Drift is a podcast player built for one thing the others miss: falling asleep.
Most apps give you a sleep timer that cuts the audio off mid-sentence. Drift gives you curves - smooth, automatic schedules that gradually slow the speed and lower the volume over the course of your night, so the audio eases you down instead of jolting you awake or blasting you at 3 AM.
Start an episode fast and clear. Over the next hour, Drift quietly drifts the speed from 1.5x down toward a sleepy crawl and fades the volume to a whisper - exactly the way you'd want a bedtime story read to you. Draw the curve once, save it, and every night is one tap: pick something, hit start, put the phone down.
WHY DRIFT IS DIFFERENT

Speed AND volume curves: not just a timer, not just a single slow speed. You control how the audio changes across the whole session.
Draw your own curve: a simple editor lets you shape exactly how speed and volume move over time, then save presets and set a default for one-tap nights.
Volume that respects sleep: smooth, perceptual fading - no sudden cliffs, no surprise loud moments.

EVERYTHING A PODCAST PLAYER SHOULD DO

Search and subscribe to any podcast, with new-episode refresh
Download episodes for offline, airplane-mode listening
Auto-advance through episodes and build your own playlists
Bookmarks you can jump back to, with resume-from-position everywhere
Import your own audio files, or record audio right in the app
Background playback with full notification and lock-screen controls
Connect a Jellyfin server to play your own library (beta)

BUILT FOR HOW YOU ACTUALLY LISTEN
Drift remembers where you left off in every episode, marks what you've finished, and picks up your queue in the morning right where the night ended. No accounts, no sign-up. Your subscriptions, playlists, and recordings stay on your device.
FREE AND PREMIUM
Drift is free, with a small banner and a short message after episodes. Drift Premium removes both for the price of a coffee a year - and new listeners get the first three months free. No pressure: the full sleep experience, curves and all, works on the free version.
Made by a small independent developer who built Drift because nothing else let him fall asleep to his podcasts the right way. Questions or ideas? Get in touch - real person on the other end.