Comparison

RoSSie vs Gatherly

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

Head to head
About

RoSSie

Features
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Rossie is a simple and clean RSS feed reader. It allows you to save and read multiple RSS feeds! Now also with Dark Mode!

About

Gatherly

Features
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Gatherly - An RSS Reader for Your Feeds Gather your chosen blog and news feeds in one place, read at your pace, and save articles to find again. Gatherly is a free RSS reader for feeds you choose to follow. Add a feed with an RSS URL or a website address, review the preview, and subscribe. If you already have a feed list, import it from an OPML file. Export your subscribed feeds as OPML when you need a portable list. Organize feeds with tags, mark articles as read, and save the ones you want to revisit. Open a saved item from the Saved view. Explore trends, recommended feeds, categories, and topics in Discover. Keyword search creates a Google News RSS feed so you can subscribe to a topic. When iCloud is available, feeds, tags, and saved items can sync between your devices. To get started, choose Add RSS Feed in Settings, enter a URL, and open your first article. You can also start by importing OPML. No ads and no tracking, so you can focus on reading.

Screenshots

RoSSie3 screens
Gatherly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Gatherly at weekly against RoSSie's every 3 months. RoSSie's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RoSSie ships an update every 3 months, Gatherly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
RoSSie versus Gatherly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoSSieGatherly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnja StrickerSeho Park

In-app purchases

None

RoSSie

No in-app purchases

None

Gatherly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RoSSie free?
RoSSie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gatherly free?
Gatherly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RoSSie or Gatherly have ads?
Neither RoSSie nor Gatherly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RoSSie or Gatherly?
RoSSie ships an update every 3 months, and Gatherly weekly. Most recently, RoSSie was updated on November 7, 2026 and Gatherly on November 9, 2026.

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