An Otter RSS Reader vs Pushie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Pushie
Receive direct push notifications from your favorite creators to stay updated on their latest announcements, content, or live streams. Build a personalized feed of these notifications and save them for later access.
- Direct push notifications from creators
- Never miss an update
- Personalized content feed
- Save notifications for later
- Direct link to content
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Pushie is the best way to stay up-to-date with your favorite creators. With Pushie, you can receive push notifications directly from your favorite creators. Stay informed whenever the creators you care about announce something new or publish new content. Features: + Never miss an update: Receive push notifications directly from the creators you love. + Be the first to know: Stop waiting for social media algorithms to surface the content you care about and get notified whenever your favorite creator announces something new, publishes new content, or goes live on stream. + Build your personal content feed: Any pushes that you receive can always be revisited in your personal home feed. + Save for Later: Busy? No problem! Long-press a push and tap “Save for Later” to easily bookmark pushes. + Your favorite content is only one-tap away: Tapping on a push notification can take you directly to the content you’re looking for. Have any questions or feedback? Please reach out to us at hello@pushieapp.com!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pushie at 5.0 against An Otter RSS Reader's 4.1. Pushie also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). An Otter RSS Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days) and ratings volume (73 vs 7). 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
Both are free to download. An Otter RSS Reader sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Pushie asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pushie holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: An Otter RSS Reader has 73 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
An Otter RSS Reader ships an update every 3 days, Pushie every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | An Otter RSS Reader | Pushie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (73 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Josh Holtz | Pushie, Inc. |
Customer experience
An Otter RSS Reader
Pushie
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
Pushie
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
An Otter RSS Reader
- Otter Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- Otter Pro Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- 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
Pushie
No in-app purchases









