Comparison

RSSBud vs Fold

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

Fold

Features
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Every PDF you need, on your phone — and nowhere else. Fold is a private PDF toolkit for iPhone and iPad. Open a document, do the job, and share the result. No account. No upload step. The work stays on your device. THE EVERYDAY TOOLS, FREE - View, merge, split, organize, and rotate pages - Scan documents and turn images into PDFs - Extract text and inspect document details - Check for cover-ups that still leave selectable text behind POWER TOOLS WITH FOLD PRO One lifetime purchase unlocks the heavy lifting: - Compress large PDFs down to a shareable size - Add watermarks, page numbers, headers, and footers - Edit document details and fill PDF forms - Export to images, Word documents, and spreadsheets - Create PDFs from HTML - Redact sensitive content with flattened, automatically verified output - Make archival-style copies for long-term storage - Summarize documents and ask questions on supported devices BUILT AROUND YOUR FILES Outputs land in Recents, so you can reopen, preview, and share without digging through temporary folders. Everything stays close to the file it came from. HONEST BY DESIGN School forms, contracts, receipts, client packets, scans, board documents — Fold is built for that reality. It is quiet, local, and honest about exactly what each tool does. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No uploads. Your documents never leave your device unless you choose to share them. Do the job, keep it private. Download Fold.

Screenshots

RSSBud4 screens
Fold4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RSSBud at none against Fold's 1. RSSBud also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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. Fold sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RSSBud asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RSSBud versus Fold: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRSSBudFold
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer承宇 张Rene DeAnda

In-app purchases

None

RSSBud

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Fold

One-time1
  • Fold Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is RSSBud free?
RSSBud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fold free?
Fold is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RSSBud or Fold have ads?
Neither RSSBud nor Fold shows ads.

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