WatchFeed vs Reeder.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WatchFeed
This app brings the Feedly RSS reader experience to your Apple Watch. Access your feeds, mark articles as read, and save them to boards directly from your wrist. It also offers customizable complications for quick access to top stories or unread counts.
- Feedly integration
- Access All and Favourites feeds
- Mark as Read functionality
- Save to Board feature
- Top Story complication
- Unread Count complication
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WatchFeed brings the beloved news reader Feedly to the Apple Watch. With many features similar to those that the iPhone app provides like Feeds, the All feed, the Favourites feed, Mark as Read and Save to Board, WatchFeed is the best RSS reader with Feedly integration available for the Apple Watch. WatchFeed also supports all complications. There is a Top Story complication that shows a popular article on the Graphic and Modular Watch faces and an Unread Count complication on all Watch faces.
Reeder.
Consolidate your reading, watching, and listening into a single, unified timeline. Syncs seamlessly across devices and allows for easy sharing of curated content. Organize links and create custom views with powerful filters.
- Unified content timeline
- Cross-device syncing
- Shared public feeds
- Customizable filters
- Save and organize links
- iCloud sync
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Reeder is your all-in-one inbox for reading, watching and listening to content from various sources. From Unread Counts to Timeline Syncing Say goodbye to unread counts! With Reeder, your timeline position is synced across all your devices, letting you pick up right where you left off. Shared Feeds Turn any tag into a public, auto-updating feed that can be viewed in any browser or added to any RSS reader that supports JSON feeds, making it simple to share your curated content. Unified Timeline Reeder supports more than just RSS feeds. It integrates videos, podcasts and social media posts into a single, streamlined view. While it’s not meant to replace full-featured clients, Reeder offers a centralized way to keep track of everything you follow, with the option to open content in other apps (if supported) when you want to dive deeper. Filters Create custom timelines with filters based on keywords, media types or feed types. Save and Organize Links Easily save links from Safari or any other app to Reeder using its share extension, keeping everything organized and easy to find. iCloud Sync Reeder only syncs what’s important — your subscriptions, timeline position and tagged items (including Links, Favorites, Bookmarks and Later) — across all your devices using iCloud, making syncing faster and more efficient, with changes pushed to your other devices within seconds. Content is fetched directly from the sources, ensuring you always have the latest updates. Terms of Use: https://reeder.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://reeder.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Reeder. at Free against WatchFeed's $0.99. Reeder. also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (900 vs 5). WatchFeed's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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
Reeder. is free to download; WatchFeed costs $0.99 up front. Reeder. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. WatchFeed asks for nothing beyond the download.
WatchFeed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reeder. has 900 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of WatchFeed's written reviews are positive against 53% of Reeder.'s.
WatchFeed ships an update every 4 months, Reeder. every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WatchFeed | Reeder. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.3 (900 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 53.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 900 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Best chart rank | #11 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nienhuis Development | Silvio Rizzi |
Customer experience
WatchFeed
Reeder.
Bugs and requests
WatchFeed
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Reeder.
Reported bugs
4 issues- Feeds failing to import or sync correctly
- Inconsistent timeline ordering and display
- Podcast and video playback issues
- Crashes and stability problems
Requested features
6 requests- Add read/unread status indicators
- Improve feed organization with folders
- Provide more customization options for layout and typography
- Integrate with third-party RSS services
- Introduce keyboard shortcuts for common actions
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- Add option to hide read/viewed content
In-app purchases
WatchFeed
No in-app purchases
Reeder.
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly$14.991 Year
