Comparison

An Otter RSS Reader vs PoweReader

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

PoweReader

This app uses AI to enhance your RSS reading experience, offering smart summaries, personalized news picks, and audio narration. It breaks down language barriers and allows for offline processing, making staying informed more efficient.

Highlights
  • AI daily news picks
  • Smart article summaries
  • AI audio narration
  • AI-powered translation
  • Offline processing mode
  • Built-in RSS service
  • Sync across Apple devices
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Too many feeds to read? PoweReader is an RSS reader with AI built in: get through the news worth reading in minutes, get any article's key points in one tap, read foreign articles with a translation under each paragraph, and listen when you can't look at the screen. DAILY PICKS No more scrolling through every feed: in a few minutes you know what has been happening. Open Discover and AI picks the stories worth reading, each with a summary, key developments, what each source says and the articles that cover it. You can also listen to it as a briefing. AI SUMMARY For an article you only want to skim, one tap gives you a summary with the key points in seconds, plus a picture that explains it. You can also summarize a category, a feed or the unread list. The list summary is split by topic, and you can tap any link to open the article. AUDIO SUMMARY When you can't look at the screen, let AI read the summary aloud. Playback starts a few seconds after you tap play. TRANSLATION Foreign articles are translated paragraph by paragraph, with the translation under each original paragraph. FEEDS Start right away with the built-in local account, no third-party sign-up needed. Feedbin, NewsBlur, Miniflux, FreshRSS, Tiny Tiny RSS and Fever are supported too. The Feed Library has 130+ feeds by topic, or paste any feed address. ICLOUD SYNC Reading progress syncs between iPhone and Mac, so you pick up where you left off. READING The same reading typography on iPhone and Mac, code blocks and math formulas rendered properly, dark mode, and articles available offline. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

An Otter RSS Reader4 screens
PoweReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: An Otter RSS Reader at every 3 days against PoweReader's monthly. An Otter RSS Reader also leads on ratings volume (73 vs 13). PoweReader's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 $0.99 per month and PoweReader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PoweReader holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: An Otter RSS Reader has 73 ratings behind it against 13, 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 62% of PoweReader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

An Otter RSS Reader ships an update every 3 days, PoweReader monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
An Otter RSS Reader versus PoweReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAn Otter RSS ReaderPoweReader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (73 ratings)4.4 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews61.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB393 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJosh Holtz珂诚 许

Customer experience

An Otter RSS Reader

All ratings73 ratings
Positive75.3%
Neutral8.2%
Negative16.4%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

PoweReader

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative23.1%

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

PoweReader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

An Otter RSS Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Otter Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Otter Pro Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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
2 purchases

PoweReader

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is An Otter RSS Reader free?
An Otter RSS Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PoweReader free?
PoweReader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, An Otter RSS Reader or PoweReader?
PoweReader is rated higher. An Otter RSS Reader averages 4.1 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while PoweReader averages 4.4 from 13 ratings.
Do An Otter RSS Reader or PoweReader have ads?
Neither An Otter RSS Reader nor PoweReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, An Otter RSS Reader or PoweReader?
An Otter RSS Reader ships an update every 3 days, and PoweReader monthly. Most recently, An Otter RSS Reader was updated on October 16, 2026 and PoweReader on October 14, 2026.

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