A podcast app for Android
Find shows you love and ideas you haven’t heard yet. Search by meaning, follow your interests, and make room for a good listen.
Free. No app ads. Android 12+.
Science, stories, culture, conversations.
Follow a favorite. Find a new one.
boxlore combines meaning-based search, personal recommendations, and a player built for everyday listening. Find something new, then stream it or take it offline.
Your listening helps shape what comes next. The features that make discovery useful are free.
The full experience
Built for Android with Material 3. Explore what boxlore can do, from your first search to the next episode.
Semantic search
Describe what you want to hear in your own words. Find episodes by meaning, beyond a show’s name or the exact words in its title.
Try “stories about startup failure” or “why do we dream?”
Try it in boxlore
Recommendations
Your phone learns from plays, likes, queues, and early skips. Familiar voices stay close. New ones get a chance.
01 / Find by meaning
Choose a question to see related topics, then select an example to see why it belongs.
A story about a company changing direction can match “startup failure” without using those exact words.
Illustrative examples of meaning-based search.
02 / Learn from listening
The shows you finish, episodes you like, and picks you skip help adjust your recommendations.
Example listening profile
With little listening history, charts and curated themes help you begin. Personal ranking grows as the app has more to learn from.
Themed rows for different parts of the day, ranked around your interests.
Broader discovery, plus more shows related to the ones you enjoy.
More from shows you finish, with less of what you repeatedly skip.
Your subscriptions, listening history, curated rows, charts, and search results provide a starting point.
Local interests help reorder eligible picks, with more influence as you listen.
Limit repeated shows and leave space for a fresh voice or a new subject.
Your controls: The recommendation model learns and ranks on your phone. Library backups can include learned taste state. Optional sync and backup controls are in Settings. Read the privacy policy
Inside the app
Resume an episode, find your shows, or start a personal mix.
Artwork colors, chapters, playback speed, and queue controls.
Find episodes from a question or an idea.
Follow a question into the podcast behind it.
Regional news, audio, chapters, and a full script.
Start with a chat, import, or the shows you already know.
Personal picks and new shows to explore.
Subscriptions and downloads, organized in one place.
Swipe or use the arrows to explore all eight screens.
First launch
A first podcast app or a fresh start with an old library. Choose the setup that fits you.
Have a short AI-guided chat about your interests, then choose from suggested shows.
Import an OPML file from your current app. Bring your subscriptions and get suggestions related to them.
Choose “I know my shows” to search and subscribe during setup, or skip setup and explore yourself.
Yes. Search, discovery, and offline listening are free. There are no app ads or paid tiers. Podcast creators may still include ads in their episodes.
Export an OPML file from your current podcast app and import it into boxlore. You can also add shows individually or subscribe using an RSS feed.
Download episodes while you’re connected, then listen offline. Searching for new shows and discovering new episodes needs an internet connection.
boxlore runs on Android 12 and later. Get it from Google Play or download the latest APK from GitHub releases.
Read the privacy policy for details about collection and use. Account and data deletion instructions are also available.
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