Feed Viewer vs Smashviews
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Feed Viewer
This app aggregates news from your chosen RSS feeds and converts them into daily podcasts. It functions as a full-text reader, even when offline, and offers synchronization across multiple Apple devices and Windows.
- Full-text RSS reader
- Offline reading capability
- News podcasts from feeds
- Cross-device synchronization
- RSS feed search
- OPML import
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Feed Viewer is an RSS reader with a news widget for iPhone/iPad/Mac and a personal podcast news app. It is perfect for daily news delivery or as an offline reader for traveling. You’ll have a podcast compiled from your chosen sources, ready for you to listen to every day. Product features: • Full-text RSS reader, even offline • News podcasts from the content of your RSS feeds • iOS ↔ iPadOS ↔ macOS ↔ Windows synchronization • RSS feed search • OPML import Terms of use (EULA): https://www.feedviewer.app/termsofuse
Smashviews
Get unbiased news delivered instantly from sources you choose. This app prioritizes user control over content, avoiding algorithmic filtering and data exploitation. Stay informed with real-time updates and easily search or save articles for later.
- User-selected news sources
- No algorithmic content filtering
- Real-time news delivery
- Article search functionality
- Save articles for later
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A simple app with a simple purpose: deliver you news without any external or unwanted oversight. We built smashviews because it is painfully difficult to find a news app that operates as smooth as the big guys, but doesn't use you for your data every time you click--all the while running algorithms in the background that decide which articles you see and don't see. Simply put, we don't believe that an algorithm should be deciding this for you, which is why we deliver the news to you unadulterated. You chose the sources and you chose what's important to read or not read. News gets delivered by the minute, as soon as it gets published. Review the feed at the end of the day, or keep track of breaking news as it happens. Missed an article or want to check other sources? Use our search page. See an event break in real time but can't read it in the moment? Save it to your profile and come back later. Download smashviews today! You won't be disappointed. P.S. smashviews is brand new and we will be continuously adding functionality. Features soon to come include more sources, more categories, local sources, custom categories, and a widget. If you have any suggestions or requests, for app functionality or specific local sources, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at support@smashnews.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smashviews at 100% against Feed Viewer's 0%. Smashviews also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Feed Viewer's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Feed Viewer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Smashviews asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smashviews holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Feed Viewer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Smashviews's.
Feed Viewer ships an update every 9 days, Smashviews every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Feed Viewer | Smashviews |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vaclav Dajbych | Evan Hedding |
Customer experience
Feed Viewer
Smashviews
In-app purchases
Feed Viewer
- Essential3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Basic3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Advanced$19.991 Month
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- Premium$24.991 Month
Smashviews
No in-app purchases








