Comparison

Unread vs FeedWeave

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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 Birchfeed, 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, Quick Reads, 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.) --- “Just a gorgeous app.” – John Gruber, Daring Fireball “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 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/

About

FeedWeave

Features
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FeedWeave is a local-first AI RSS reader that helps you filter noise and read what matters. YOUR FEEDS, YOUR RULES Add sources from our catalog, paste a URL, or import OPML. FeedWeave aggregates what you subscribe to—it never replaces your sources with algorithmic picks. EXPLAINABLE AI SCORING Discover scores article titles 1–5 with clear pros and cons before you open them. Duplicate stories cluster together, and a themed daily briefing surfaces today's themes. DEEP READ WITH AI Stream AI summaries and deep interpretations with footnote citations back to source excerpts. Highlight a passage and chat with AI to explain, translate, or challenge the argument. INSIGHT VISUALIZATION Turn articles into bullet highlights, mind maps, timelines, and relationship charts—generated on device and saved to your archive. PRIVACY FIRST Articles, AI reports, favorites, and preferences stay on your phone. Hosted AI uses an anonymous device ID for quota only—no API key required. No ad tracking or behavioral analytics SDKs. FREE TO START, PREMIUM WHEN YOU NEED MORE The free tier includes 100 daily AI credits, unlimited RSS sources, scoring, summaries, chat, and bullet insight viz. Premium unlocks full sync scoring, custom AI keywords and prompts, advanced visualization, and generous monthly credits. AI-generated summaries and scores are AI-generated—always verify against the original article.

Screenshots

Unread4 screens
FeedWeave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FeedWeave at 15.0 against Unread's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Unread sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and FeedWeave sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unread ships an update every 8 days, FeedWeave weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Unread versus FeedWeave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnreadFeedWeave
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (442 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings442 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB50 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperGolden Hill Software颖懋 范

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

FeedWeave

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Unread

Subscriptions4
  • 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
2 purchases

FeedWeave

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Unread free?
Unread is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FeedWeave free?
FeedWeave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Unread or FeedWeave have ads?
Neither Unread nor FeedWeave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Unread or FeedWeave?
Unread ships an update every 8 days, and FeedWeave weekly. Most recently, Unread was updated on October 20, 2026 and FeedWeave on October 13, 2026.

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