# Fiery Feeds vs lire

The clearest difference is price: Fiery Feeds at Free against lire's $9.99. Fiery Feeds also leads on ratings volume (467 vs 151). lire's advantage is chart position (#3 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Fiery Feeds is free to download; lire costs $9.99 up front. Fiery Feeds sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and lire sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Fiery Feeds against 4.4 for lire. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 467 and 151 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Fiery Feeds's written reviews are positive against 68% of lire's.

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Fiery Feeds | lire |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | **Free** | $9.99 |
| Rating | **[4.5 (467 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fiery-feeds-news-reader/id1158763303/reviews)** | [4.4 (151 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lire-rss-reader/id1531976425/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **467** | 151 |
| Positive reviews | **72.7% of reviews** | 68.4% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Monetization | Subscription | **Free with in-app purchases** |
| Best chart rank | — | **#3** |
| Size | 215 MB | 160 MB |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | **15.6** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | [Lukas Burgstaller](https://appshunter.io/developer/383916386) | [Kunal Sood](https://appshunter.io/developer/542137548) |

## What reviewers say

### Fiery Feeds

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fiery-feeds-news-reader/id1158763303)

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:** Family Sharing, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (8)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fiery Feeds Pro | $1.99 | per month |
| Fiery Feeds Pro | $1.99 | per month |
| Fiery Feeds Pro | $4.99 | per 3 months |
| Fiery Feeds Pro | $9.99 | per year |
| Fiery Feeds Pro | $9.99 | per year |
| Snack-Sized Tip | $2.99 | one-time |
| Coffee-Sized Tip | $5.99 | one-time |
| Lunch-Sized Tip | $9.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

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

**What reviewers complain about**

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

**Reported bugs**

- Inconsistent article rendering
- Issues with OPML file import
- Syncing problems with certain services

**Requested features**

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


### lire

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lire-rss-reader/id1531976425)

**Currently charting:** #3 Top Paid · News (US App Store)

This app provides full-text RSS feeds, converting partial feeds into complete articles. Read content offline after initial caching. It offers standalone use or syncs with iCloud and various popular RSS services.

**Highlights:** Full-text RSS feed conversion, Offline reading of cached feeds, Standalone feed reader, iCloud sync, Sync with multiple RSS services

**Features:** Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (5)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Generous Tip | $0.99 | one-time |
| Massive Tip | $1.99 | one-time |
| Amazing Tip | $4.99 | one-time |
| Humongous Tip | $9.99 | one-time |
| Stupendous Tip | $19.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Fast full-text parsing
- 👍 Highly customizable
- 🔒 No data collection
- 💡 Bionic reading support
- 👍 Excellent accessibility

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🐛 Sync issues
- 🐛 Memory management problems
- 🐛 Buggy after updates
- 🐛 Inconsistent article rendering

**Reported bugs**

- Crashes on launch
- Incorrect feed display
- Articles not opening
- Overlapping UI elements
- Sync errors with FreshRSS and Wallabag

**Requested features**

- Bulk unsubscribe option
- Ability to add multiple feeds at once
- Custom keyword filtering
- Highlight/annotate articles
- Embedded video support


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Fiery Feeds free?

Fiery Feeds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is lire free?

lire costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Fiery Feeds or lire?

Fiery Feeds is rated higher. Fiery Feeds averages 4.5 out of 5 from 467 ratings, while lire averages 4.4 from 151 ratings.

### Do Fiery Feeds or lire have ads?

Neither Fiery Feeds nor lire shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Fiery Feeds or lire?

Fiery Feeds ships an update fortnightly, and lire fortnightly. Most recently, Fiery Feeds was updated on September 24, 2026 and lire on September 23, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*