Comparison

Fiery Feeds vs Reeder Classic

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

Reeder Classic

This app combines an RSS reader and a read-later client, offering iCloud syncing for your news feeds and saved articles. It features a focus-enhancing reading mode, customizable widgets, and the ability to mark items as read while scrolling. Enjoy a clutter-free reading experience with its reader view.

Highlights
  • RSS feed reader
  • Read later client
  • iCloud syncing
  • Bionic Reading mode
  • Customizable widgets
  • Mark as read on scroll
  • Reader view
Currently charting
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Keep control of your news reading with Reeder Classic, RSS reader and read later client in one app, now with support for iCloud syncing. FEEDS Sync all your feeds and articles with iCloud. Reeder Classic comes with a built-in RSS/Feeds service which will keep everything in sync on all your devices. Of course, this is optional. You can still just use one of the many third-party services supported by Reeder or just RSS (without sync). READ LATER This is Reeder's built-in read later service which stores all your data securely in iCloud. A sharing extension allows you to add links from outside of Reeder. BIONIC READING A higher dimension of reading. With Bionic Reading you read texts with more focus, awareness, and sustainability. Read more about Bionic Reading at bionic-reading.com. WIDGETS View most recent articles, configurable to only show items from feeds, folders, searches (for services that support searches) or tags (for read later services). MARK AS READ ON SCROLL With version 5, Reeder finally supports marking items as read while scrolling. Off by default, this can be enabled on a per-account basis. READER VIEW Enter Reader View (for feed items and read later links that support this) for a clutter-free reading experience directly in Reeder's article viewer. You can enable "Automatic Reader View" on a per-feed basis to always load items of a feed with Reader View. SUPPORTED THIRD-PARTY SERVICES Feedbin, Feedly, FeedHQ, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, Inoreader, BazQux Reader, FreshRSS, Instapaper and Pocket.

Screenshots

Fiery Feeds4 screens
Reeder Classic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Fiery Feeds at Free against Reeder Classic's $4.99. Fiery Feeds also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Reeder Classic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and chart position (#4 vs unranked). On ratings volume, 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

Fiery Feeds is free to download; Reeder Classic costs $4.99 up front. Fiery Feeds sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Reeder Classic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fiery Feeds holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 469 and 833 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Fiery Feeds's written reviews are positive against 61% of Reeder Classic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fiery Feeds ships an update weekly, Reeder Classic monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Fiery Feeds versus Reeder Classic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFiery FeedsReeder Classic
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.5 (469 ratings) — better4.1 (833 ratings)
Positive reviews72.5% of reviews — better61.0% of reviews
Number of ratings469833 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionPaid — better
Best chart rank—#4 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size499 MB27 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLukas BurgstallerSilvio Rizzi

Customer experience

Fiery Feeds

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

Reeder Classic

All ratings820 ratings
Positive75.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative18.4%
Written reviews525 reviews
Positive61.0%
Neutral11.8%
Negative27.2%

User reviews

Fiery Feeds

From 469 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Highly customizable
  • 🚀 Smooth and fast performance
  • 💡 Excellent feature set
  • 👍 Responsive developer support
  • 👍 Great integration with various services

Room to improve

  • 💰 Subscription model concerns
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and syncing issues
  • 🔋 High CPU usage and battery drain
  • 👎 Complicated settings for some users

Reeder Classic

From 833 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth and fast
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 🔒 Secure with iCloud sync
  • 💡 Useful read later feature
  • 👍 Minimalist and clean design

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues with iCloud
  • 🐛 Background refresh not working
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with older devices
  • 🐛 Slow sync for large feed counts

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

Reeder Classic

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Articles not loading properly
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between articles
  • Unreliable background sync
  • Issues with Twitter integration

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to filter feeds by keywords
  • Option to change app icon
  • Support for more languages
  • Tighter integration with Matter app
  • Offline reading mode
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  • Text-to-speech support

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

Reeder Classic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fiery Feeds free?
Fiery Feeds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reeder Classic free?
Reeder Classic costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fiery Feeds or Reeder Classic?
Fiery Feeds is rated higher. Fiery Feeds averages 4.5 out of 5 from 469 ratings, while Reeder Classic averages 4.1 from 833 ratings.
Do Fiery Feeds or Reeder Classic have ads?
Neither Fiery Feeds nor Reeder Classic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fiery Feeds or Reeder Classic?
Fiery Feeds ships an update weekly, and Reeder Classic monthly. Most recently, Fiery Feeds was updated on October 24, 2026 and Reeder Classic on October 24, 2026.

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