Atheer Podcasts
Podcast Player & Transcripts
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases
Atheer is the podcast player built for people who actually listen.
No sign-up. No account. Just press play.
LIVE TRANSCRIPTS
Follow every word in real time as episodes play. Perfect for learning, note-taking, or catching what you missed. Tap the transcript icon in the player and read along instantly.
DISCOVER IN 4+ LANGUAGES
Browse curated shows in English, Arabic, Spanish, and French. Switch regions in one tap. One of the few podcast apps with dedicated Arabic podcast discovery built in.
BEAUTIFUL PLAYER
Speed control from 0.5× to 3×. Sleep timer. 30-second skip. Artwork that fills your screen — controls that stay out of your way.
YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY
Local-first. Your subscriptions, history, and preferences live on your device. Nothing synced to a server. Nothing collected, ever.
WHY ATHEER
no account required
Live episode transcripts
Arabic, English, Spanish & French discovery
Offline-friendly playback
Lightweight and fast — no bloat
Privacy-first: zero data collection
One app. Every podcast.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
more See why each episode was recommended.
Choose More Like This, Suggest Less, or Not Interested.
Enjoy a cleaner Home focused on recommendations and new episodes.
Find advanced episode management under Library → Latest Episodes.
Additional stability and localization improvements.
2.2.0 Sep 13
Atheer 2.1 introduces a smarter, more personal listening experience:
• Ask questions about any episode with Ask Atheer
• Generate transcripts, summaries, chapters, and captioned clips with Atheer Pro
• Organize new episodes using Smart Inbox
• Revisit saved ideas and highlights with Remember
• Explore richer listening insights and statistics
• Improved player controls and action buttons
• Complete Arabic localization with right-to-left support
• Performance improvements and stability fixes throughout the app
2.1.0 Aug 18
• Add your own notes to any episode
• Export transcripts as plain text, Markdown, or SRT
• Import/export subscriptions via OPML — or paste any RSS link to add private feeds
• Play or queue new episodes right from the notification, and AirPlay in one tap
• New in Settings: analytics opt-out and a transcript-cache cleaner
• Plus more reliable transcription retries and bug fixes throughout
2.0.3 Jun 17
What's New
• Bookmarks now sync everywhere — your saved moments and notes follow you across all your devices through iCloud. Bookmark on your iPhone, pick it up on your iPad.
• Read at your own pace — scroll back through a transcript to re-read without being pulled to the line that's playing. Tap Resume whenever you want to follow along again.
• Text that fits you — the whole app now follows your system text-size setting, so everything scales for comfortable, accessible reading.
• A more tactile player — feel every control with new haptics, watch your sleep timer count down, and tap the speed button to cycle through playback speeds in one touch.
• Improved right-to-left support, plus polish and performance fixes throughout.
Thanks for listening.
2.0.2 Jun 11
Atheer is now completely free — every feature unlocked for everyone.
What's new:
• Free for everyone — transcripts, AI chapters, summaries, search, and clips, all with no subscription and no limits.
• Bookmark any moment — save a spot instantly right from the player, no transcript needed, and add a note to remember why it mattered.
• Full-episode chapters — AI chapters now cover the whole episode, start to finish, instead of stopping partway through longer shows.
• More accurate transcripts — shows with dynamically inserted ads now stay in sync with what you actually hear, plus a fix for a rare mix-up that could pull in the wrong episode's transcript.
• A more polished player — the progress ring and your bookmark notes are clearer and easier to spot, especially in dark mode.
Thanks for listening.
2.0.1 Jun 8
Atheer 2.0 — a complete redesign.
We rebuilt every screen from the ground up for a faster, more beautiful way to listen.
• All-new design across the entire app — Home, Player, Library, and beyond
• Full Arabic support with right-to-left layouts
• Word-by-word transcripts that follow along as you listen
• Automatic chapters for every episode
• New History view to pick up right where you left off
• Highlights — save your favorite moments and revisit them anytime
• A faster, smoother home screen
Thanks for listening.
2.0.0 Jun 3
Atheer Pro
AI transcription and chapters are now part of Atheer Pro — a subscription that keeps the servers running. Existing features stay free.
AI-Generated Chapters
Open any transcript and tap the chapters icon to get an instant breakdown of the episode by topic. Jump to any section in one tap.
Auto-Download & Transcribe
Open a podcast page, tap ···, and turn it on. New episodes will download and transcribe automatically so they're ready when you are.
Copy Transcripts
Tap the copy icon to grab the full transcript text. Long-press any line to copy just that part.
Smarter Transcript View
Your current chapter stays pinned at the top as you read. Search, follow along word by word, and bookmark lines you want to keep.
1.1.0 May 28
Three new ways to make Atheer yours.
LISTS
Group episodes into custom collections — a queue for your morning run, road trips, or anything you want to revisit.
FAVORITES
Tap the heart on any episode to bookmark the ones worth coming back to.
SHARPER TRANSCRIPTS
Follow along with word-by-word highlighting. Smarter music detection. And if you wander off, we'll let you know the moment a transcript is ready.
Plus the usual round of speed and stability fixes. Thanks for listening.
1.0.8 May 24
Polished the listening experience with UI improvements and squashed a few bugs under the hood.
1.0.7 Apr 12
Fixed an issue where your podcast library wouldn't restore after reinstalling the app. Your subscriptions now sync reliably via iCloud across all your devices.
1.0.6 Apr 9
CarPlay support: browse your library and queue while driving
New onboarding: pick your favorite podcasts right from the start
Auto-queue: new episodes from your subscriptions added automatically
Library search: quickly find podcasts in your library
Download progress: see active downloads with live progress
Smarter notifications: new episodes grouped into one clean alert
Mini player now has skip back and skip forward controls
Faster loading: feeds load instantly, refresh silently in the background
Action confirmations when you queue, download, or mark episodes
Bug fixes and performance improvements
1.0.5 Apr 6
Redesigned episode detail page with larger artwork and a cleaner layout.
Download progress now shows a live ring animation and reliability has been improved.
The full onboarding experience is now available in Arabic.
Fixed the scrubber going in reverse when the device language is Arabic.
Dark mode background is now true black.
1.0.3 Mar 30
Better playback, fewer hiccups. This update makes the app faster and more reliable — so you can focus on listening.
1.0.2 Mar 29
See why each episode was recommended.
Choose More Like This, Suggest Less, or Not Interested.
Enjoy a cleaner Home focused on recommendations and new episodes.
Find advanced episode management under Library → Latest Episodes.
Additional stability and localization improvements.
more Version 2.2.0 Sep 13
Data Not Collected The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Voice Control
Dark Interface