Pod is a desktop music player which feels and looks like an iPod. Enjoy seamless navigation, haptic feedback, and stylish design, all without extra hardware. Listen to local music files, radio and soon Spotify.
I'm a student shipping projects on my nights & weekends (today is no other)
Music is a huge aspect of my life. I appreciate tons of artists and constantly search for a new way to experience it. A while ago something caught my eye...
An iPod. This seemed like a perfect opportunity to have fun while listening to music + the added mindfulness of intentionally selecting an album. Sadly, it's a no go in 2025. Lack of Bluetooth, Spotify sync and high prices was a deal-breaker for me.
That's why I decided to build an iPod player for your desktop.
Right now it works with local audio files, and today I'm adding radio support, allowing folks to add their favourite stations from all over the world.
Adding sync with a Spotify library is something I get requested a lot and am working hard at the moment to finish (Windows version is also coming up).
I hope you'll enjoy as much as I do. Would love some feedback!
- Iskren
About Pod on Product Hunt
“A desktop iPod that plays local music and radio”
Pod launched on Product Hunt on March 12th, 2025 and earned 113 upvotes and 8 comments, placing #16 on the daily leaderboard. Pod is a desktop music player which feels and looks like an iPod. Enjoy seamless navigation, haptic feedback, and stylish design, all without extra hardware. Listen to local music files, radio and soon Spotify.
On the analytics side, Pod competes within Music, Menu Bar Apps and Apple — topics that collectively have 81k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Pod performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Pod?
Pod was hunted by Iskren Alexandrov. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Iskren Alexandrov
Hey ProductHunt,
I'm a student shipping projects on my nights & weekends (today is no other)
Music is a huge aspect of my life. I appreciate tons of artists and constantly search for a new way to experience it. A while ago something caught my eye...
An iPod. This seemed like a perfect opportunity to have fun while listening to music + the added mindfulness of intentionally selecting an album. Sadly, it's a no go in 2025. Lack of Bluetooth, Spotify sync and high prices was a deal-breaker for me.
That's why I decided to build an iPod player for your desktop.
Right now it works with local audio files, and today I'm adding radio support, allowing folks to add their favourite stations from all over the world.
Adding sync with a Spotify library is something I get requested a lot and am working hard at the moment to finish (Windows version is also coming up).
I hope you'll enjoy as much as I do. Would love some feedback!
- Iskren