A 20-minute show about anything, with your music in between.

Say what you want to hear. We write it, voice it and play it.

Get PodoyoHow it works

For iPhone and Android. 18 and over.

The Podoyo player: a show called World news, Markets, part 1 of 10, with a play button drawn as a record and the line “This show is made by AI. Check anything important before you rely on it.”

How Podoyo turns one sentence into a show

The topic sheet: a text field that says “Type anything…”, the topics World news and Markets already added, and suggestions such as My football team, AI & tech, Science and History.
Or just type anything.
The sentence “A 20-minute calm bulletin about world news and the markets, with whatever fits in between. Ready now.” with each underlined word in its own colour, and a Continue button.
Tap any underlined word to change it.
The review screen: the sentence as plain text, “What we understood” listing world news and markets at 50% each, and a Build my show button.
Here’s your show. Build it.

Stories

Podoyo bedtime stories for little ones

Pick a classic for free, or make a new one for the little ones. Follow the words as they are read, with pictures that change along the way.

Browse all the free tales

The Free stories screen: filters for ages 3–5, 6–8 and 9–12, and cards for classic tales such as The Ugly Duckling and Little Red Riding Hood, each marked with its age, its length and Animated, with a Listen now button.
Free classics, by age.
The full-screen story view: an illustration of a duckling on a lake filling the top of the screen, the whole text beneath it with the sentence being read highlighted, scene chips above, and the small player bar at the bottom.
Read along, with pictures.
The full-screen story view turned sideways: the illustration large on the left, the whole text on the right with the sentence being read highlighted, scene chips along the top, and the small player bar at the bottom.
Turn it sideways.

On a tablet

Podoyo on tablets: room to read

The same app on a bigger screen. The sentence, the shows and a story's pictures spread out, and the words stay easy to follow from across the room.

The Podoyo home screen on a tablet: the sentence that describes the next show across the top, the Create button, the Free stories card and the list of earlier shows.
The home screen, wide.
The Player on a tablet during a story: the illustration large on the left, the sentence being read highlighted beside it, and the playback controls on the right.
A story, read along.
The full-screen story view on a tablet: the illustration large on the left, the whole text on the right with the sentence being read highlighted, scene chips along the top, and the small player bar at the bottom.
Or just the pictures, full screen.

How it works

How Podoyo works in three steps

  1. You describe the show

    Tap the words of a sentence, or write or dictate your own: what it’s about, how long, the style, the music, and when. Your phone’s own speech recognition does the listening.

  2. Podoyo writes and voices it

    Podoyo researches your topics on the web, writes the show, and two hosts read it aloud. Where it found sources, the show shows them.

  3. Music plays in the breaks

    Instrumental music Podoyo makes itself, from its own servers, with no music account. On iPhone you can choose Apple Music instead.

The app, from the sentence to the player

A 20-minute calm bulletin about world news and the markets, with random music in between. Ready now.

Every underlined word is a blank. Tap one to change it, or say the whole thing in your own words.

What you get

What you get in the Podoyo app

  • Four show formats to choose from

    Pick a bulletin or a conversation, or ask in your own words and Podoyo can make a story or a podcast too.

  • Shows on a schedule

    Set days and times, and the show is ready when you want it.

  • Sources listed where Podoyo found them

    Where Podoyo found sources, the show lists them. Segments without sources come from the model’s own knowledge.

  • Share a show with a link

    Make a link. It lives 30 days, anyone with it can listen, and you can revoke it. A story made for the little ones cannot be shared.

  • Queue shows in your order

    Play all your new shows, or on Earlier shows tap the ones you want in the order you want to hear them. Up next shows what follows.

  • Free classic stories

    Classic public-domain tales, read aloud in six languages with pictures and animation. They do not use your minutes, and you can change the narrator from the Player.

  • A made-to-order story for the little ones

    A story has its own steps and is not one of the four formats. You choose an age band (3–5, 6–8 or 9–12), what it is about, a narrator and, if you like, quiet background music, pictures and short video scenes. It is told start to finish with no music breaks. The length you choose is an aim. Pictures and video scenes use your minutes.

  • Listen to shows offline

    Download a show and it plays without a connection, with Podoyo’s music and a story’s pictures and video. Apple Music breaks still need a connection.

  • Change a show’s music after it is made

    Want different music in a finished show? Change it from the Player without making the show again.

  • Podoyo in the car with CarPlay and Android Auto

    Your shows appear on the dashboard, on Android Auto and on CarPlay.

  • Six languages in the app and on this site

    Podoyo speaks English, German, Turkish, Spanish, French and Portuguese. So does this site.

  • Read along with the show’s text

    On the Player the show’s text scrolls along with it, and one tap takes you back to the part you are hearing.

Where Podoyo stands today

Podoyo is on the App Store and Google Play.

