Podisodic Terms of Service
These Terms cover the Podisodic listener app and the creator services described below.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By downloading, installing, or using the Podisodic app (“the App”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”). If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the App.
These Terms apply to all users of the App, regardless of the device or platform used (iOS or Android) or the country from which you access the App.
2. The Service
Podisodic is a podcast, audiobook, and audio discovery app that allows users to discover, subscribe to, follow, save, download, organize, and listen to audio content, and optionally support verified Podcast Creators with one-time tips. The App operates by:
- Accessing publicly available RSS feeds published by podcast creators and their hosting providers.
- Using directories and metadata sources such as Podcast Index, Apple Podcasts/iTunes metadata, and audiobook metadata sources to power search, charts, recommendations, and discovery.
- Providing topic feeds, saved audiobooks, playlists, queues, likes, show notes, timestamps, social/support links, notifications, OPML import/export, and performance diagnostics.
- Streaming audio content directly from the original hosting provider’s servers. Podisodic does not re-host podcast audio on its own servers, but the app may cache metadata and may download episode audio to a user’s device for offline playback when the user chooses to do so.
Podisodic is free to download and use for podcast listening. Optional listener tips and any other paid features are processed separately through the applicable app store or payment provider. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the App or any part of it at any time, with or without notice.
3. Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years of age to use the App. By using the App, you represent and warrant that you meet this requirement. If you are under 18, you represent that you have your parent or guardian’s permission to use the App.
4. RSS Feeds, Audiobooks & Third-Party Content
4.1 Open RSS Feeds And Directories
The App accesses publicly available RSS feeds as a standard podcast player and may use third-party directories and metadata sources. All podcast, audiobook, artwork, chapter, show note, and related content accessible through the App is owned by the respective creators, publishers, narrators, authors, libraries, directories, and/or hosting providers. Podisodic makes no claim of ownership over any third-party content.
4.2 No Endorsement
Podisodic does not guarantee the accuracy or suitability of any podcast, audiobook, feed, show note, transcript, timestamp, recommendation, topic result, support link, social link, or other third-party content accessible through the App. The presence of content in the App does not constitute an endorsement of its content, accuracy, source, availability, or views.
4.3 Content Availability
Content availability depends on the original creator, directory, library, platform, or hosting provider maintaining the feed, metadata, or file. Podisodic does not guarantee that any particular podcast, audiobook, episode, chapter, link, chart, recommendation, or metadata item will be available, complete, accurate, or current at any given time. We are not responsible for content that is removed, altered, or becomes unavailable at the source.
4.4 Your Responsibility
You are responsible for ensuring your personal use of content accessed through the App complies with applicable laws and the terms of the original content providers.
4.5 Offline Downloads
Where the App offers offline download functionality, downloaded episodes are stored on your device solely for personal, offline listening. Downloaded content may not be redistributed, shared, or reproduced in any form. Downloads are made directly from the original hosting provider’s servers. Podisodic does not store or cache audio files on its own servers at any point in this process.
4.6 Audiobooks
Audiobook features may display public-domain or third-party audiobook metadata and audio from sources such as LibriVox, Internet Archive, or other public feeds where available. You are responsible for confirming that your use of audiobook content is permitted in your location and by the applicable content provider.
4.7 Topics, Recommendations, And Enhanced Metadata
Topic feeds, charts, search results, recommendations, cleaned show notes, timestamps, extracted links, social/support links, and similar discovery features are provided for convenience. They may be incomplete, delayed, duplicated, miscategorized, or inaccurate.
Recommendations and topic matches may use automated ranking and AI-assisted interpretation. Translations and enhanced metadata may contain errors. Results are discovery suggestions, not professional advice or guarantees of accuracy, completeness, suitability, or affiliation. An official-source label describes our source classification; it does not mean a publisher, university, team, or other organization endorses Podisodic.
4.8 External Links
The App may open third-party websites or services, including podcast websites, email links, social platforms, Patreon, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, hosting providers, and other external destinations. Podisodic is not responsible for the content, policies, subscriptions, purchases, ratings, reviews, or practices of those third parties.
4.9 CarPlay And Safe Listening
Use CarPlay and other playback controls only when safe and permitted by law. Set up browsing and playback before driving. Do not interact with the App when doing so would distract you from driving or other activities requiring attention. Vehicle, connection, and operating-system support may affect available controls.
5. Intellectual Property
5.1 Podisodic IP
The App, including its design, interface, features, and original content, is owned by Podisodic and protected by applicable intellectual property laws. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of the App without our express written permission.
