Comparison

Watch Feeds vs Ruby

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

Head to head
About

Watch Feeds

Browse RSS feeds directly on your Apple Watch, even without your iPhone. Read full articles, view images, and receive notifications for breaking news. Syncs with various services and offers offline reading capabilities.

Highlights
  • Browse RSS feeds on Apple Watch
  • Offline reading with cached content
  • Fetch full article content
  • Image viewer with zoom
  • Search and add new feeds
  • Syncs with multiple RSS services
  • Notifications and complications
Features
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Watch Feeds is an independent app for your Apple Watch. With Watch Feeds, you can browse your RSS feeds right on your watch, without your iPhone nearby. You Control Your Feeds: Watch Feeds gives you complete control over your subscriptions. You can read articles from the sites you are interested in and can easily unsubscribe from the feeds if you don't enjoy them. Read using Wifi or LTE: Watch Feeds can fetch articles via Wifi or LTE, without your iPhone nearby. It will also cache the feed contents and allow you to continue reading even when you don't have an internet connection. Always Stay Up to Date: Unlike other news apps, Watch Feeds not only shows you the headlines! Most of the websites will automatically provide you with an excerpt or summary. However, if you want to read more, Watch Feeds will fetch the full article content for you. Image Viewer: Watch Feeds will automatically find the image from the article. If you want to see the details of the image, simply double taps the image and use Digital Crown to zoom. Search and Add Feeds: Discover interesting feeds with Watch Feeds. Discover new feeds by category, or use the text field to search feeds. Read When You Have Time: Found an interesting article? Use actions to add the article to Read Later or send it to your iPhone! This allows you to find them easily and read them when you have free time. Notifications & Complications: Stay connected! Watch Feeds will send you notifications and complications refresh to make sure you never miss any important news! Actions (iPhone app & Pro unlock required): Actions allow you to share/save an article within your watch! Currently, Watch Feeds supports the following actions: Read Later Share Open in Browser Send to iPhone New Mastodon Post Send to Instapaper Send to Pocket Send to Raindrop Send to Tagpacker Send to Readwise Send to Omnivore Remind Me Later Translate Watch Feeds supports the following syncing services: Inoreader The Old Reader NewsBlur BazQux Reader Feedbin Fever Tiny Tiny RSS FreshRSS iCloud Local (Use without syncing) Sync Read (A very simple syncing service that requires Sign in with Apple)

About

Ruby

A beautifully designed news reader app offering a personalized home feed based on your chosen topics. Easily discover trending articles, bookmark content for later, and customize your reading experience with language and region settings. Enjoy ad-free content across multiple Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Personalized topic feeds
  • Explore trending articles
  • Bookmark articles for later
  • Customizable region and language
  • Ad-free reading experience
  • iCloud syncing across devices
  • Apple Watch app integration
Features
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Ruby is a beautifully designed news app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision. It's built with a familiar design, so it's simple and easy to use and understand. Ruby works great with your devices, and supports iCloud syncing for a seamless experience across all of them. The app itself has a lot of distinct features, such as being able to choose the topic you want to view on your home feed. If you only want to view technology without the politics, you can. Only interested in sports? There's an option for that too. With the explore page, you can also keep up with the latest trends in your region, or make a quick search for whatever you're interested in. Ruby also offers bookmarks, so you can find an article and come back to it later. We also offer customization. You can easily change the country you're in, or the language you prefer to read. The built in news reader is easy to understand, and provides content from your favorite websites, but without the advertisements and other nonsense. Ruby also offers an Apple Watch app, where you can quickly view headlines on your wrist. The Apple Watch app has the same functionality as the iPhone app, so you can easily read headlines of a specific topic, and more. If you want to suggest features for Ruby, contact me on X (Twitter) @mbrkhrdt. I'm open to suggestions, and want to create the best user experience possible!

Screenshots

Watch Feeds2 screens
Ruby4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Watch Feeds at 83% against Ruby's 50%. Watch Feeds also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 4). Ruby's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Watch Feeds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ruby sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.69 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ruby holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Watch Feeds has 26 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Watch Feeds's written reviews are positive against 50% of Ruby's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Watch Feeds ships an update monthly, Ruby every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Watch Feeds versus Ruby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWatch FeedsRuby
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better4
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB8 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperKevin GuanMBRKHRDT LLC

Customer experience

Watch Feeds

All ratings26 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

Ruby

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Watch Feeds

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro$3.99
9 purchases

Ruby

Subscriptions3
  • Ruby Premium - Weekly7 Days trial$0.697 Days
  • Ruby Premium - Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Ruby Premium - Annual$5.991 Year
One-time6
  • Tip Jar - $0.99$0.99
  • Tip Jar - $1.99$1.99
  • Tip Jar - $2.99$2.99
Show 3 more
  • Tip Jar - $4.99$4.99
  • Tip Jar - $9.99$9.99
  • Ruby Premium - Lifetime$17.99

Questions

Is Watch Feeds free?
Watch Feeds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ruby free?
Ruby is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Watch Feeds or Ruby?
Ruby is rated higher. Watch Feeds averages 4.7 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Ruby averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Watch Feeds or Ruby have ads?
Neither Watch Feeds nor Ruby shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Watch Feeds or Ruby?
Watch Feeds ships an update monthly, and Ruby every 5 months. Most recently, Watch Feeds was updated on September 7, 2026 and Ruby on September 12, 2026.

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