Comparison

Slow Feeds vs Mail Labels

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
  • Subscribe to web feeds
  • Filter feeds by posting frequency
  • Star favorite articles
  • Mark articles as read/unread
  • Standalone or integrated use
  • Supports multiple feed services
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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

Mail Labels

Features
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The purpose of the app "Mail labels" is to monitor your Gmail™ labels and notify you about new messages in the label. The app fills the gap in the Gmail™ app, which does not provide notifications for labels on iOS. The flow is simple: 1. Open the app 2. Sign in with your Gmail account 3. Choose the labels you want to monitor 4. Close the app 5. Receive notifications about new messages in the chosen labels

Screenshots

Slow Feeds4 screens
Mail Labels4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mail Labels at none against Slow Feeds's 1. Mail Labels also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Slow Feeds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mail Labels asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slow Feeds ships an update fortnightly, Mail Labels weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Slow Feeds versus Mail Labels: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlow FeedsMail Labels
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZozi AppsAlexander Yemelyanov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Slow Feeds

One-time1
  • Super Slow Feeds$9.99
None

Mail Labels

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slow Feeds free?
Slow Feeds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mail Labels free?
Mail Labels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Slow Feeds or Mail Labels have ads?
Neither Slow Feeds nor Mail Labels shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slow Feeds or Mail Labels?
Slow Feeds ships an update fortnightly, and Mail Labels weekly. Most recently, Slow Feeds was updated on October 5, 2026 and Mail Labels on October 14, 2026.

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