Comparison

feeder vs An Otter RSS Reader

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

feeder

Stay updated with your favorite blogs and news sites. This app aggregates new articles from registered RSS feeds, allowing you to organize them by category and create a personalized news experience. Enjoy a fast, stylish interface with customizable notifications.

Highlights
  • RSS feed aggregation
  • Categorization of feeds
  • Customizable notifications
  • Article browsing history
  • Favorite articles list
  • Thumbnail image display
Features
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登録したRSSフィードから情報を取得、閲覧と管理に優れたアプリです。 RSS2/RSS1/ATOMフィードに対応 カテゴリーを登録して、登録サイトをカテゴリー分類することができます。 お気に入りのブログのニュースサイトの情報を見逃さない。自分だけのオリジナルニュースアプリを作りましょう。 ■新着記事をいち早くチェック 登録したブログやニュースなどの新着記事を収集。新着記事をいち早く読むことができます。 ■カテゴリー分類機能 登録サイトをカテゴリー分類することができます。 ■シンプルでおしゃれなインターフェイス 流行のフラットデザインで設計、 ■軽快で高速のブラウジング ストレスを感じさせない軽快なブラウジングをご利用いただけます。 ■充実の機能 下記の機能をご利用いただけます。 ・記事リスト、カテゴリー毎の表示切り替え機能付き ・サイト(フィード)の追加・削除 ・サイトリスト表示順の並び替え、カテゴリー分類 ・カテゴリーの追加・削除・並び替え ・カテゴリー表示順の並び替え ・閲覧履歴リスト ・お気に入りリスト ・閲覧履歴管理(履歴残す/残さない設定可能) ・サイト毎通知設定機能(サイト単位で通知/非通知設定可能) ・サムネイル画像表示 ・通知音設定(ON/OFF) ・記事確認の通知時間設定

About

An Otter RSS Reader

A minimalistic RSS reader that synchronizes your subscribed feeds across Apple devices via iCloud. It allows for automatic feed discovery, organization into folders, and reading articles in a standard web view. Integrates with Shortcuts and offers home screen widgets for unread counts.

Highlights
  • iCloud feed synchronization
  • Auto-discover RSS feeds
  • Group feeds into folders
  • Read articles in web view
  • Shortcuts integration
  • Home screen widgets
  • Import/Export with OPML
Features
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An Otter RSS Reader is a simple RSS reader for following news, blogs, and personal sites without another account. Subscribe to feeds, organize them into folders, and let iCloud keep everything in sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Otter keeps the experience intentionally calm: quick refreshes, native navigation, readable article views, and just enough personality to make checking your feeds feel pleasant. New in 2.0, the iPad edition grew up. The Front Page opens to today's stories while native adaptive columns keep feeds and the story list side by side when there’s room, then collapse cleanly on smaller screens. Articles set in a real serif with a comfortable reading measure, on iPad and iPhone alike. Features: - Subscribe to RSS, Atom, JSON Feed, and XML feeds - Sync subscriptions and reading state with iCloud - The Front Page: a daily opening spread across iPhone and iPad - Smart Folders that fill themselves — long reads, quick reads, podcasts, videos - A serif reading view with adjustable typography - Reading Insights: streaks, reading calendar, and when-you-read patterns - Organize feeds into folders - Import and export subscriptions with OPML - Keyboard shortcuts and menu commands on iPad - Refresh feeds in the background or manually - Shortcuts actions, Home Screen widgets, and alternate app icons Otter Pro, the optional subscription, adds ad-free reading, custom Smart Folders, TL;DR article summaries, and the full Reading Insights dashboard. Otter is not trying to be a social network, inbox, or power-user dashboard. It is a practical little RSS reader for people who still like the open web. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://anotterrss.com/privacy

Screenshots

feeder3 screens
An Otter RSS Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: feeder at none against An Otter RSS Reader's 10. feeder also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). An Otter RSS Reader's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment 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. An Otter RSS Reader sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. feeder asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

feeder ships an update every 5 months, An Otter RSS Reader every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
feeder versus An Otter RSS Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterfeederAn Otter RSS Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.1 (73 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—73 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB45 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperShigeaki HaradaJosh Holtz

Customer experience

feeder

Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative25.0%

An Otter RSS Reader

All ratings73 ratings
Positive75.3%
Neutral8.2%
Negative16.4%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

Bugs and requests

feeder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

An Otter RSS Reader

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • It does not work
  • Articles flicker in and out of existence and about 30 of them don't show at all
  • The list views are messed up with many black spaces where a feed item should appear but is completely black
  • Reader mode seems to not work
  • Articles show up in duplicated often, articles had been marked as read will show up again as unread
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  • Feeds disappear after closing the app
  • Feeds don't refresh
  • Crashes when importing OPML files
  • Crashing when importing opml files
  • Crashes when trying to import an OPML file

Requested features

13 requests
  • Encripted iCloud backups would be welcome
  • Mark articles read on scrolling past them
  • Option to hide read articles by default instead of manually hiding all the time
  • When clicking on a top level folder it expands the folder clicking the arrow should expand the folder
  • Needs swipe gestures example swipe right mark read/unread swipe left add to favorite
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  • Need to add an option to sort by oldest and newest first
  • If in reader mode hitting the safari button should open in the in app browser instead of leaving the app
  • Under notifications there should be an option to show badge count with unread articles
  • Should be an option to see favicons to the left of the headline to quickly see at a glance which site posted the story as well as an option to enable images if there is one in the story
  • MiniFlux Sync would be nice
  • Offline reading?
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

In-app purchases

None

feeder

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

An Otter RSS Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Otter Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Otter Pro Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time4
  • Small Tip2 variants$0.99
  • Medium Tip2 variants$2.99
  • Large Tip2 variants$5.99
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  • Mega Tip2 variants$12.99

Questions

Is feeder free?
feeder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is An Otter RSS Reader free?
An Otter RSS Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do feeder or An Otter RSS Reader have ads?
feeder shows ads; An Otter RSS Reader does not.
Which is updated more often, feeder or An Otter RSS Reader?
feeder ships an update every 5 months, and An Otter RSS Reader every 3 days. Most recently, feeder was updated on September 20, 2026 and An Otter RSS Reader on September 29, 2026.

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