Price, the free trial, cancelling, listening offline and which ages it suits: everything you need to know before you start.
Try 7 days freeShamandar has a 7-day free trial, then costs $4.99 per month for every show. You can cancel anytime.
Tap Start free on any page. On an iPhone it opens the Shamandar channel in Apple Podcasts, where the trial starts with one tap. On Android it opens Supercast, where you subscribe and then listen on Spotify. On a computer it takes you to the listening options, so you can choose Apple Podcasts or Spotify via Supercast.
No. You are only charged when the 7 free days end, and you can cancel before then.
Cancel where you subscribed. Apple Podcasts: open Settings on your iPhone, tap your name, then Subscriptions, and choose Shamandar. Google Play: open the Play Store, tap your profile, then Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions. Supercast: use the manage subscription link in your Supercast account.
On the Shamandar app for iPhone and Android, on the Shamandar channel in Apple Podcasts, or on Spotify via Supercast.
Yes. The Shamandar app lets you download episodes and listen offline, which helps in the car or on a plane. Apple Podcasts can download episodes too.
Yes. Download the Shamandar app from Google Play, or subscribe through Supercast and listen on Spotify.
Yes. The 7-day free trial unlocks every show, and some show pages have a free sample you can play right away, like Ahazeej Altofolah.
Children from birth to about 14. Each show lists its age range on its cover.
No. Shamandar is audio only, with no video and no endless scrolling. Press play, put the phone away, and your child imagines the pictures. It works well for car rides, play and drawing.
Shamandar tells stories in warm, living Arabic rather than stiff textbook language, with new words in every episode heard in a story children love, so Arabic becomes linked with laughter and adventure instead of homework.
Yes. Shows like Qablannawm (Before Sleep), Hadduta w Nomeh (Bedtime Stories) and Fi Hodn Al-Nujoom (In the Stars) are made for sleep, with a slow rhythm and warm voices, creating a calm routine with no screen glow in the room.