While most of the spoken audio we want to listen to comes in the form of a podcast delivered via a feed to which we subscribe or from which we select episodes to download, there’s plenty of other audio out there—spoken, musical, and otherwise. Several iPhone/iPad podcast apps let you play those files, too, via sideloading.
Sideloading is copying a file to a device or app outside of its preferred or normal method of accessing files. For instance, you’ve long been able to load non-Amazon ebooks onto a Kindle through USB sideloading: plug the Kindle into a computer and then transfer files into a special folder.
Three of the most popular independent podcast apps offer sideloading features, all slightly different in how they work. Only Castro offers one form without a subscription. Here’s how they work and where to find them:
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