Comparison

Slow Feeds vs Minifeed

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

Head to head
About

Slow Feeds

This app allows you to subscribe to and manage web feeds, filtering content by posting frequency. You can star favorite articles, mark them as read, and unsubscribe from feeds. It supports integration with popular feed services or can be used as a standalone reader.

Highlights
  • Filter feeds by posting frequency
  • Subscribe to any web feed
  • Star favorite articles
  • Mark articles as read/unread
  • Unsubscribe from feeds
  • Integrates with Bazqux, Feedbin, Feedly, Inoreader, Newsblur
  • Standalone app functionality
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Slow Feeds is a feed reader that lets you filter your feeds by posting frequency. Most blogs and many, many websites support feeds and push their newest articles, news and posts out into the world in an easy to use, open feed format (like RSS). Slow Feeds lets you subscribe to any and any number of those feeds, lets you star your favorite articles, mark them as read or unread, or unsubscribe from feeds again. If you have an account on Bazqux, Feedbin, Feedly, Inoreader or Newsblur you can access it with Slow Feeds. Or you can use it as a standalone app.

About

Minifeed

Features
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IMPORTANT: You need your own instance of Minifeed server to use this application. Minifeed is a self-hosted and open source minimalist feed reader (RSS, Atom). To setup your server : https://github.com/BenoitMC/minifeed.rails

Screenshots

Slow Feeds4 screens
Minifeed3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Minifeed at none against Slow Feeds's 1. Slow Feeds's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 18 months). On price, ads, 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. Slow Feeds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Minifeed asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slow Feeds ships an update fortnightly, Minifeed every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Slow Feeds versus Minifeed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlow FeedsMinifeed
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 18 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB12 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperZozi AppsBenoit MARTIN-CHAVE

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Slow Feeds

One-time1
  • Super Slow Feeds$9.99
None

Minifeed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slow Feeds free?
Slow Feeds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Minifeed free?
Minifeed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Slow Feeds or Minifeed have ads?
Neither Slow Feeds nor Minifeed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slow Feeds or Minifeed?
Slow Feeds ships an update fortnightly, and Minifeed every 18 months. Most recently, Slow Feeds was updated on November 2, 2026 and Minifeed on November 3, 2026.

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