Guestrell FAQ

Guestrell is a podcast player for iPhone and iPad, with an Apple Watch app and CarPlay. Follow guests across all shows. Follow a host, a guest or a subject and see their episodes from every show in one place. There's no account, no tracking and no ads.

Search a name (a host, a guest or a subject), open their page and tap Follow. Guestrell looks for episodes whose titles, descriptions or credits name them, so what turns up depends on how shows describe their episodes. You can follow up to 3 people for free; Guestrell Pro lets you follow as many as you like. More: podcast guest appearances.

Guestrell is in public beta on TestFlight for iPhone and iPad, and coming soon to the App Store. Join the beta on TestFlight or follow @pageappshq on X for the launch.

Guestrell is free to download. Free: playing, downloads, the New tab, skip buttons, intro and outro skips, chapters, Trim Silence, Clear Voice, iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad, the Apple Watch app, CarPlay, all transcripts (the show's own and the ones made on your device, with reading and search), following up to 3 people and two custom stacks. Guestrell Pro adds following as many people as you like, Heard It (what’s new in each appearance by someone you follow, and skipping repeats), on-device summaries and chapters, clips and more custom stacks. It's $3.99 a month, or $29.99 a year with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers (the free trial is on the yearly plan only), or Guestrell Pro Lifetime for $99.99 once (US prices).

Yes, all of them. Guestrell uses the show's own transcript when it has one and otherwise makes one on your device with Apple's on-device speech recognition. Reading and searching transcripts is free; nothing is uploaded.

No. No subscription needed for your Watch or CarPlay. The Apple Watch app works with your iPhone: play, pause, skip, change speed and pick chapters from your wrist, with Up Next and complications for what's playing.

Yes. Everything the Apple Watch app does is free, downloads included, with no subscription. Today the Watch app controls playback on your iPhone. Offline listening on the Watch is coming.

If a show publishes its own transcript, Guestrell uses it and labels it “From the show”. Otherwise, on supported devices, Guestrell makes one on your device with Apple's on-device speech recognition, labeled “Automatic · made on your device”. Both are free, and nothing is uploaded.

Yes. Export an OPML file from your old app, then in Guestrell go to Settings ▸ Your shows ▸ Import OPML. Guestrell shows how many shows came in and why any failed. You can also add any public RSS feed by its address. Coming from Apple Podcasts? The welcome screen's “Bring your podcasts” guide shows how to build an OPML file with the Shortcuts app.

Yes, any time: Settings ▸ Your shows ▸ Export OPML saves every show you follow as an OPML file that other podcast apps can import.

From each show's public RSS feed; shows, episodes and artwork belong to their publishers. Podcast search uses the Podcast Index catalog, and you can add any public RSS feed by its address.

No, the app has no ads of its own. Guestrell plays the creator's file as published; you can skip intros, outros and chapters yourself. Many shows offer a private feed for their supporters, and you can add its address like any RSS feed.

Yes, and it's free. iCloud sync keeps your shows, the people you follow, your stacks, Up Next, played episodes and your listening spot the same on an iPhone and iPad signed in to the same Apple Account. You can turn it off in Settings ▸ Sync. Per-show settings, downloads, transcripts and clips stay on each device.

There's no account. Your library stays on your device and, with iCloud sync, in your own private iCloud. The app has no ads, no analytics and no tracking. The website (not the app) uses Cloudflare Web Analytics, which counts page visits without cookies or tracking you across sites. See the Privacy Policy.

No. Guestrell is for iPhone and iPad (iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 or later), with an Apple Watch app (watchOS 10 or later, paired with an iPhone that has Guestrell) and CarPlay from your iPhone.

Restore Purchases is on the Guestrell Pro screen in Settings. Subscriptions are managed by Apple: on iPhone or iPad, open Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions. Refunds go through reportaproblem.apple.com. For anything else, email [email protected] or see Support.