Comparison

Fiery Feeds vs WhatsHappen

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fiery Feeds

A powerful and customizable RSS reader and read-it-later client that syncs with various services. It offers advanced features like smart views, text extraction for offline reading, and home widgets for quick access to articles.

Highlights
  • Smart Views for filtering articles
  • Full text extraction for offline reading
  • Home widgets for article display
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Keyboard shortcut support
  • Safari extension for subscriptions and saving
Features
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Fiery Feeds is a powerful and highly customisable feed reader and read-it-later client that syncs with most services. - Smart Views - Hot Links - Finds the most linked to websites in your articles Low and High Frequency - folders shows articles from feeds that only post rarely or particularly often. Long and Short Articles - folders filter articles by length. Must Read - folder is a specially highlighted folder, where you can put the most important feeds. Recents - folder only shows articles published today - Text Extraction - Fiery Feeds can automatically extract the full article text or display the website instead of the truncated article text. The selected mode is remembered by feed and the full text can even be downloaded for offline viewing. - Home Widgets - Fiery Feeds includes Home Widgets to display the lastest or random articles, or article counts in specific accounts. You can mark articles starred or read directly from the widget - Smart Searches - You can create saved searches matching multiple properties like content, title, published date, posting frequency and more. - Safari Extension - You can subscribe to new feeds and save links to read later right in Safari with the included extension. - Keyboard Shortcuts - Fiery Feeds fully supports external keyboards and keyboard shortcuts. You can navigate the entire app using only the keyboard if you want to. - Customisable - You can create your own color themes, there is a directory of user-created themes and a theme editor included. - Custom URL Sharing - Fiery also supports sharing to other apps and websites using URL schemes that you can create yourself or install from the action directory and customisable email templates. - Feed Management - You can subscribe to new feeds, unsubscribe, move or rename them. You can add new folders, delete, move or rename them. You can even group your folders. - VoiceOver - Every feature is accessible via VoiceOver. - Even more - Highly customisable - Almost every aspect of Fiery Feeds is customisable. Color Themes, Fonts, Text sizes. If you want a leisurely reading environment, just the headlines, or anything in between, Fiery Feeds has you covered. Horizontal article swiping - You can swipe to the next or previous article by swiping horizontally, instead of vertically. This avoids having to scroll down the entire (long) article just to get to the next one. Marking Articles Read - On Scrolling, only articles older than some time, or marking all above or below a specific article read. Three Pane View - Especially designed for larger iPads. - Supported Feed Accounts - Feedly, Feedbin, Fever, NewsBlur, Tiny Tiny RSS, Inoreader, Bazqux, FreshRSS, The Old Reader, Nextcloud News, iCloud, Local Accounts - Supported Read Later Accounts - Pinboard, Pocket, Instapaper, Wallabag, iCloud, Local Accounts - Fiery Feeds Premium - Fiery Feeds Premium automatically renews as a paid subscription, unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the date of renewal. The payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can cancel a free trial or subscription anytime by turning off auto-renewal through your iTunes account settings. This must be done 24 hours before the end of a free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period, and you will be downgraded to the free service. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. Privacy Policy: https://voidstern.net/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://voidstern.net/terms-of-use

About

WhatsHappen

This app provides a streamlined way to read RSS news and articles, replicating a popular browser feature. It helps users avoid subscribing to numerous sites and manage their reading list efficiently, with cross-device synchronization.

Highlights
  • RSS news aggregation
  • Replicates 'Shared Links' feature
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Distraction-free reading
  • Direct website reading option
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We have the best news reader and RSS articles for you if: - You miss Safari's "Shared Links" feature - You're tired of subscribing to 50 sites to check the news - You do not want to spend the day "checking as read" - You want to keep the links synchronized between devices Easy, simple without distractions. You will also read the news directly on the website allowing your favorite blogs and newspapers to continue to be financed by advertisers. Check our macOS application on the Mac App Store.

Screenshots

Fiery Feeds4 screens
WhatsHappen3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fiery Feeds at 73% against WhatsHappen's 38%. Fiery Feeds also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). WhatsHappen's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 17.4). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fiery Feeds sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. WhatsHappen asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fiery Feeds ships an update every 10 days, WhatsHappen every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fiery Feeds versus WhatsHappen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFiery FeedsWhatsHappen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (468 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.5% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings468 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.411.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size229 MB10 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperLukas BurgstallerArturo Rivas

Customer experience

Fiery Feeds

All ratings468 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews284 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral9.5%
Negative18.0%

WhatsHappen

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Fiery Feeds

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent article rendering
  • Issues with OPML file import
  • Syncing problems with certain services

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved search functionality
  • Better handling of read/unread articles
  • Apple Watch support

WhatsHappen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Fiery Feeds

Subscriptions6
  • Fiery Feeds Pro2 variants$1.991 Month
  • Fiery Feeds Pro3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Fiery Feeds Pro$4.993 Months
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  • Fiery Feeds Pro3 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Year
  • Fiery Feeds Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Fiery Feeds Pro3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time3
  • Snack-Sized Tip$2.99
  • Coffee-Sized Tip$5.99
  • Lunch-Sized Tip$9.99
None

WhatsHappen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fiery Feeds free?
Fiery Feeds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WhatsHappen free?
WhatsHappen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fiery Feeds or WhatsHappen have ads?
Neither Fiery Feeds nor WhatsHappen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fiery Feeds or WhatsHappen?
Fiery Feeds ships an update every 10 days, and WhatsHappen every 3 weeks. Most recently, Fiery Feeds was updated on October 22, 2026 and WhatsHappen on October 10, 2026.

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