PodRewind vs Riverside

Your Archive Deserves More Than a Text Dump

Riverside launched a free Whisper-powered transcription tool for individual files — no account needed, unlimited use. PodRewind automatically transcribes your entire back catalog with speaker labels, cross-episode search, and RSS auto-processing.

Riverside transcribes files. PodRewind manages your archive.

A free transcription tool is great for one-off files. But podcasters need more than a text dump — you need speaker labels, cross-episode search, and automatic processing for every new episode.

1

Who said what?

Without speaker labels, transcripts are walls of text. PodRewind automatically identifies every speaker in every episode.

2

Find anything, anywhere

Search across your entire archive at once. Find that guest quote from two years ago without opening a single file.

3

Set it and forget it

Connect your RSS feed once. Every new episode is automatically transcribed, labeled, and indexed — no uploads needed.

Feature-by-feature comparison

See how PodRewind and Riverside stack up for podcast transcription.

Feature
PodRewind
Riverside Free
Speaker identification
Automatic (voice embeddings)
Not available
Accuracy
95%+
88–95% (independent tests)
Episode length limit
Unlimited
~50 minutes per file
Cross-episode search
Full-text + semantic
Auto-processing (RSS)
Languages
99+ (AssemblyAI)
100+ (Whisper)
Export formats
TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX
TXT, SRT
Account required
Yes (free tier available)
No
Public wiki
Content repurposing
Show notes, clips, studio
Not available
Free tier
5 episodes, full features
Unlimited single files, no speakers
Paid price
From $19/mo (archive platform)
From $24/mo (recording platform)

Built for podcast archives

Everything you need to turn years of episodes into a searchable, reusable library.

Automatic Speaker ID

Every transcript includes speaker labels with voice-embedding matching — no manual editing. Riverside's free tool outputs raw text with no speaker separation.

Full Archive Search

Search across every episode at once with full-text and semantic search. Riverside transcribes one file at a time with no search capability.

RSS Auto-Processing

Connect your RSS feed and every new episode is automatically transcribed and indexed. No manual uploads, no 50-minute file limits.

Content Repurposing

Turn transcripts into show notes, social clips, and newsletter drafts from your content studio.

Public Wiki

Give listeners a searchable, SEO-friendly wiki of your entire show — automatically generated from your transcripts.

Export Everything

Download transcripts in TXT, SRT, VTT, or DOCX with speaker labels included. Riverside's free tool only exports TXT and SRT without speaker names.

Different tools for different needs

Riverside's free transcription tool is great for quick, one-off transcripts — no sign-up, drag and drop, done. But it outputs raw text with no speaker labels, no search, and a 50-minute limit. If you want your entire podcast archive transcribed with automatic speaker identification, searchable across hundreds of episodes, and updated every time you publish — that's what PodRewind is built for.

95%+

accuracy

Unlimited

episodes (Creator)

Automatic

new episode transcription

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5 episodes free. Full features including speaker labels and search. No credit card required.