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Stitcher
Premium podcast subscription service
As of 30 August 2026, Stitcher has a free plan and paid plans start at $4.99/month. Stitcher is a podcast platform and subscription service offering ad-free listening to thousands of podcasts, original content, and exclusive shows. Softwr lists it under Entertainment. Stitcher is made by Sirius XM Holdings, launched in 2007, available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What Stitcher does
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Stitcher.
- Service discontinued August 29, 2023
- No longer available for download or use
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of Stitcher
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
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Pocketcasts: Cross-platform podcast player with episode filtering, playback speed control, and subscription options.
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Overcast: iPhone-focused podcast app with smart playlist features and a focused, minimalist design.
Pricing
What Stitcher costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Free podcasts
- Ad-supported
Stitcher Premium
$4.99 /mo
- Ad-free
- Exclusives
Capabilities
Features
Podcast streaming
Original content
Ad-free
Offline listening
Recommendations
Smart speakers
Integration with Smart speakers
Car systems
Integration with Car systems
Account security
Account security security feature
Content controls
Content controls security feature
Web support
Available on web
Ios support
Available on ios
Android support
Available on android
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Is Stitcher still available?
No. Stitcher shut down on August 29, 2023. SiriusXM, which acquired Stitcher in 2020, discontinued the app to consolidate podcasts into its flagship SiriusXM subscription. Users can listen to podcasts via the SiriusXM app instead.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Stitcher
- Company
- Sirius XM Holdings
- Based in
- Denver, CO
Timeline
Stitcher over time
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- Stitcher pricingPlans, floors and what the tiers exclude
- Stitcher badgesWhich rules it meets, and the figure behind each
- All Entertainment softwareThe full category
- Best Entertainment softwareThe shortlist, and how it was cut
Best Entertainment software for
Compare Stitcher with
- Spotify
- Overcast
- Audible
- Castbox
- Castro
- Apple Music
- ESPN+
- Showtime
- Starz
- Discord Nitro
- Netflix
- The Roku Channel
- DirecTV Stream
- Emby
- Infuse
- Jellyfin
- Hulu
- Paramount+
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