Comparison

RSSBud vs iHabit

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

Head to head
About

RSSBud

Discover and subscribe to RSS feeds from websites and apps. This open-source tool helps you stay updated with content you love, offering automatic URL expansion and integration with popular RSS readers.

Highlights
  • Detect RSS and RSSHub feeds
  • Discover relevant RSS feeds
  • Optimized for mobile environments
  • Share sheet extension
  • Fast subscription to RSS readers
  • Edit RSSHub feed parameters
  • Automatic rule updates
Features
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Discover and subscribe to RSS feeds in a flash with RSSBud, a completely free and open-source tool! Designed to uncover and subscribe to RSS feeds from various websites and apps, this tool can become your vital partner in staying up-to-date with all the content you love. Key Features: - Detect RSS feeds in web pages. - Detect RSSHub feeds appropriate for web pages (supports all rules of RSSHub Radar). - Discover other RSS feeds relevant to web pages (powered by RSSBud Rules). - Specifically optimized for mobile environments, expanding URLs automatically and adapting to mobile sub-domains. - Share sheet extension available for quick sharing of your favorite feeds. - Fast subscription to major RSS readers including Reeder, Fiery Feeds, and Ego Reader, as well as system default RSS reader. - Fast subscription to web clients of Tiny Tiny RSS, Miniflux, Fresh RSS, Feedly, Inoreader, Feedbin, The Old Reader, and Feeds Pub. - Edit parameters for RSSHub feeds to suit your needs. - Rules are automatically kept up to date. - Support for x-callback-url — use with the Shortcuts app to open a world of possibilities. With a user-friendly interface and an array of customizable options, RSSBud strives for a fluid and gratifying user experience every time. Enjoy its entire feature list at no cost at all, while being assured of its reliability and transparency, thanks to its open-source status.

About

iHabit

This app helps you build positive habits and maintain focus through daily check-ins, time management tools, and goal tracking. It offers features like customizable habit creation, statistics, and a Pomodoro timer to enhance productivity and life management.

Highlights
  • Habit creation and check-in
  • Daily/weekly/monthly habit frequency
  • Habit statistics and trend analysis
  • Focus timer (countdown, Pomodoro)
  • Focus time statistics
  • Multi-device data synchronization
  • Desktop widgets
Features
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iHabit is an efficiency-enhancing software that integrates habit + focus, which can help you develop good habits and stay focused at all times. • Create habits to stay focused In work or in life, good habits will make us feel happier. In iHabit, habit checking is very simple, you just need to plan in advance what you need to check in every day or every week, and click on the habit card on that day. And through continuous check-in and continuous change of habits, it helps us to better manage our lives and time. When you want to complete the task at hand in a better state, iHabit will also be an excellent tool that can help you concentrate and prevent you from being addicted to your phone. • What features does iHabit support? - Widgets: Support adding desktop widgets on iOS14 and above systems - Habits: Frequency of daily/weekly/x days per week/x days per month to create habits to develop - Habit statistics: summary of the number of days completed by the habit/completion rate/trend statistics/pie chart statistics, etc. - Habit log: complete the reminder of the clock-in time, support uploading pictures - Concentration: countdown/countdown/pomodoro clock and other forms of concentration - Focus statistics: focus time summary/days/trend statistics/pie chart statistics, etc. - Data synchronization: iPhone/iPad multi-device cloud data synchronization - Dark mode: switch between dark/day mode with one touch - Theme style: different forms of card switching can be completed according to needs - Daily reminder: You can set a daily reminder alarm clock to ensure the completion of the check-in task of the day - Calendar view: Simple summary of calendar view, easier viewing habits or focus on completion • Contact Us Your suggestions and feedback are very important to us, write in the comment area or contact me directly. E-mail: feedback@quji.tech QQ: 714645019 Terms of use: https://gostraight-tech.github.io/ihabit-page/shi-yong-tiao-kuan.html Privacy Policy: https://gostraight-tech.github.io/ihabit-page/yin-si-zheng-ce.html

Screenshots

RSSBud4 screens
iHabit4 screens

Verdict

The call

RSSBud and iHabit both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 91% of iHabit's written reviews are positive against 50% of RSSBud's. iHabit also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). RSSBud's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (27 vs 4). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. iHabit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 3 months. RSSBud asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iHabit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RSSBud has 27 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of RSSBud's written reviews are positive against 91% of iHabit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RSSBud versus iHabit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRSSBudiHabit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (27 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer承宇 张Guangzhou Quji Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

RSSBud

All ratings27 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

iHabit

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%

In-app purchases

None

RSSBud

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

iHabit

Subscriptions2
  • iHabit 季度会员$1.493 Months
  • iHabit 年度会员$2.991 Year
One-time2
  • 升级永久会员$1.99
  • iHabit 永久会员$4.99

Questions

Is RSSBud free?
RSSBud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iHabit free?
iHabit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RSSBud or iHabit?
iHabit is rated higher. RSSBud averages 4.6 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while iHabit averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do RSSBud or iHabit have ads?
Neither RSSBud nor iHabit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RSSBud or iHabit?
RSSBud ships an update every 6 weeks, and iHabit every 6 weeks. Most recently, RSSBud was updated on September 23, 2026 and iHabit on September 22, 2026.

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