The price is €0
Listening costs nothing and publishing costs nothing. The only money that moves on this platform goes from a listener to a creator they chose to support.
The €0 Premium
Four things you normally pay a monthly fee for. Here they are the default.
Onion Free
Others: €11.99/mo
No ads
Not fewer ads. Zero. There is no advertising code in this platform — no pre-rolls, no mid-rolls, no banners. What the creator published is what you hear.
Offline downloads Mobile app
Download episodes and listen with no signal. No limits, no expiry, no account required. See progress, cancel, delete, and check how much storage you are using.
Cross-device sync Free account
Pause on the train, pick it up on the laptop at the exact second you left. This is the one thing that needs a free account, because your position has to live somewhere. That somewhere is our servers in the EU, and it is not for sale.
No tracking, no profiling
We do not build a profile of you. No cross-site tracking, no advertising cookies, no behavioural targeting, no data sold to anyone. What you listen to is your business.
No card. No trial. No upgrade prompt.
The Android app is in closed testing. Google needs 12 testers before it can go public — email us and we'll add you.
Creator monetisation
Set up subscription tiers and earn from your audience.
Creators can offer subscription tiers on their podcasts. The listener's payment is charged on the creator's own Stripe account, with the creator's own keys — it never passes through Onion, and Onion takes no cut of it today.
Free Tier
Available to all listeners
Supporter Tier
Early access & bonus content
VIP Tier
All content + exclusive extras
Example tiers — creators choose their own names and prices. Publishing is free, and Onion takes no cut of subscriptions today.
The questions you should be asking
You are right to be suspicious of free. Here are straight answers.
Press play. That's the whole onboarding.
No ads. No tracking. No monthly fee. Offline downloads in the app, sync across your devices with a free account, and nothing to cancel because there is nothing to cancel.
No account needed. No credit card. EU-hosted, GDPR, built in Mallorca.