Elytra vs Feedit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Privacy-focused design
- Native article and image rendering
- Cross-device synchronization
- Search within articles
- Customizable appearance
- Mute filters
- Widgets
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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/
Feedit
Manage your news consumption with a clean interface. Organize articles from various sources, save them for later, and catch up on unread content. Offers a reader view and home screen widgets for quick access.
- Sync with iCloud or local storage
- Integrates with popular RSS services
- Read later functionality
- Catch up on unread articles
- Optional reader view
- Home screen widgets
- Safari web extension
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Take control of the news you care about and read what matters to you! Read and share articles from your favorite blogs and websites in a clean and intuitive interface. FEEDS Sync with iCloud, or use the built-in “On My Device” local account. Third party account services that integrate and sync with Feedit: BazQux, Feedbin, Feedly, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, FreshRSS. Feedit also supports extension services – best supported by Local and iCloud accounts: Reddit, Mastodon. You can subscribe to your timelines, a specific username, hashtag, subreddit, etc. STARRED This is a smart collection of articles acting mostly as a read later service. This will save what you want to read or reference later and syncs across devices(except local account). CATCH UP This is a smart collection of your articles that show up as unread after 24 hours of being published. This way you’re able to reference them on your time when you’re ready to get to them and avoid a cluttered timeline. READER VIEW This is an optional feature where it ultimately comes to preference Does not work with extension services(Twitter - deprecated, Reddit, Mastodon) You can find this feature in the article view If you prefer Reader View, you can toggle this for all your subscriptions, or individually WIDGETS View your recent articles – comes in small, medium, large and, for devices that support it, extra large. View your current Today, Unread and Starred filter counts – small sized widget SAFARI WEB EXTENSION: FIND FEED How to enable: - Open Settings app - Select Safari - Select Extensions - Select Feedit - Turn Feedit On - Turn on “All Websites” From there, go to a page in Safari, bring up the Safari options, and tap “Find Feed”
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Feedit at none against Elytra's 9. Feedit also leads on iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). Elytra's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (44% vs 33%). On price, rating, 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. Elytra sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Feedit asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Elytra against 3.7 for Feedit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of Elytra's written reviews are positive against 33% of Feedit's.
Elytra ships an update fortnightly, Feedit every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elytra | Feedit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (9 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nikhil Nigade | Tyler Lawrence |
Customer experience
Elytra
Feedit
In-app purchases
Elytra
- 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
- 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
Feedit
No in-app purchases









