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 highly customizable news reader for power users that aggregates RSS subscriptions and saved articles across devices. It offers advanced filtering, text extraction, and personalization options for a tailored reading experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable layouts, fonts, and colors
  • Smart Views for filtering articles
  • Full-text article extraction
  • Share extension for saving links
  • Home widgets for quick access
  • Article summarization and translation
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.

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 update cadence: Fiery Feeds at weekly against Stream's every 3 months. Fiery Feeds also leads on ratings volume (470 vs 22). Stream's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 72%). 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 8 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 470 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% 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 November 13, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fiery Feeds versus Stream: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFiery FeedsStream
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (470 ratings)4.6 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.9% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings470 — better22
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size339 MB27 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLukas BurgstallerRob Fahrni

Customer experience

Fiery Feeds

All ratings470 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral5.5%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews288 reviews
Positive71.9%
Neutral9.7%
Negative18.4%

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

8 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-time2
  • 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 470 ratings, while Stream averages 4.6 from 22 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 November 13, 2026 and Stream on November 13, 2026.

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