Comparison

Feedbin vs trickle

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

Head to head
About

Feedbin

Stay updated with your favorite content through RSS feeds, YouTube channels, and email newsletters. Organize and manage your subscriptions to follow your passions.

Highlights
  • RSS feed aggregation
  • YouTube channel following
  • Email newsletter management
  • Content organization
  • Subscription management
Features
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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/

About

trickle

A podcast player and feed reader with a unique dark cyberpunk interface. It allows users to stream or download episodes, manage playback, and read various feed types including RSS, Atom, and JSON. Public YouTube videos can be watched without ads.

Highlights
  • Podcast search and subscription
  • Stream or download episodes
  • Customizable playback queue
  • Global playback speed control
  • Sleep timers and playback skipping
  • Read RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds
  • Follow YouTube channels and Nostr profiles
Features
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trickle is a podcast player and feed reader with a dark cyberpunk interface. Podcasts • Search the Apple Podcasts catalog and view shows before subscribing • Stream or download episodes • Build and reorder your Up next queue • Resume from saved progress • Use global playback speeds from 1x to 2x • Set sleep timers, bookmarks, intro skip, and outro skip • Search timed transcripts and tap a segment to seek • Read chapters and show notes • Control playback from the Lock Screen • See download storage and remove played or all downloads Feeds • Read RSS, Atom, and JSON Feed • Follow public YouTube channels and playlists • Follow verified posts from Nostr profiles • Read articles in a clean reader view • Save readable article text for offline use • Search, filter, and sort a source or category • Group non-podcast sources into categories • Share a feed or website to trickle from another app Public YouTube videos play without ads when supported, with the official player as a fallback. Use Picture in Picture to keep listening while using other apps or when the screen is locked. Import and export OPML files, or make a local backup of your subscriptions and app data. trickle does not collect your information.

Screenshots

Feedbin4 screens
trickle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: trickle at 5.0 against Feedbin's 4.2. trickle also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). Feedbin's advantage is ratings volume (78 vs 1). 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. Feedbin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. trickle asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

trickle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Feedbin has 78 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Feedbin ships an update monthly, trickle every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Feedbin versus trickle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFeedbintrickle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (78 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings78 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB33 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFeedbin, Inc.Parmesh Krishen

Customer experience

Feedbin

All ratings78 ratings
Positive78.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative17.9%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive45.9%
Neutral10.8%
Negative43.2%

trickle

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Feedbin

Subscriptions2
  • Feedbin Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Feedbin Yearly$59.991 Year
None

trickle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Feedbin free?
Feedbin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is trickle free?
trickle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Feedbin or trickle?
trickle is rated higher. Feedbin averages 4.2 out of 5 from 78 ratings, while trickle averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Feedbin or trickle have ads?
Neither Feedbin nor trickle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Feedbin or trickle?
Feedbin ships an update monthly, and trickle every 2 days. Most recently, Feedbin was updated on November 3, 2026 and trickle on October 31, 2026.

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