Comparison

An Otter RSS Reader vs Ironworkers 75

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

Ironworkers 75

Features
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Ironworkers Local 75 represents Arizona’s most skilled ironwork craftsmen. With more than a century of working together to build the bridges, buildings and power-generating structures that support our state’s economy and way of life, the Ironworkers’ labor force is committed to quality, professionalism and safety.

Screenshots

An Otter RSS Reader4 screens
Ironworkers 754 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ironworkers 75 at none against An Otter RSS Reader's 8. Ironworkers 75 also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). An Otter RSS Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). On price, 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 4 one-off in-app purchases. Ironworkers 75 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

An Otter RSS Reader ships an update every 3 days, Ironworkers 75 every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
An Otter RSS Reader versus Ironworkers 75: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAn Otter RSS ReaderIronworkers 75
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (73 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings73 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB112 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJosh HoltzIronworkers Local 75

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

Ironworkers 75

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

An Otter RSS Reader

One-time4
  • Small Tip2 variants$0.99
  • Medium Tip2 variants$2.99
  • Large Tip2 variants$5.99
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  • Mega Tip2 variants$12.99
None

Ironworkers 75

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 Ironworkers 75 free?
Ironworkers 75 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do An Otter RSS Reader or Ironworkers 75 have ads?
Neither An Otter RSS Reader nor Ironworkers 75 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, An Otter RSS Reader or Ironworkers 75?
An Otter RSS Reader ships an update every 3 days, and Ironworkers 75 every 5 months. Most recently, An Otter RSS Reader was updated on September 23, 2026 and Ironworkers 75 on September 11, 2026.

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