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Steadcast – Free Mac podcast player for learning, not background noise

  • Hacker News

Hey HN — I'm Aaron, and I built Steadcast because I was frustrated that I listen to 15+ hours of podcasts a week and retain almost none of it. Steadcast is a native macOS podcast player (Swift, SwiftUI, AVFoundation — no Electron) designed around one idea: podcasts are how a l...

  • Published: Apr 10, 2026
  • First seen: Apr 10, 2026
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Hey HN — I'm Aaron, and I built Steadcast because I was frustrated that I listen to 15+ hours of podcasts a week and retain almost none of it. Steadcast is a native macOS podcast player (Swift, SwiftUI, AVFoundation — no Electron) designed around one idea: podcasts are how a l...

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Teams evaluating AI product workflows / Builders comparing emerging tools / Operators tracking early category shifts

Why it matters

Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Key Features

  • Primary public product URL is https://steadcast.co/.
  • Description: Hey HN — I'm Aaron, and I built Steadcast because I was frustrated that I listen to 15+ hours of podcasts a week and retain almost none of it. Steadcast is a native macOS podcast player (Swift, SwiftUI, AVFoundation —....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "Steadcast – Free Mac podcast player for learning, not background noise".
  • Source description: Hey HN — I'm Aaron, and I built Steadcast because I was frustrated that I listen to 15+ hours of podcasts a week and retain almost none of it. Steadcast is a native macOS podcast player (Swift, SwiftUI, AVFoundation —....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-10.

Use Cases

  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.
  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-10).
  • Primary public product URL is https://steadcast.co/.
  • Description: Hey HN — I'm Aaron, and I built Steadcast because I was frustrated that I listen to 15+ hours of podcasts a week and retain almost none of it. Steadcast is a native macOS podcast player (Swift, SwiftUI, AVFoundation —....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "Steadcast – Free Mac podcast player for learning, not background noise".

Why Now

Steadcast – Free Mac podcast player for learning, not background noise is appearing on fresh discovery surfaces, so it is worth reviewing while momentum is still forming. Confidence is currently low (41/100), so treat this as an early signal rather than a settled trend.

Community Signals

Trend score

2.5

24h momentum

Rising

Hacker News points

7

Rising

Facts / Signals / Inference / Unknowns

Facts

  • Listed on Hacker News as "Steadcast – Free Mac podcast player for learning, not background noise".
  • Source description: Hey HN — I'm Aaron, and I built Steadcast because I was frustrated that I listen to 15+ hours of podcasts a week and retain almost none of it. Steadcast is a native macOS podcast player (Swift, SwiftUI, AVFoundation —....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-10.
  • Description: Hey HN — I'm Aaron, and I built Steadcast because I was frustrated that I listen to 15+ hours of podcasts a week and retain almost none of it. Steadcast is a native macOS podcast player (Swift, SwiftUI, AVFoundation —....
  • Primary public product URL is https://steadcast.co/.

Signals

  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-10).
  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Inference

Trust data is still pending

The evidence pipeline has not produced enough structured trust blocks for this product yet.

Unknowns

  • Documentation is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • No tagline is stored on the current product record.
  • Pricing details are not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • Recent changelog or release history is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.

Evidence Snapshots

Steadcast – Free Mac podcast player for learning, not background noise

Listed on Hacker News as "Steadcast – Free Mac podcast player for learning, not background noise".

Steadcast – Free Mac podcast player for learning, not background noise official profile

Primary public product URL is https://steadcast.co/.

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