Listen Clean vs. ZeroAds
A more careful clean feed, for less.
ZeroAds and Listen Clean both turn a podcast's RSS feed into an ad-free private feed for your existing app. Here's the honest difference.
| Listen Clean | ZeroAds | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.90/mo | $5.99/mo founding, $7.99/mo regular* |
| Free tier | 5 episodes, no card | 5 episodes† |
| Ad cuts | Transcript-grounded; uncertain intervals stay in | Automated, "90%+ accuracy" claimed† |
| Originals | Kept immutable, every render reproducible | Not publicly specified |
* zeroads.ai (fetched 2026-08). † As stated on zeroads.ai; not independently verified by Listen Clean.
- Listen Clean includes 5 free episodes with no card required.
- ZeroAds caps you at 20 shows live at once (swappable); Listen Clean's plan has no show cap.
- Neither service supports Spotify — it doesn't allow private RSS feeds.
- Listen Clean grounds boundaries in the host's own words and real word timestamps. When an interval is uncertain, it is left in rather than risking a clipped sentence. See how it works.
We'd rather leave an uncertain interval in than cut into the episode. If that trade-off matters to you, try 5 episodes free.
Get started — $3.90/mo