Comparison

Fiery Feeds vs Folo

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

Folo

This AI-powered tool scans the internet to find and present information relevant to your interests. It filters out noise, delivering only the knowledge you truly care about.

Highlights
  • AI-powered content filtering
  • Surfaces relevant knowledge
  • Cuts through internet noise
  • Personalized information delivery
Features
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Folo is the AI RSS reader that brings everything you follow into one calm timeline, then helps you read it. Follow blogs, news sites, newsletters, podcasts, video channels and social feeds in one place. Let AI summarize the long reads, translate the ones in other languages and read the rest aloud, so you stay informed without drowning in tabs. ONE TIMELINE FOR EVERYTHING YOU FOLLOW • Subscribe to any RSS, Atom or JSON feed, or search for sources by name • Follow sites without a feed through thousands of RSSHub routes • Explore trending feeds and curated lists to find new favorites • Import your subscriptions from any other reader with OPML • Keep things tidy with folders, stars and lists AI THAT READS WITH YOU • AI summaries: the key points of any article in seconds • AI translation: read in English, Chinese, Japanese or French, side by side with the original or on its own • Text-to-speech: listen to any article in a natural voice • Actions: summarize, translate, star or filter new entries automatically with your own rules MADE FOR EVERY FORMAT • A clean reader view that fetches the full text of articles • Dedicated layouts for social posts, pictures, videos and podcasts • Background playback for podcasts and picture-in-picture for videos YOUR READER, YOUR WAY • Light and dark themes, reading fonts, text size and line spacing • Spotlight highlights the keywords you care about • Subscriptions, read status and stars sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, Android and the web OPEN SOURCE, NO ADS Folo is open source and ad-free, built in the open with a community of readers and developers. FREE TO START Create a free account to follow feeds and sync them across your devices. Basic, Plus and Pro plans add more subscriptions, higher AI limits and automations. Subscriptions are billed monthly or yearly and renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://folo.is/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Fiery Feeds4 screens
Folo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Folo at free with in-app purchases against Fiery Feeds's subscription. Fiery Feeds's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (73% vs 41%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Fiery Feeds sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Folo sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fiery Feeds holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fiery Feeds has 468 ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Fiery Feeds's written reviews are positive against 41% of Folo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fiery Feeds ships an update weekly, Folo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fiery Feeds versus Folo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFiery FeedsFolo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (468 ratings) — better4.0 (56 ratings)
Positive reviews72.5% of reviews — better40.8% of reviews
Number of ratings468 — better56
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.416.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size499 MB65 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLukas BurgstallerNatural Selection Labs

Customer experience

Fiery Feeds

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

Folo

All ratings56 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral3.6%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive40.8%
Neutral14.5%
Negative44.7%

User reviews

Fiery Feeds

From 468 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

Folo

From 56 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast app
  • 🔒 Secure
  • 👍 Great product

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 👎 Poor user experience

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

Folo

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Unable to open app on Mac
  • Images not loading in articles
  • Horizontal videos not playable
  • Unresponsive click issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Change text size option
  • Add language support
  • Improve notification system
  • Enhance sharing functionality

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
6 purchases

Folo

Subscriptions6
  • Folo Basic (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Folo Plus (Monthly)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Folo Basic (Annual)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Folo Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$99.991 Month
  • Folo Plus (Annual)7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Folo Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$999.991 Year

Questions

Is Fiery Feeds free?
Fiery Feeds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Folo free?
Folo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fiery Feeds or Folo?
Fiery Feeds is rated higher. Fiery Feeds averages 4.5 out of 5 from 468 ratings, while Folo averages 4.0 from 56 ratings.
Do Fiery Feeds or Folo have ads?
Neither Fiery Feeds nor Folo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fiery Feeds or Folo?
Fiery Feeds ships an update weekly, and Folo fortnightly. Most recently, Fiery Feeds was updated on October 24, 2026 and Folo on October 25, 2026.

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