Comparison

Fiery Feeds vs NetNewsWire

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

NetNewsWire

This app aggregates articles from your favorite blogs and news sites, offering a faster and more organized way to consume content. It provides control over your news feed, eliminating the need to visit multiple websites or rely on social media algorithms. Enjoy a streamlined reading experience with customizable features and syncing capabilities.

Highlights
  • Direct feed downloading
  • iCloud and third-party syncing
  • Customizable article themes
  • Reader view
  • Starred articles
  • Smart feeds
  • Home screen widgets
Currently charting
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It’s like podcasts, but for reading. NetNewsWire is a free and open source RSS reader. It shows you articles from your favorite blogs and news sites and keeps track of what you’ve read. It’s fast, stable, and accessible. If you’ve been going from site to site in your browser looking for new articles to read — or counting on the unreliable algorithms of corporate social media — let NetNewsWire bring you the news you want. It’s easy and fun. And it puts you, not billionaires, in control of your news. Features: * Direct feed downloading * Syncing via iCloud, Feedbin, Feedly, BazQux, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and FreshRSS * Multiple accounts * Custom article themes * Reader view * Share sheet * Starred articles * All Unread and Today smart feeds * Folders * Importing and exporting OPML feed lists * Background refreshing * Searching * Hiding read articles * Timeline customization * Keyboard shortcuts * Context menus * Home screen widgets for today, unread, and starred articles * Share extension

Screenshots

Fiery Feeds4 screens
NetNewsWire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NetNewsWire at none against Fiery Feeds's 11. NetNewsWire also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (85% vs 73%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. NetNewsWire asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NetNewsWire holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 467 and 882 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Fiery Feeds's written reviews are positive against 85% of NetNewsWire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fiery Feeds ships an update fortnightly, NetNewsWire monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Fiery Feeds versus NetNewsWire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFiery FeedsNetNewsWire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (467 ratings)4.7 (882 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews84.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings467882 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
Best chart rank—#146 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size215 MB27 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLukas BurgstallerBrent Simmons

Customer experience

Fiery Feeds

All ratings467 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral5.4%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews282 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.2%
Negative18.1%

NetNewsWire

All ratings882 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews321 reviews
Positive84.7%
Neutral7.5%
Negative7.8%

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

NetNewsWire

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Fiery Feeds

Subscriptions5
  • 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 trial3 variants$9.991 Year
  • Fiery Feeds Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Snack-Sized Tip$2.99
  • Coffee-Sized Tip$5.99
  • Lunch-Sized Tip$9.99
None

NetNewsWire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fiery Feeds free?
Fiery Feeds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NetNewsWire free?
NetNewsWire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fiery Feeds or NetNewsWire?
NetNewsWire is rated higher. Fiery Feeds averages 4.5 out of 5 from 467 ratings, while NetNewsWire averages 4.7 from 882 ratings.
Do Fiery Feeds or NetNewsWire have ads?
Neither Fiery Feeds nor NetNewsWire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fiery Feeds or NetNewsWire?
Fiery Feeds ships an update fortnightly, and NetNewsWire monthly. Most recently, Fiery Feeds was updated on September 24, 2026 and NetNewsWire on September 23, 2026.

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