Someone shared AntennaPod here on SN. I tries it out and now it's my default.

I like the idea about V4V zaps on Fountain. I just find that there are some bugs like I sometimes lose the position of the pod I had been listening to.

Running the Fountain beta, and there has been a big focus on performance and battery use. Also some small UI things that used to bug me are fixed up.

It might be worth trying; they also have a reasonably active Telegram beta group.

yeah i had similair experince as it became laggy and some of its features are not functioning well. however, i have come a cross a good app that it provide a smooth experience when it comes to listening to your favorite podcast or that you are a content creator and want t reach to a larger audience. try " Podcastle " app. it is an Ai powered audio and video creation platform. it is your way if you want an app that is easy to use and helpful in terms of editing podcast as well. so i think it is a good try somehow.