Comparison

RSSBud vs 紫毫

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

紫毫

Features
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Hit the wrong key and get the wrong word? Picking a long sentence word by word? Ads, and wondering where your typing goes? Hare is a Chinese keyboard built on the Rime engine: it reads what you meant when a key slips, gets whole sentences right, and keeps everything on your device. No ads. SLIPS FORGIVEN • Touch-aware correction: a key hit off-center, a letter too many or too few, and the word you meant still comes first • What you typed always comes first when it is a word itself • A sentence-level language model gets long sentences right in one go, and learns the words you use • 9-key typing corrects slips too TYPE THE WAY YOU LIKE • Full Pinyin on 26 keys, 9-key (T9), Xiaohe Shuangpin and English, switched in a tap • Mixed input: type English words right in Chinese mode, with completions after a few letters • Simplified, Traditional, Taiwan and Hong Kong Traditional output FOR RIME USERS: RIME, AT LAST, ON IPHONE • rime-ice built in, ready to type • Wanxiang, Wanxiang Pro (Xiaohe Shuangpin with shape codes), Frost, Mint, Moqi, LufsX and more, imported in a tap from the recommended list; or bring your own scheme from a GitHub repository or a zip link • Shape-code filtering: tap 辅 and type a code to pick the character inside a word • Date, time, weekday and lunar-date shortcuts in every scheme • Add Pinyin word lists and phrase files to the scheme in use; search and remove what it learned MADE FOR FAST HANDS • Customize every key: swipe-up and long-press symbols, the keys beside space, the 123 key, 9-key punctuation • Swipe left on delete to remove a sentence at a time, up to bring it back; slide on letters or space to move the cursor • The 123 page suggests operators and shows the result of what you type • Text shortcuts, emoji suggestions, clipboard; email addresses and links stay in one piece • Hold return for a new line without sending; long-press for tone marks and more punctuation • Themes and background pictures; made for iPhone, iPad and the split keyboard on iPhone Duo PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Typing, correction, learning and suggestions all happen on your device; what you type is never uploaded • No ads, no pop-ups; the home screen counts characters, never what they were VOICE AND AI (HARE PRO) • Voice input without leaving the app you are in; speak over a playing video and its sound mutes for you • Live translation as you type • AI scripts: translate, polish, summarize, reply, plus fix and rewrite templates, or write your own AI features come with no built-in account or service: you choose a third-party model or translation provider and enter your own key. Requests go straight from your device to that provider, never through Hare's servers; phone numbers, ID and card numbers, email addresses and verification codes are hidden before sending and restored on the device. Without it, typing works as always. PRICE Typing, correction, learning, 9-key, Shuangpin, scheme import and text shortcuts are free, for good. Hare Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription: voice input, live translation, AI scripts, every theme and background picture, and sync across devices.

Screenshots

RSSBud4 screens
紫毫4 screens

Verdict

The call

RSSBud and 紫毫 both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of 紫毫's written reviews are positive against 50% of RSSBud's. 紫毫 also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). RSSBud's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. 紫毫 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RSSBud asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for RSSBud against 4.7 for 紫毫. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 14 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of RSSBud's written reviews are positive against 86% of 紫毫's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RSSBud ships an update every 6 weeks, 紫毫 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RSSBud versus 紫毫: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRSSBud紫毫
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (28 ratings)4.7 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer承宇 张辉 王

Customer experience

RSSBud

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

紫毫

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RSSBud

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

紫毫

One-time1
  • 紫毫 Pro$9.99

Questions

Is RSSBud free?
RSSBud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 紫毫 free?
紫毫 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RSSBud or 紫毫?
紫毫 is rated higher. RSSBud averages 4.6 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while 紫毫 averages 4.7 from 14 ratings.
Do RSSBud or 紫毫 have ads?
Neither RSSBud nor 紫毫 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RSSBud or 紫毫?
RSSBud ships an update every 6 weeks, and 紫毫 every 4 days. Most recently, RSSBud was updated on October 29, 2026 and 紫毫 on October 31, 2026.

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