Comparison

An Otter RSS Reader vs FeedWeave

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

FeedWeave

Features
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FeedWeave is a local-first AI RSS reader that helps you filter noise and read what matters. YOUR FEEDS, YOUR RULES Add sources from our catalog, paste a URL, or import OPML. FeedWeave aggregates what you subscribe to—it never replaces your sources with algorithmic picks. EXPLAINABLE AI SCORING Discover scores article titles 1–5 with clear pros and cons before you open them. Duplicate stories cluster together, and a themed daily briefing surfaces today's themes. DEEP READ WITH AI Stream AI summaries and deep interpretations with footnote citations back to source excerpts. Highlight a passage and chat with AI to explain, translate, or challenge the argument. INSIGHT VISUALIZATION Turn articles into bullet highlights, mind maps, timelines, and relationship charts—generated on device and saved to your archive. PRIVACY FIRST Articles, AI reports, favorites, and preferences stay on your phone. Hosted AI uses an anonymous device ID for quota only—no API key required. No ad tracking or behavioral analytics SDKs. FREE TO START, PREMIUM WHEN YOU NEED MORE The free tier includes 100 daily AI credits, unlimited RSS sources, scoring, summaries, chat, and bullet insight viz. Premium unlocks full sync scoring, custom AI keywords and prompts, advanced visualization, and generous monthly credits. AI-generated summaries and scores are AI-generated—always verify against the original article.

Screenshots

An Otter RSS Reader4 screens
FeedWeave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: An Otter RSS Reader at every 3 days against FeedWeave's weekly. FeedWeave's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and FeedWeave sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

An Otter RSS Reader ships an update every 3 days, FeedWeave weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
An Otter RSS Reader versus FeedWeave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAn Otter RSS ReaderFeedWeave
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (73 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings73 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB50 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJosh Holtz颖懋 范

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

FeedWeave

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
2 purchases

FeedWeave

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$69.991 Year

Questions

Is An Otter RSS Reader free?
An Otter RSS Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FeedWeave free?
FeedWeave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do An Otter RSS Reader or FeedWeave have ads?
Neither An Otter RSS Reader nor FeedWeave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, An Otter RSS Reader or FeedWeave?
An Otter RSS Reader ships an update every 3 days, and FeedWeave weekly. Most recently, An Otter RSS Reader was updated on November 3, 2026 and FeedWeave on October 31, 2026.

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