As we continue to build and support Omny Studio, it’s time to bid farewell to an old friend…

After an incredible three year journey, we are saying goodbye to the Omny Radio website and app. So that we can continue to develop and build new features for our Omny Studio podcast and radio audio hosting platform, the Omny mobile app we built will no longer be available from February 1.

When we formed our startup in 2012, we challenged ourselves to build personalized radio technology that allows people to hear the news, sport, music and updates they want. We built the Omny Radio app to deliver that vision.

However, in working with the many fantastic content creators along the way — we discovered a greater need. Radio stations wanted a way to automatically capture, edit and distribute their content — not just to our app, but to social media and the internet in general. Likewise, podcasters were looking for more powerful tools like better analytics, visualised audio and easy ways to monetise their content.

As a result, we forged a new path and created Omny Studio — a product that we proudly believe to be the best audio content management system for podcasters and radio out there. As we spent our time building this, other cool apps arrived to deliver the personalised radio dream we began with. So, here are three of our favourites, and we recommend you try them out now that we are shutting down our own app:

Otto Radio curates a personalised stream of audio for the length of your journey, whether it be by car, public transport, or even Uber! I’d call this Omny’s “brother from another mother”.

60db brings personalized, short-form audio stories to your phone. Also, these guys are building a really strong editorial team for what will be some cool exclusive content for their app.

Radio Public introduces you to their “Podcast Librarian” to recommend new shows to listen to, as well as playing the ones you already love.

Finally, our Podcast Discovery Feed delivers personalized podcast recommendations every week. You can vote for the shows you like, subscribe to the full feed with just one-click and discover new podcasts based on your tastes. You can use any Podcasting app you like to get started!

If you’re one of the excellent people already using Omny Studio — don’t worry, nothing will change! Your podcast will continue to be found on omny.fm, your show will still be heard on Apple Podcasts and any of the other podcatcher apps that people use and we can still make you a custom mobile app for your podcast, network or radio station if you want!

Thanks for your continued support and we can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on for Omny Studio next.