I don't know if it's worth changing phones over, but Overcast is a really nice podcast player (smart speed works very, very well). Apollo is nice for reddit.
I think some of that might be what you're used to. There are plenty of quality podcast apps on Android, such as PocketCasts. Same for reddit app, there are dozens. Maybe not as flashy but I've been using rif for almost 10 years now and it has been very solid.
RIF is really good, I miss it. I've used Pocket Casts on iOS and it's not as good as Overcast, but people on Android seem to like it. Maybe it's a bad port?
