Llitgi for Pocket vs Unread
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Llitgi for Pocket
This app provides a streamlined interface for managing saved web articles and links. It allows users to save, organize, search, and archive content directly from their mobile devices, syncing seamlessly with their existing account.
- Save links from any app
- Add links directly within the app
- Mark links as favorite
- Archive and delete saved links
- Add and search links by tag
- Search entire link library
- Notification badge for unread links
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Llitgi is the fastest Pocket client out there. Everything that you do in Llitgi is synced with your Pocket account, which means that everything is available on your iPhone, iPad or Mac. Llitgi allows you to: - Save any link from any app - Add links from the app itself - Mark any link as favorite - Archive saved links - Delete saved links. - Add tags to links - Search for links by tag - Search for any link on your library - Show the number of unread links as a notification badge on the app icon - 3D touch any link to peek on it Also, Llitgi allows you to change how the app behaves when you open a link: - Select if you want to use the in-app browser or open the links on Safari - Open the links using Reader View It's completely free and doesn't track anything about the user. Everything that you do on the app, stays on the app and on Pocket servers, no third party services are involved.
Unread
This app is a beautifully designed RSS reader that focuses on a clean reading experience with customizable typography and themes. It offers seamless syncing across devices and integrates with various read-later services, allowing for offline access to cached content.
- Gesture-based navigation
- Customizable color themes
- Cross-device syncing
- Automatic webpage text display
- Offline access with caching
- Integration with read-later services
- Widgets for unread counts
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Rediscover the joy of reading your favorite writers and publications with Unread. Unread is an RSS reader with beautiful typography, comfortable gesture-based navigation, and a variety of color themes. Unread is available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Unread won the MacStories Selects 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. Capabilities include: SYNCING: Our free Unread Cloud service keeps your devices in sync. Unread also syncs with Feedbin, Feedly, Fever, FreshRSS, Gobbler, Inkwell, Inoreader, Miniflux, and NewsBlur. AUTOMATIC WEBPAGE TEXT: For feeds that contain only article summaries, Unread will display the full article text from the webpage. Easily switch between feed text and webpage text for any article, and change the default for individual feeds. WEBSITE ACCOUNTS: For news websites that require an account, sign in and get full webpage text. SUBSCRIBE IN UNREAD: This share sheet extension lets you subscribe to a website’s feeds while visiting that website from Safari or any other web browser. SAVE TO UNREAD: This share sheet extension creates an article in Unread with the contents of the webpage you are visiting from Safari or any other web browser. (Subscription required.) COLOR THEMES: Unread provides a variety of color themes. Choose one theme for light mode and another for dark mode. CACHING: Unread caches webpage text and images for instant loading and offline access. (Subscription required.) READ-LATER SERVICES: Unread can save articles to Anybox, Flyleaf, GoodLinks, Instapaper, Matter, Pinboard, Plinky, Raindrop.io, Readwise, Safari Reading List, and wallabag. On a device with a hardware keyboard, assign a custom keyboard shortcut to each. (Subscription required.) SHORTCUTS: Perform shortcuts on articles and links inside articles. On a device with a hardware keyboard, assign a custom keyboard shortcut to each. (Subscription required.) --- “Most importantly, I should stress again how refreshing it feels to have such a great native experience with Unread. The app is really fast, even when it’s loaded up with hundreds of feeds.” — Niléane Dorffer, MacStories “It’s an RSS reader made with taste. It has great typography, themes, search, and compatibility with the usual suspects. I love having this app on my Mac.” — David Sparks, MacSparky “Unread is focused on eliminating chrome — it is a pure reading app. It’s like reader mode all the time, and the assortment of color themes is nicely curated.” – John Gruber, Daring Fireball --- Unread has full VoiceOver coverage. Every screen and every feature is available to users with vision impairments: • From any screen you can perform a magic tap, a two-finger double tap, to open a menu of options available for that screen. • When on an article list, there are actions available for each article in the list. After selecting an article, invoke the accessibility rotor and then select “Actions”. There is an action to mark the article read or unread, an action to share the article, and many others. • Use the VoiceOver escape gesture, a two-finger “Z”, to back out of the current screen. --- UNREAD SUBSCRIPTION Unread is a free app. Additional functionality is available with a $29.99 (USD)/year auto-renewing subscription: • Article actions for sending articles directly to supported bookmarking and read later services, and for sharing via email or iMessage. • Ability to execute shortcuts on articles and links. • Caching of webpage text and images. • Widget customization options. • Save to Unread share sheet extension. • Custom app icons. • Premium support. A subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Unread’s Terms of Use are available at: https://www.goldenhillsoftware.com/unread/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Unread at 72% against Llitgi for Pocket's 0%. Unread also leads on ratings volume (442 vs 2) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 weeks). Llitgi for Pocket's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Unread sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Llitgi for Pocket asks for nothing beyond the download.
Llitgi for Pocket holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unread has 442 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Llitgi for Pocket's written reviews are positive against 72% of Unread's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Llitgi for Pocket ships an update every 2 weeks, Unread every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Llitgi for Pocket | Unread |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (442 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 72.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 442 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Xavi Moll | Golden Hill Software |
Customer experience
Llitgi for Pocket
Unread
Bugs and requests
Llitgi for Pocket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Unread
Reported bugs
3 issues- Occasional article duplication
- Issues with 'Keep Unread' feature
- Text formatting problems in dark mode
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more RSS providers (e.g., Miniflux, FreshRSS)
- Implement keyboard shortcuts and power-user features
- Improve information density on iPad layout
- Introduce a one-time purchase option
In-app purchases
Llitgi for Pocket
No in-app purchases
Unread
- Unread Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Unread Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
- Unread: Free first year$29.991 Year
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- Unread: Discounted first year$29.991 Year