5.2 Third-Party Content
All podcast content accessible through the App is owned by the respective creators and publishers. Nothing in these Terms grants you any rights in third-party content beyond what is already permitted by the creator’s publication of their content via public RSS feed.
6. Copyright & DMCA
6.1 Copyright Complaints
Podisodic respects intellectual property rights. To report potentially infringing content, contact Steven Mandzik at help.podisodic@gmail.com. We review complaints and may remove or disable access to disputed content. This contact listing does not by itself assert registration as a designated DMCA agent or entitlement to a statutory safe harbor.
To be valid, your takedown notice must include: (a) a description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed; (b) identification of the infringing content and its location in the App; (c) your contact information; (d) a statement of good faith belief that the use is not authorized; (e) a statement under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate and you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner; and (f) your physical or electronic signature.
6.2 Counter-Notice
If you believe your content was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notice to the copyright contact above. Upon receipt of a valid counter-notice, we may restore the content after 10 to 14 business days unless the complaining party seeks a court order.
6.3 Repeat Infringers
Podisodic reserves the right to terminate or restrict access for users who are found to be repeat infringers.
7. Listener Tips
Podisodic may allow listeners to send optional one-time tips to verified Podcast Creators. Tips are voluntary in-app purchases that let listeners support Podcast Creators. Tips do not unlock premium content, subscriptions, special access, or any additional podcast content.
Listener payments are processed by the app store platform used for the purchase, such as the Apple App Store or Google Play. Your purchase is also subject to the applicable app store terms, billing rules, refund rules, and payment policies.
8. Podcast Creator Accounts, Verification, And Payouts
Podcast Creators may create a Podisodic account for Podcast Creators and claim a podcast feed. To receive tips, Podcast Creators must verify ownership of their show using the verification process provided by Podisodic. Podisodic may review, approve, reject, suspend, or revoke Podcast Creator claims if we believe a claim is inaccurate, disputed, fraudulent, unauthorized, or violates these Terms.
Podcast Creator earnings accumulate in the creator dashboard. Applicable payout timing, minimums, and availability are communicated through creator payout information or creator support; contact creators@podisodic.com to confirm the terms applicable to your account. This update does not remove rights to earnings or payout commitments already accrued. Podcast Creators must provide accurate payout information before receiving payouts. Podcast Creator payouts are based on eligible settled tips after applicable platform fees, Podisodic fees, refunds, reversals, chargebacks, fraud checks, and minimum payout requirements.
Unless otherwise stated, tips are subject to the platform fee charged by Apple or Google for payment processing and a Podisodic fee to cover operating costs. Current Podcast Creator-facing materials may describe these as a 15% Apple/Google fee and a 5% Podisodic fee. Fees, payout timing, minimums, and payout availability may change over time, including if app store rules, platform fees, payment provider rules, or our operating costs change.
The listener's gross payment is not the creator's net earnings. For illustration, if a 15% platform fee and 5% Podisodic fee both apply to the gross tip, a $10 tip yields $8 before any other applicable adjustment; these rates are not guaranteed for every platform or transaction. Review the applicable creator payout information before enabling support. Estimated balances can change when transactions settle or are refunded.
Creators are responsible for their own tax reporting and for providing information reasonably required for lawful payment. Closing an account does not erase existing payment adjustments or lawful claims to eligible settled earnings. Contact creator support about unpaid balances and unresolved payment issues.
9. Tip Messages And User Content
Listeners may have the option to add a short message or display name when sending a tip. These fields are optional and are intended to be shown privately to the Podcast Creator in their creator dashboard or support activity tools. They are not intended for public display in the App.
You are responsible for any message or name you submit. You may not submit content that is illegal, abusive, harassing, hateful, threatening, explicit, misleading, infringing, spam, or otherwise harmful. Podisodic may remove, hide, restrict, or refuse to deliver tip messages or related account activity if we believe it violates these Terms, platform rules, law, or our safety standards.
10. Tips, Refunds, And Payment Issues
Refund requests, duplicate charge issues, failed payment issues, and billing disputes should generally be submitted through the applicable app store platform. Podisodic may help investigate support records, but Apple or Google may control the final refund or billing decision for purchases processed through their platforms.
If a tip is refunded, reversed, charged back, or otherwise not settled, Podisodic may reverse the related Podcast Creator earnings, deduct the amount from future Podcast Creator payouts, or delay payout until the payment is settled.
