Unread vs OrbisX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
OrbisX
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Be the first to know, every time. OrbisX is media monitoring that works for you around the clock. Set your agents to watch the topics and companies you care about, and the app pulls every relevant story from the major Danish outlets into one clean feed. It happens in real time: when a story is published, it is with you within a quarter of an hour. No expensive clipping agencies, no endless searching. YOUR OWN AGENTS Each agent is your personal lookout. Tell it what to watch for, a keyword, a name or a full context, and it collects matching articles from across the media landscape while you get on with your day. Mark as read, save as a favorite, and stay on top of it all without lifting a finger. YOUR COMPANY AND YOUR TEAM Add the companies you want to keep an eye on and see mentions, estimated views and sentiment in one place. Tap a story to see who is covering it, whether it is free or behind a paywall, and jump straight to the source. Share an agent with a colleague and it lands on your team's shared board. COMPARE Put companies head to head on mentions, views and coverage. Track the movement over 7, 30 or 90 days, see which outlets dominate, and how much of the conversation is yours. NOTIFICATIONS THAT RESPECT YOUR TIME You decide which agents may notify you, so you are only interrupted by what genuinely matters. One tap takes you straight to the story. Ready on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW FIRST Communications and PR professionals, analysts and business owners who cannot afford to miss a story, and will not pay a fortune to avoid it. OrbisX works hand in hand with orbisx.ai. Create your account and agents on the web, and let the app keep you up to date wherever you are.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OrbisX at none against Unread's 4. On price, update cadence, 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. OrbisX asks for nothing beyond the download.
Unread ships an update every 8 days, OrbisX every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unread | OrbisX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (442 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 442 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Golden Hill Software | Dan Kristoffer Holmstad |
Bugs and 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
OrbisX
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
OrbisX
No in-app purchases









