Comparison

Fiery Feeds vs Stream

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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Make room for the reading you care about. Fiery Feeds brings your RSS subscriptions and saved articles together on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with layouts, fonts and colors you control. Sync with your preferred service, use iCloud, or keep a local account. Fiery Feeds Pro adds Hot Links, Smart Views and full-text extraction to help you find what matters and read offline. - Smart Views - Hot Links - Find pages frequently linked in your articles. Low and High Frequency - Separate quiet and busy feeds. Long and Short Articles - Filter by article length. Must Read - Keep important feeds together. Recents - See today's articles. - Text Extraction - Read available full article text, including offline. Choose feed text, extracted text or the original website for each feed. - Share Extension - Save links to read later and subscribe to feeds from Safari and other compatible apps. - Customizable - Choose fonts, text sizes, colors and layouts. Create color themes with the included editor or browse the theme directory. - Smart Searches - Save searches by content, title, publication date, posting frequency and more. - Home Widgets - See articles, Hot Links and unread counts. Mark articles read or starred from supported widgets. - Article Summaries and Translations - Summarize and translate articles. Availability varies by device, OS, language and provider; external AI services require your own API key. - Keyboard Shortcuts and VoiceOver - Navigate with keyboard shortcuts and VoiceOver support. - Custom URL Sharing - Create URL actions and email templates for sharing articles. - Feed Management - Subscribe, organize feeds and folders, and work with multiple accounts. - Even more - Horizontal article swiping - Move between articles with a swipe. Flexible read marking - Mark read on scroll, by age, or above or below an article. Three Pane View - More room for reading on iPad and Mac. - Supported Feed Accounts - Feedly, Feedbin, Inoreader, NewsBlur, FreshRSS, Miniflux, Feeder, Gobbler, FeedHQ, BazQux, The Old Reader, Tiny Tiny RSS, Nextcloud News, Fever, iCloud and local accounts. - Supported Read Later Accounts - Instapaper, Raindrop.io, Karakeep, Wallabag, Pinboard, Paper Press, iCloud and local accounts. Features vary by account and service. - Fiery Feeds Pro - Pro includes text extraction, Smart Views, article summaries and translations, multiple accounts, saved searches, advanced widgets, feed management, custom themes and sharing actions. One subscription covers iOS and macOS. Fiery Feeds Pro 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

Stream

Consolidate all your news feeds into a single, unified timeline. Offers a clean interface, easy import of existing lists, and support for open reading standards for a fresh user experience.

Highlights
  • Unified feed timeline
  • Simple user interface
  • Import existing lists
  • Supports open reading standards
Features
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With Stream all your feeds appear as a unified timeline. With its simple user interface, ability to import existing lists, and support for open reading standards, Stream is a great choice if you're looking for a different experience.

Screenshots

Fiery Feeds4 screens
Stream4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Stream at free with in-app purchases against Fiery Feeds's subscription. Stream also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 73%). Fiery Feeds's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (468 vs 21). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Stream sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Fiery Feeds against 4.6 for Stream. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fiery Feeds has 468 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Fiery Feeds's written reviews are positive against 86% of Stream's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fiery Feeds ships an update weekly, Stream every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fiery Feeds versus Stream: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFiery FeedsStream
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (468 ratings)4.6 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.5% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings468 — better21
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size499 MB16 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLukas BurgstallerRob Fahrni

Customer experience

Fiery Feeds

All ratings469 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral5.5%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews284 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral9.5%
Negative18.0%

Stream

All ratings21 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%

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

Stream

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
4 purchases

Stream

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$1.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Enormous Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Fiery Feeds free?
Fiery Feeds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stream free?
Stream is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fiery Feeds or Stream?
Stream is rated higher. Fiery Feeds averages 4.5 out of 5 from 468 ratings, while Stream averages 4.6 from 21 ratings.
Do Fiery Feeds or Stream have ads?
Neither Fiery Feeds nor Stream shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fiery Feeds or Stream?
Fiery Feeds ships an update weekly, and Stream every 3 months. Most recently, Fiery Feeds was updated on October 24, 2026 and Stream on October 24, 2026.

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