Comparison

Elytra vs Bulletins

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

Head to head
About

Elytra

A privacy-focused RSS reader for iOS and macOS that offers native article rendering, advanced search, and cross-device synchronization. It strips tracking scripts and provides customizable appearance options for a clean reading experience.

Highlights
  • Privacy-focused design
  • Native article and image rendering
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Search within articles
  • Customizable appearance
  • Mute filters
  • Widgets
Features
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Elytra is a private RSS reader for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Follow the news sites and blogs you choose, read them in a clean native reader with every tracker stripped out, and keep everything in sync across your devices. Elytra is a paid app: every new account starts with a 14-day free trial, after which you can subscribe or buy a one-time lifetime licence. WHY ELYTRA PRIVATE BY DESIGN: Your account is created automatically. There is no email, no password and no personal information. A random account ID and anonymous crash reports are the only data Elytra uses, and only to sync your feeds and keep the app stable. NO TRACKING: Elytra removes tracking scripts and tracking pixels from every article, so what you read stays between you and your device. NATIVE READER: Articles are rendered with native iOS text and image views, not a web view. That means Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, text selection across paragraphs, syntax-highlighted code blocks and fast scrolling on long articles. SYNC: Your feeds, folders, read state and bookmarks sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac through Elytra's own service. The Mac app is a separate download on the Mac App Store. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS: Get real-time alerts from blogs that support the WebSub protocol, and near real-time local notifications from the ones that do not. FULL-TEXT ARTICLES: When a feed only ships a summary, Elytra can fetch the full article for you. SEARCH: Search for a feed, then an article, then a phrase inside the article. Elytra was the first RSS reader to search within articles. MUTE FILTERS: Hide topics, spoilers and keywords you do not want in your timeline. OPML: Import your subscriptions from another reader, and export them at any time. OFFLINE BOOKMARKS: Bookmarked articles are stored on your device, so you can read them without a connection. FEED FORMATS: RSS, Atom and JSON Feed are all supported. IMAGE LOADING: Choose when images load to save mobile data, or load them on demand. APPEARANCE: Light and dark themes, a choice of serif and sans-serif fonts, and support for custom fonts installed on your device. LINKED HEADERS: When an author links section headers, Elytra lets you share a link straight to that section. WIDGETS: Four widgets bring your favourite feeds and latest updates to your Home Screen and Lock Screen. ——— Elytra uses its own sync service and cannot connect to Feedly, Inoreader, iCloud or other RSS syncing services. ——— Terms: https://elytra.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://elytra.app/privacy/

About

Bulletins

Features
Currently charting
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Read your RSS feeds. On the iPad they are displayed in a magazine style format or a scrolling style format, the scrolling style format is available on the iPhone. Bulletins doesn't require any other 3rd party subscription, subscribe to feeds directly from the app and organize your feeds into folders.

Screenshots

Elytra4 screens
Bulletins2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Elytra at Free against Bulletins's $2.99. Elytra also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). Bulletins's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and chart position (#146 vs unranked). On 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

Elytra is free to download; Bulletins costs $2.99 up front. Elytra sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Bulletins asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elytra ships an update fortnightly, Bulletins every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Elytra versus Bulletins: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElytraBulletins
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.7 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
Best chart rank—#146 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB7 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperNikhil NigadeGuy Shaviv

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Elytra

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$10.491 Year
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  • Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$20.001 Year
One-time5
  • Free TrialFree
  • 1 Month Subscription$0.99
  • 3 Months Subscription$2.99
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  • 1 Year Subscription$12.99
  • Lifetime Subscription$54.99
None

Bulletins

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Elytra free?
Elytra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bulletins free?
Bulletins costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Elytra or Bulletins have ads?
Neither Elytra nor Bulletins shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Elytra or Bulletins?
Elytra ships an update fortnightly, and Bulletins every 4 months. Most recently, Elytra was updated on October 12, 2026 and Bulletins on October 14, 2026.

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