Comparison

Fiery Feeds vs BlogTalky

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

BlogTalky

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All your favorite blogs read aloud. Subscribe and prioritize your feeds and have them read in playlist style. * 'Share' from browser to create a 'Read Next' playlist * Realistic voices and selection options for listening in your preferred accents and styles * Search for popular blogs or browse by category * Background audio and headphone controls for listening hands free * Mark articles as read or skip for later * Filter to articles for a single blog or use custom playlist based on priority ordering * As article is read, highlights text to keep track of current progress

Screenshots

Fiery Feeds4 screens
BlogTalky4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BlogTalky at 11.0 against Fiery Feeds's 17.4. On price, update cadence, 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 BlogTalky sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fiery Feeds ships an update weekly, BlogTalky fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Fiery Feeds versus BlogTalky: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFiery FeedsBlogTalky
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (470 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings470 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.411.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size339 MB71 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperLukas BurgstallerSourceBrewery LLC

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

BlogTalky

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
1 purchases

BlogTalky

Subscriptions1
  • BlogTalky Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Fiery Feeds free?
Fiery Feeds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BlogTalky free?
BlogTalky is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fiery Feeds or BlogTalky have ads?
Neither Fiery Feeds nor BlogTalky shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fiery Feeds or BlogTalky?
Fiery Feeds ships an update weekly, and BlogTalky fortnightly. Most recently, Fiery Feeds was updated on November 11, 2026 and BlogTalky on November 7, 2026.

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