Feedbin vs ReadKit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Feedbin
Stay updated with your favorite content from RSS feeds, YouTube channels, and email newsletters all in one place. Organize and manage your subscriptions to follow your passions without missing a beat.
- RSS feed reader
- YouTube channel following
- Email newsletter aggregation
- Subscription management
- Content organization
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Follow your passions with RSS, YouTube, and email newsletters. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ReadKit
This app consolidates your favorite news, articles, and feeds into a single, distraction-free reading hub. Save articles to read later, organize content with smart folders, and enjoy offline access. Customize your reading experience with themes and gestures.
- All-in-one reading hub
- Cross-platform support
- Flexible syncing options
- Advanced organization with smart folders
- Offline article access
- Enhanced reader mode
- Customizable interface
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Your All-in-One Reading Companion ReadKit is a powerful, all-in-one read-later and RSS client that brings together your favorite news, articles, and feeds. Supporting all major providers and featuring a built-in RSS engine, ReadKit lets you save and read articles later, providing a distraction-free reading experience anytime and anywhere. KEY FEATURES • All-in-One Reading Hub: Access all your accounts in one place with multi-account support. • Cross-Platform: Universal app with full feature parity on iOS and macOS. • Flexible Syncing: Sync with major RSS aggregators and read-later services, or use the built-in RSS engine. • Advanced Organization: Manage feeds, folders and tags, and create smart folders with automatic updates based on your criteria. • Smart Folder Actions: Apply actions to items in smart folders, such as marking them as read or starred, and use them for advanced content filtering. • Offline Access: Read articles offline with cached images. • Enhanced Reading Experience: Built-in reader mode extracts full article content, with options for automatic activation. • Wide Gesture Support: Intuitive gesture controls for effortless navigation, marking articles as read, or performing quick actions. • In-App Browser: View links and references without leaving the app. • App Badge Preferences: Customize the badge to display the count of unread items. • Mark as Read Options: Automatically mark articles as read while scrolling, use a pull-up gesture, or mark all with a single tap. • Contextual Marking: Quickly mark articles as read above or below directly from the context menu. • Customizable Interface: Choose themes, light or dark mode, and app icons to suit your style. • Powerful Search: Search articles by content, title, or source. • Filter Articles: Easily filter articles by read or starred status. • Background Syncing: Always stay updated with background sync. • Content Sharing: Use the share extension to save articles from Safari and other apps for later reading. • Email Articles: Send articles directly via email to share with others. • Share via Apps and Services: Share articles with apps, social media platforms, and other services through the share sheet. • YouTube Channel Support: Subscribe to YouTube channels and playlists through RSS feeds. • Full Keyboard Support: Optimized for hardware keyboards on macOS and iPad. • Feed Import/Export: Import or export subscriptions via OPML files. Enjoy ReadKit’s essential features completely free — no ads, no data mining. Unlock additional features with ReadKit Premium, available via a universal subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase for iOS, macOS, or both. A free trial is also available. PREMIUM FEATURES • Multi-Account Support: Manage multiple accounts simultaneously. • Unlimited Smart Folders: Create and customize more than one smart folder per account. • Enhanced Reader Mode: Extract full-text content from articles, even when missing from the feed source. • Article Summary: summarize articles using AI on supported devices (requires ReadKit Premium, Apple Intelligence and iOS 26). • Unlimited Feeds: Remove the 20-feed limit for the built-in RSS service. • Advanced Organization Tools: Organize feeds and articles into folders or tags. • Image Caching: Enjoy offline reading with cached images. • Themes & Custom Icons: Unlock exclusive themes and choose custom app icons. • Full OPML Support: Import and export feed subscriptions with ease. • Early Access: Enjoy upcoming premium features as they're released. • Support Development: Your subscription helps sustain ReadKit’s ongoing improvements. SUPPORTED SERVICES • News Reader Services: BazQux, Feedbin, Feedly, Fever, FreshRSS, Inoreader, Miniflux, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, Tiny Tiny RSS and Built-in RSS • Read Later & Bookmarking Services: Instapaper, Wallabag and Pinboard Privacy Policy: https://readkit.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://readkit.app/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ReadKit at 4.4 against Feedbin's 4.2. ReadKit also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (57% vs 46%). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Feedbin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and ReadKit sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ReadKit holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 78 and 124 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Feedbin's written reviews are positive against 57% of ReadKit's.
Feedbin ships an update every 6 weeks, ReadKit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Feedbin | ReadKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (78 ratings) | 4.4 (124 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.9% of reviews | 56.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 78 | 124 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Feedbin, Inc. | Balazs Varkonyi |
Customer experience
Feedbin
ReadKit
Bugs and requests
Feedbin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ReadKit
Reported bugs
12 issues- Persistent toolbars blocking distraction-free reading
- Background refresh not working reliably
- Wallabag sync errors and failures
- App crashes when integrating multiple services
- Reading articles not marking as read automatically
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- Embedded tweets not displaying in web view
- Favicon and headline display issues in article list
- Thumbnail images not showing in article list
- Text overlap with underline formatting
- Inconsistent behavior between iOS and iPadOS versions
- Sync errors preventing account setup
- Partial feature support without clear disclosure
Requested features
19 requests- iCloud sync support for feeds and data
- Raindrop read-later service integration
- Sepia background option for light mode
- Widgets support
- Automatic reader view option
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- Push notifications for new articles
- Import Smart Folders from previous versions
- Sync Smart Folders across all devices
- Additional read-later service integrations (GoodLinks, etc.)
- Mark all as read button
- Pinboard API key login support
- Article position sync for read-later services
- More article list view customization options
- Highlight and annotate text functionality
- Built-in annotation and newsletter management
- Podcast playing capability
- Automatic full article text loading
- Quick article opening in Safari
- Image zoom and preview functionality
In-app purchases
Feedbin
- Feedbin Monthly$5.991 Month
- Feedbin Yearly$59.991 Year
ReadKit
- Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime macOS$19.99
- Premium Lifetime iOS$19.99
- Premium Lifetime Universal$29.99







