Rank shows once; playback keeps moving. |
| Trim Silence (4 levels, per-podcast) | Available | Podcast Settings / Audio Controls | Remove dead air without changing every show the same way. |
| Vocal Boost (4 levels, per-podcast) | Available | Podcast Settings / Audio Controls | Make speech clearer in cars, headphones, and noisy places. |
| Shared Listening (one-tap group-speed override) | Available | Player audio row | Temporarily make every show comfortable for other listeners. |
| Sleep Schedule (recurring nightly sleep timer) | Available | Menu / Player indicator | Set a recurring listening window once and let it run nightly. |
| Chapter filtering / skip disabled | Available | Player chapters / Episode Detail | Skip recurring sections without touching every episode. |
| Play Next / Play Last | Available | Up Next / episode rows | Override the automatic order when you need to. |
| Per-podcast auto-archive | Available | Podcast Settings | Keep storage tidy without manual cleanup. |
| Download-first playback | Available | Whole app | Play from local files, not live streams. |
| Audio + video podcasts | Available | Player | Use one app for audio shows and video feeds. |