Comparison

An Otter RSS Reader vs Darkhorse Press

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

Head to head
About

An Otter RSS Reader

A minimalistic RSS reader that synchronizes your subscribed feeds across Apple devices via iCloud. It allows for automatic feed discovery, organization into folders, and reading articles in a standard web view. Integrates with Shortcuts and offers home screen widgets for unread counts.

Highlights
  • iCloud feed synchronization
  • Auto-discover RSS feeds
  • Group feeds into folders
  • Read articles in web view
  • Shortcuts integration
  • Home screen widgets
  • Import/Export with OPML
Features
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An Otter RSS Reader is a simple RSS reader for following news, blogs, and personal sites without another account. Subscribe to feeds, organize them into folders, and let iCloud keep everything in sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Otter keeps the experience intentionally calm: quick refreshes, native navigation, readable article views, and just enough personality to make checking your feeds feel pleasant. New in 2.0, the iPad edition grew up. The Front Page opens to today's stories while native adaptive columns keep feeds and the story list side by side when there’s room, then collapse cleanly on smaller screens. Articles set in a real serif with a comfortable reading measure, on iPad and iPhone alike. Features: - Subscribe to RSS, Atom, JSON Feed, and XML feeds - Sync subscriptions and reading state with iCloud - The Front Page: a daily opening spread across iPhone and iPad - Smart Folders that fill themselves — long reads, quick reads, podcasts, videos - A serif reading view with adjustable typography - Reading Insights: streaks, reading calendar, and when-you-read patterns - Organize feeds into folders - Import and export subscriptions with OPML - Keyboard shortcuts and menu commands on iPad - Refresh feeds in the background or manually - Shortcuts actions, Home Screen widgets, and alternate app icons Otter Pro, the optional subscription, adds ad-free reading, custom Smart Folders, TL;DR article summaries, and the full Reading Insights dashboard. Otter is not trying to be a social network, inbox, or power-user dashboard. It is a practical little RSS reader for people who still like the open web. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://anotterrss.com/privacy

About

Darkhorse Press

Stay informed with Mississippi's latest news, crime reports, and community stories. This app delivers thoroughly researched, unfiltered truth directly to your device. Receive push notifications for breaking news and follow real community stories.

Highlights
  • Mississippi breaking news
  • Crime updates
  • Community stories
  • Push notifications
  • Unfiltered truth reporting
  • Thoroughly researched stories
Features
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Mississippi breaking news, crime, and community updates all in the palm of your hand. Darkhorse Press promised no spin, no politics, and no hidden agenda. All our stories are thoroughly researched before being presented to you, our audience. The Darkhorse Press app will allow you to receive push notifications when breaking news happens in Mississippi and will also let you follow along with the real stories of people in our communities. Our brand promise: "We promise to report the unfiltered truth, regardless of personal or political consequences. We will not sacrifice integrity for the approval of any audience."

Screenshots

An Otter RSS Reader4 screens
Darkhorse Press3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Darkhorse Press at none against An Otter RSS Reader's 10. Darkhorse Press also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1). An Otter RSS Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 32 months) and ratings volume (73 vs 9). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. An Otter RSS Reader sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Darkhorse Press asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Darkhorse Press holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: An Otter RSS Reader has 73 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of An Otter RSS Reader's written reviews are positive against 67% of Darkhorse Press's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

An Otter RSS Reader ships an update every 3 days, Darkhorse Press every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
An Otter RSS Reader versus Darkhorse Press: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAn Otter RSS ReaderDarkhorse Press
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (73 ratings)4.6 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.4% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 32 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB60 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperJosh HoltzDarkhorse Press, LLC

Customer experience

An Otter RSS Reader

All ratings73 ratings
Positive75.3%
Neutral8.2%
Negative16.4%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive60.4%
Neutral9.9%
Negative29.7%

Darkhorse Press

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

An Otter RSS Reader

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • It does not work
  • Articles flicker in and out of existence and about 30 of them don't show at all
  • The list views are messed up with many black spaces where a feed item should appear but is completely black
  • Reader mode seems to not work
  • Articles show up in duplicated often, articles had been marked as read will show up again as unread
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  • Feeds disappear after closing the app
  • Feeds don't refresh
  • Crashes when importing OPML files
  • Crashing when importing opml files
  • Crashes when trying to import an OPML file

Requested features

13 requests
  • Encripted iCloud backups would be welcome
  • Mark articles read on scrolling past them
  • Option to hide read articles by default instead of manually hiding all the time
  • When clicking on a top level folder it expands the folder clicking the arrow should expand the folder
  • Needs swipe gestures example swipe right mark read/unread swipe left add to favorite
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  • Need to add an option to sort by oldest and newest first
  • If in reader mode hitting the safari button should open in the in app browser instead of leaving the app
  • Under notifications there should be an option to show badge count with unread articles
  • Should be an option to see favicons to the left of the headline to quickly see at a glance which site posted the story as well as an option to enable images if there is one in the story
  • MiniFlux Sync would be nice
  • Offline reading?
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

Darkhorse Press

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

An Otter RSS Reader

Subscriptions1
  • Otter Pro Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time5
  • Small Tip2 variants$0.99
  • Medium Tip2 variants$2.99
  • Large Tip2 variants$5.99
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  • Mega Tip2 variants$12.99
  • Otter Pro Lifetime$19.99
None

Darkhorse Press

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is An Otter RSS Reader free?
An Otter RSS Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Darkhorse Press free?
Darkhorse Press is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, An Otter RSS Reader or Darkhorse Press?
Darkhorse Press is rated higher. An Otter RSS Reader averages 4.1 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Darkhorse Press averages 4.6 from 9 ratings.
Do An Otter RSS Reader or Darkhorse Press have ads?
Neither An Otter RSS Reader nor Darkhorse Press shows ads.
Which is updated more often, An Otter RSS Reader or Darkhorse Press?
An Otter RSS Reader ships an update every 3 days, and Darkhorse Press every 32 months. Most recently, An Otter RSS Reader was updated on November 7, 2026 and Darkhorse Press on November 3, 2026.

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