Comparison

feeder vs Folo

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

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

feeder3 screens
Folo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: feeder at none against Folo's 6. feeder also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 41%). Folo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Folo sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. feeder asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

feeder ships an update every 5 months, Folo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
feeder versus Folo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterfeederFolo
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.1 (58 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews — better40.8% of reviews
Number of ratings—58 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB65 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperShigeaki HaradaNatural Selection Labs

Customer experience

feeder

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

Folo

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

Bugs and requests

feeder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

None

feeder

No in-app purchases

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 feeder free?
feeder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Folo free?
Folo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do feeder or Folo have ads?
feeder shows ads; Folo does not.
Which is updated more often, feeder or Folo?
feeder ships an update every 5 months, and Folo fortnightly. Most recently, feeder was updated on October 7, 2026 and Folo on October 28, 2026.

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