The free tier includes a monthly allowance of talk minutes (the spoken part; music does not count), a daily number of shows and a maximum show length. The app shows the current numbers. The free tier shows ads. Premium, which raises the allowance, allows longer shows and removes ads, is not on sale yet, so there are no prices here.

Shows are made by AI and can be wrong or out of date. Check anything important before you rely on it, and do not rely on a show for news, money, health, legal or safety decisions.

Podoyo is for people 18 and over. A story for the little ones is made by an adult, on that adult’s own account.

Questions about Podoyo

Is Podoyo in the App Store or on Google Play?

Yes, both. The links are on this page.

Do I need an account?

Yes. An email address and a password, and you have to be 18 or over. That is all we ask. Someone you send a show to does not need one; the link plays in their browser. You also have to confirm your email address from the message we send; until then you can listen to the free stories but not make a show.

What does it cost?

There is a free tier with a monthly allowance of talk minutes, a daily number of shows and a maximum show length; the app shows the current numbers. The free tier shows ads. Premium and minute packs are not on sale yet, so there are no prices to show.

What is a talk minute?

The part of a show where the hosts are talking. Making a show uses talk minutes from your monthly allowance; the music in the breaks does not. The app shows how many you have left, and the number resets each month.

Are the shows accurate?

They are made by AI from web sources found at the moment the show is made. Where there are sources, the show lists them; some segments come from the model’s own knowledge. AI can be wrong or out of date either way. Do not rely on a show for news, money, health, legal or safety decisions.

What if a show gets something wrong?

It happens. The show is written by AI from whatever it found on the web at that moment, and both can be wrong. Where there were sources, the show lists them, so you can check. If a topic came out badly, say it more plainly in the sentence and build it again. And if something looks really off, write to us.

Where does the music come from?

It is instrumental music Podoyo generates itself, served from its own servers. No music account is needed. On iPhone you can choose Apple Music instead in Settings; it plays from your own subscription.

Can I choose the voices?

Yes. Under your account you can pick a voice for each of the two hosts, or leave them on Automatic and let Podoyo choose. How many hosts speak depends on what you asked for: a bulletin has one, a conversation has two. A story’s narrator can be changed from the player.

Can I just say it instead of typing?

Yes. Tap the microphone on the home screen and say it the way you would to a person: what it is about, how long, what music. Your phone does the listening with its own speech recognition. You can read it back and fix a word before anything is built.

Which languages does it speak?

English, German, Turkish, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Can Podoyo tell the little ones a bedtime story?

Yes, in all six languages. An adult makes it on their own account. It has its own steps and is not one of the four formats. You choose an age band (3–5, 6–8 or 9–12), what the story is about, a length and a narrator, and Podoyo tells it start to finish with no music breaks. The length is an aim. You can add quiet background music, pictures and short video scenes; pictures and video use your minutes. It cannot be shared with a link. There is no field for a name, and you do not need to give one.

What are the free stories?

Classic public-domain tales, ready to play in all six languages, with pictures and animation. They are labeled by age, they do not use your minutes, and you can change the narrator from the Player.

Does it work in the car?

Yes. Podoyo shows up on CarPlay and Android Auto as a list of your shows, and plays through the car. Make the shows on your phone before you set off; the car screen is for listening.

Can I listen without an internet connection?

Yes. Download in the player keeps the whole show on your phone, music included. It stays until you remove it or until the show’s audio is no longer kept on our side, 14 days after it was made on the free plan; Premium keeps it while the subscription runs and for 14 days after it ends.

How long is a show kept?

On the free plan, the script and the audio are deleted 14 days after a show is made. On Premium they stay for as long as the subscription runs. When Premium ends, nothing is deleted right away: every show keeps its audio, pictures and video for another 14 days, and we email you to say so. When those 14 days are over the free plan’s rule applies: the audio of shows older than 14 days is removed, and subscribing again does not bring it back.

The show itself, with its title, date, length, parts and the sentence you wrote, stays in your history until you delete your account. A share link lives 30 days, and the audio stays while it works. A story’s pictures and video go with its audio.

A show you downloaded stays on your phone until you remove it, or until we no longer hold the show. Free stories are not deleted.

Can I export or delete my data?

Yes. To delete, tap the account icon at the top of the home screen, then Delete account. It happens immediately and cannot be undone. For a copy of everything held about you, write to us and we will send you one file.

How to delete your account

Is there help inside the app?

Yes. There is a question mark next to the account icon, on every screen. It opens the help for the screen you are on, then a list of all the topics, and the short introduction from the first start in case you skipped it.

Who makes Podoyo?

GCD Software LLC, the studio that also makes Orbit and Broker Widgets.

gcdsoftware.com

Get the Podoyo app for iPhone and Android

On the App Store and Google Play.

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

Premium and minute packs are not on sale yet, so there are no prices here.

Created by Gökay Akdogan, GCD Software LLC

The welcome screen: the Podoyo wordmark, “Your own radio”, three steps — You say it, We’ll build it, Music in the breaks — and a Create your first show button.