Podisodic may delay, withhold, reverse, or refuse tips or payouts if we believe a transaction violates these Terms, platform rules, law, or is fraudulent, abusive, mistaken, unauthorized, or creates operational risk.
11. Prohibited Uses
You agree not to use the App to:
- Violate any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation.
- Reproduce, redistribute, or create derivative works from podcast content accessed through the App without authorization from the rights holder.
- Misuse likes, ratings, reviews, support links, external links, notifications, OPML import/export, downloads, or other features in a way that violates provider terms or manipulates usage signals.
- Use the App for any commercial purpose without our express written consent.
- Submit abusive, illegal, infringing, deceptive, or harmful tip messages or display names.
- Send tips, create Podcast Creator claims, or provide payout information in a fraudulent, unauthorized, misleading, or abusive way.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the App or its related systems.
- Scrape, crawl, or extract data from the App by automated means.
- Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the App.
12. Disclaimers
The App is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Podisodic does not warrant that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of viruses or other harmful components.
Podisodic is not responsible for the content, accuracy, or legality of any podcast, audiobook, link, recommendation, topic result, show note, timestamp, rating, review destination, or other third-party content accessible through the App. We do not pre-screen or monitor all third-party content.
Notifications, background refreshes, downloads, playback state, recommendations, and diagnostics may be delayed, incomplete, or unavailable due to device settings, network conditions, third-party services, operating-system behavior, or provider availability.
13. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Podisodic and its owners, employees, and affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of or inability to use the App, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
In jurisdictions that do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or limitation of liability, our liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law.
14. Third-Party Services
The App integrates with third-party services including:
- Podcast Index — open podcast directory API. Use of the Podcast Index API is governed by the Podcast Index Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
- Apple Podcasts / iTunes metadata — used for podcast lookup, charts, ratings, review links, and metadata retrieval. Use of Apple services is subject to Apple’s applicable terms and policies.
- LibriVox, Internet Archive, and other audiobook metadata/audio sources — used for audiobook discovery and playback where available.
- PostHog — analytics processor used to collect app usage data as described in our Privacy Policy.
- Cloudflare — used for recommendation hosting, AI-assisted interpretation of recommendation requests, request handling, and service reliability.
- Firebase Cloud Messaging — used to deliver push notifications.
- Supabase — used for backend storage, sync, edge functions, likes, notifications, topic/audiobook metadata, social-link metadata, diagnostics, feedback workflows, Podcast Creator accounts, ownership verification, listener tips, purchase verification, and payout workflows.
- Resend — used to forward feedback, feature request, Podcast Creator account, and support-related emails.
- System file picker, share sheet, browser, email, and platform services — used for OPML import/export, external links, sharing, and contact actions.
- Apple App Store and Google Play Store — used to distribute the App, process in-app purchases, support billing and refunds, and verify purchases. Your use of the App is also subject to the terms of the platform through which you downloaded it.
Podisodic is not responsible for the content, policies, or practices of any third-party service.
15. Privacy
Our Privacy Policy explains how Podisodic processes information and the choices and rights available to you. It is incorporated into these Terms by reference. Acceptance of these Terms does not substitute for any separate consent required by applicable law or platform rules.
16. Local Downloads And Device Storage
Podisodic may store certain information locally on your device, including subscriptions, playback history, resume positions, cached podcast metadata, playlists, and downloaded episode audio and file paths. You are responsible for managing content stored on your device, including deleting downloads when desired.
17. User Libraries, Likes, Topics, And Sync Features
Features such as subscriptions, saved audiobooks, followed topics, likes, playlists, queue state, recent searches, and notification preferences may be stored on your device and may also be synced or processed through backend services to support app functionality described in the Privacy Policy. Like counts, topic counts, saved state, and similar metadata may be delayed or eventually consistent across devices or services.
18. Governing Law
Applicable law determines the governing law and courts with jurisdiction over disputes involving these Terms. Nothing in these Terms requires binding arbitration, waives rights that cannot lawfully be waived, or excludes protections available under mandatory consumer law in your country of residence.
19. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the App is subject to updated Terms only to the extent permitted by applicable law. Material changes will be communicated as required by law, and additional agreement will be requested where required. We encourage you to review these Terms periodically.
20. Contact
If you have questions about these Terms, contact us at help.podisodic@gmail.com.
For Podcast Creator account, tipping, or payout-related questions, you may also contact us at: creators@podisodic.com.