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True crime podcast app: bonus episodes for your subscribers, a community around every case
Your free episodes stay on the listening platforms. In your app, subscribers find the bonus episodes, the case files and what happened after the trial.
The true crime or court reporting podcast gets its own mobile app, built without code: bonuses reserved for subscribers, case files to read, fan comments, a subscription bought in one tap.
Free 30-day trial - No credit card required
Bonus episodes, for those who subscribe
The full interview, the follow-up after the verdict, the case told in several parts
Your free feed keeps running. In the CMS, under Podcasts, publish what only your subscribers will hear: the long version of the interview with the investigator, the episode about the appeal, the series on a single case. Memberships locks them; ten locked pieces of content are enough to start selling.
The file on every case
Timeline, places, trial documents: one reserved article per case
Next to the episodes, publish the case file: the timeline, the people involved, the places, the excerpts of the ruling you are allowed to share. A PDF attached to a reserved article stays invisible to anyone who has not subscribed. Photos go into the article's reserved paragraphs, after the preview: a gallery section cannot be reserved.
The community meets under the episodes
Fans comment on each case, and suggest the next ones through a form
Your listeners talk under the episodes, in comments you switch on case by case and moderate. A form collects their questions and the cases they would like to hear you cover. When a trial resumes, a push sent to everyone brings them back to the episode about it.
The true crime duo
Two free episodes a month on its feed; in the app, a case told in five parts for subscribers, with its file.
The court reporter
He follows a major trial: one short episode per day of hearings, reserved, and the week's summary open to all.
The crime fiction writer
When the crimes are made up and told in seasons, the audio drama app is the right fit.
The history and mystery audio serialAI working for a true crime podcast
Three specific cases, cost shown.
To find
“Which episode covers the canal case?”
The Chatbot searches your case files published as articles and points to the episode concerned. Free listeners only get what your open pages say.
$35/month
To visualize
A case timeline
One instruction in the back office, “an interactive timeline, from the facts to the verdict”, and the AI Extension Builder derives an app section from it. This case is only an illustration: the tool follows what you describe.
Free
To prepare
The case file written from your notes
Through the MCP server, your AI assistant turns your research notes into a case-file article and files it in the right section; nothing goes out without your confirmation.
Included
Heard with the screen locked, kept for the road
The episode does not stop, and stays available offline
Once the option is ticked, the episode does not stop when the listener locks the phone or opens another app. As a favorite, it downloads for listening far from any network. And every bonus episode is announced by an automatic push carrying its title.
Around the episodes
Your free feed imported
Public episodes arrive on their own in a section, from your RSS feed or Spotify for Podcasters.
The map of cases
Places on a map, each linked to its file.
One series per case
A section per case or per season, episodes in order.
Nudges to non-subscribers
A push aimed at them alone, when a bonus series comes out.
Banners for those who don't pay
Your own ad server or AdMob displays them; subscribers no longer see them.
A web app
Subscribers find the bonuses in a browser, after subscribing in the app.
Pioneers of no-code
15 years of experience building native apps for businesses and content publishers. And the numbers to prove it.
25 000+
Daily downloads for apps built with GoodBarber*
30 000+
Clients have brought their app projects to life with GoodBarber
2011
The year GoodBarber was born: no-code, before anyone else
* Source: internal download tracking, App Store and Google Play, April 2026.
The price of a true crime app
Bonus episodes are sold in the iOS or Android app: Premium, plus Memberships, or else Pro, which has it as standard. Hosting the episodes, within the storage provided, and push cost nothing more.
| Premium · apps and web version | $55 /month, billed yearly |
| Memberships, for Premium | $49 /month |
| Pro · subscriptions included | $105 /month, billed yearly |
GoodBarber earns no commission on your subscribers; Apple's and Google's is 15% in general. Each store also bills you for its developer account.
Extension Store
For a true crime podcast: Memberships (paid with Premium, bundled with Pro), a Podcasts section, your RSS feed or Spotify for Podcasters, case files as articles, push, a form, the Chatbot.
True crime podcast app: frequently asked questions
Can I open a chat between fans?
Not in this app. The Chat needs the standard setup, Authentication plus User groups, and that setup excludes Memberships, which is what sells the bonus episodes here. Your fans therefore talk in the comments under the episodes. If a free fan club with a chat matters more to you than selling bonuses, the other setup is the one to choose, with no subscription in the app.
Do my free episodes leave Spotify or Apple Podcasts?
No: the app imports your feed without taking its place, and each public episode remains wherever people already hear it. Locking only covers what you load into the app's CMS.
My podcast is about pop culture, not crime: does this work too?
Yes. TV series, film, video games or music: the principle stays the same, with bonus episodes for subscribers, files as articles and fan comments under each episode.
Can the documents of a case be reserved?
Yes, in a reserved article: the attached PDF is hidden from non-subscribers there, and photos go into the reserved paragraphs, after the preview. A photo gallery section, on the other hand, stays open to all.
How much of a subscription goes to Apple or Google?
Their commission: 15% most of the time; Apple goes up to 30% in a subscriber's first twelve months if you are not in its small business program. GoodBarber, for its part, takes nothing.
What budget for a true crime podcast app?
Premium with the Memberships option, unless you take Pro, which bundles it. Sales also need the web app up and running, on a domain name you own.
GoodBarber sells your true crime podcast's bonus episodes by subscription, with no commission of its own
Imported free feed, reserved bonus episodes and case files, fan comments, a form for tips, a push with every episode, offline listening, the Chatbot.