Simple Podcast & Radio player for your Menu Bar: PoRaBar
Hey Reddit, I’ve always loved listening to podcasts and radio while working, but I found most apps either too bloated or missing a simple "always-on" menu bar interface. So I built PoRaBar. It’s a native macOS app (pure SwiftUI, no Electron/web-tech) designed to stay out of your way while keeping your favorite stations and episodes one click away. Key Features: Menu Bar Native: A clean popover with Now Playing, volume, and seek controls. Discovery: Search and listen to thousands of free radio stations and podcasts. History & Search: Track your listening history and search through past episodes (with an off-switch). Liked Songs: Hear a song on the radio you love? "Like" it to save it for later. External Search: Quickly find the current song/episode on Spotify or Apple Music. Sleep Timer: Perfect for those who listen before bed. Pricing: I want you to really test it out, so there is a 60-day free trial. After that, it’s a simple one-time purchase of $2.99 (no subscriptions!). Website: porabar.com App Store: Download here I’d love to hear your feedback or feature requests!
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You have no idea how amazing it is to get a 2 month trial ! 😄 It also is super practical
I want users to actually try it before they buy it! Thank you!
Owww, great, a podcast and radio app in one! Does it import opml files? Love the very generous trial period and the equally affordable purchase price.
Thanks!, No, it does not import opml files. Noted!
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What sound quality this streams has?
It plays streams natively AVPlayer at whatever bitrate the source provides. Radio is typically 64–320 kbps (depending on the station; the bitrate is shown in search results), podcasts are usually 64–128 kbps.
Looks great, and very happy with the radio side of things so far. Haven’t yet tried podcasts, but have one question on that side: is there a way to manually add a podcast feed, as I have subscriptions to a couple of podcasts that I access through private feeds? So far it looks good, though, and I look forward to giving it a proper road test. Nice work!
That is nice to hear :) Custom feed noted! If a podcast from a paid app that doesn't expose an RSS feed at all like Apple Podcasts subscriptions, Spotify exclusives,that's locked on their side.
This seems the same as many menu bar radio apps? What’s the difference between this and Receiver for example? https://receiver.mamp.info/en/
$1.00
No data collection and a great price. Awesome.
A great free-trial and price, awesome.
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Thanks. Please Santa new Mac Mini for Christmas 😄
Radiola: exist and free. But feature for liked songs seems useful!