Comparison

NewsFlash vs FeedFlow

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

Head to head
About

NewsFlash

A fast, modern RSS reader designed for a clean, distraction-free news experience. Organize articles with tags, filter content, and search your entire feed. Offers custom push notifications and developer-friendly features.

Highlights
  • Clean, distraction-free reading experience
  • Customizable tags and filtering
  • Full-text search across articles
  • Keyword blocking for unwanted topics
  • Custom push notifications
  • iCloud Sync for private data backup
Features
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Your sources. Less noise. NewsFlash is an independent RSS reader for people who want to choose what they read, without an algorithm, ads, tracking, or a separate account. Bring the websites, blogs, and links you care about into one organized library on iPhone and iPad. Filter out what doesn't interest you and keep what does. FOLLOW YOUR SOURCES Subscribe to RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds. Paste a website or feed address, preview its articles, or start with suggested feeds. Import and export your subscriptions with OPML. CONTROL THE NOISE Hide articles that match words or phrases in their title, summary, or URL. Apply a filter to one feed or your whole library, and preview what it matches before you save it. The source stays; only the stories you don't want disappear. KEEP MORE THAN A BOOKMARK Save articles for later, add tags and personal notes, and organize feeds in nested folders. Search across titles, sources, tags, and notes to find things again. SAVE LINKS FROM ANYWHERE Share a page from Safari or any other app straight into NewsFlash, even if you don't follow its source. READ IT YOUR WAY Choose Hero, Full, Compact, or Text Only layouts, with separate settings for each feed. Light and Dark Mode, larger text, and Safari Reader on supported websites help you read comfortably. Seen and read are tracked separately. YOUR READING, WITHIN REACH Your library syncs through your own iCloud account. Get to headlines and saved articles with widgets, Siri, Shortcuts, Control Center, and Spotlight, and choose which feeds may notify you. On iPad, a sidebar keeps your folders and tags in view. Good to know: saved articles are kept when older articles are removed automatically, but saving doesn't store an offline copy of the full webpage. Feed alerts depend on refresh timing, and iOS manages background refresh. An independent RSS reader, made by Michael Steurer.

About

FeedFlow

A clean and minimal RSS reader that lets you follow your favorite blogs and news sites without algorithms. Enjoy offline reading, customizable themes, and sync across devices via iCloud or other cloud services. Organize your feeds with categories, bookmarks, and keyword blocking.

Highlights
  • Offline article caching
  • iCloud and cloud sync options
  • Reader Mode for clutter-free articles
  • Keyword blocking
  • OPML import/export
  • Customizable themes and text size
Features
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FeedFlow is a minimal RSS reader designed for one thing: keeping up with the open web without noise. Follow your favorite blogs and news sites in a clean, chronological timeline. No algorithms decide what you see — just your feeds, in the order they were published. Read Your Way - Open articles in your browser, or use Reader Mode for a clutter-free view. - Adjust text size and spacing for comfortable reading. - Cache full articles for offline reading — perfect for commutes, flights, or anywhere without a connection. Sync That Fits Your Setup - iCloud sync keeps your feeds, read status, and bookmarks in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac — effortlessly. - Or choose another backend: Dropbox, Google Drive, or self-hosted services like FreshRSS, Miniflux, Feedbin, and BazQux. - Your reading progress follows you everywhere. Stay Organized - Import and export feeds with OPML. - Block keywords to silence noisy topics. - Categories, bookmarks, and search keep everything at your fingertips. Make It Yours - Dark and light themes. - Background refresh so your feeds are always fresh. - Supports RSS and Atom feed formats. Open source and available on all your devices. Translated into 25+ languages by a worldwide community. Take back control of your reading — try FeedFlow today.

Screenshots

NewsFlash4 screens
FeedFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: FeedFlow at free against NewsFlash's paid. FeedFlow also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (42 vs 6). NewsFlash's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. NewsFlash sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and FeedFlow sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NewsFlash holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FeedFlow has 42 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of NewsFlash's written reviews are positive against 72% of FeedFlow's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NewsFlash ships an update monthly, FeedFlow every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NewsFlash versus FeedFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNewsFlashFeedFlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better4.5 (42 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews72.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings642 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB142 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMichael SteurerMarco Gomiero

Customer experience

NewsFlash

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

FeedFlow

All ratings42 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive72.4%
Neutral6.9%
Negative20.7%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NewsFlash

One-time3
  • Espresso$0.99
  • Cappuccino$2.99
  • Specialty Coffee Aeropress$4.99
4 purchases

FeedFlow

One-time4
  • Nice Tip$1.99
  • Kind Tip$3.99
  • Generous Tip$8.99
Show 1 more
  • Legendary Tip$22.99

Questions

Is NewsFlash free?
NewsFlash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FeedFlow free?
FeedFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NewsFlash or FeedFlow?
NewsFlash is rated higher. NewsFlash averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while FeedFlow averages 4.5 from 42 ratings.
Do NewsFlash or FeedFlow have ads?
Neither NewsFlash nor FeedFlow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NewsFlash or FeedFlow?
NewsFlash ships an update monthly, and FeedFlow every 11 days. Most recently, NewsFlash was updated on November 11, 2026 and FeedFlow on November 12, 2026.

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