Comparison

lire vs Queue

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

Head to head
About

lire

This app provides full-text RSS feeds, converting partial feeds into complete articles. Read content offline after initial caching. It offers standalone use or syncs with iCloud and various popular RSS services.

Highlights
  • Full-text RSS feed conversion
  • Offline reading of cached feeds
  • Standalone feed reader
  • iCloud sync
  • Sync with multiple RSS services
Features
Currently charting
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Love RSS feeds? So do we!! RSS feeds are a great way to follow updates on your favorite website. However, some sites set up their feeds to only show a portion of each entry, you know, to get you to click through to their actual website. We find that really annoying, and we're sure you do too. Which is why, unlike other RSS feed readers, that either push you into a browser (in-app or otherwise), or depend on third party text parsing services and require you to be online to fetch the full text of one article at a time (which makes it no different from having to click/tap through to a website), in lire, you get your favorite RSS feeds as they should've been. You don't need to click through to any website (though, you do still have the option to, if you really wanted). It takes your favorite partial feeds, does its magic, and converts them in to full feeds, so you don't have to click/tap on those annoying 'Read more' or 'Continue reading' links. Once they're cached, you don't even need to be connected to read your full-text feeds. Use as a standalone feed reader, sync with iCloud, or, sync with any of the several services: Feedly, Feedbin, FeedHQ, The Old Reader, Inoreader, BazQux Reader, Newsblur, Feed Wrangler, FreshRSS, Miniflux, Nextcloud News, Tiny Tiny RSS.

About

Queue

This app offers a streamlined podcast listening experience by automatically updating new episodes into a single, easy-to-manage list. It provides immediate access to episode titles, show notes, and playback, with advanced features like chapter support and interactive timestamps.

Highlights
  • Auto-updated episode queue
  • Play and archive episodes
  • Chapter and chapter artwork support
  • Interactive timestamps in show notes
  • Simple, clean interface
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Queue is the simplest podcast app out there. New episodes from your subscriptions automatically appear in one simple list, your Queue. From here you can either play them, or archive them. When you open an episode, you see the title and show notes right away, and you can also play the episode from here. We also have full support for chapters and chapter artwork, and we even detect timestamps in the episode show notes and turn them into interactive chapters. The entire app was custom designed to offer you the simplest possible podcast experience, and it's full of beautiful little touches and fun details. I've spent month designing and building Queue for you, and I have some really cool ideas for it. I can't wait to hear what you think! - Eike Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

lire4 screens
Queue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Queue at Free against lire's $9.99. lire's advantage is chart position (#5 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Queue is free to download; lire costs $9.99 up front. lire sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Queue sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for lire against 4.3 for Queue. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 151 and 86 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 68% and 68% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

lire ships an update fortnightly, Queue every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
lire versus Queue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterlireQueue
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (151 ratings) — better4.3 (86 ratings)
Positive reviews68.4% of reviews — better67.6% of reviews
Number of ratings151 — better86
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#5 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB60 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKunal SoodEike Drescher

Customer experience

lire

All ratings151 ratings
Positive80.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews177 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral13.6%
Negative18.1%

Queue

All ratings86 ratings
Positive77.9%
Neutral10.5%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive67.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative20.6%

User reviews

lire

From 151 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast full-text parsing
  • 👍 Highly customizable
  • 🔒 No data collection
  • 💡 Bionic reading support
  • 👍 Excellent accessibility

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 🐛 Sync issues
  • 🐛 Memory management problems
  • 🐛 Buggy after updates
  • 🐛 Inconsistent article rendering

Queue

From 86 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Lovely user interface
  • 🚀 Beautifully simple and elegant
  • 🎨 Carefully designed with attention to detail
  • 🤩 Delightful and refreshing experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🔍 Inability to find/subscribe to some popular podcasts
  • 🔍 Downloading/loading issues with certain podcasts
  • 🔍 Lack of some basic features like playback controls on headphones

Bugs and requests

lire

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Incorrect feed display
  • Articles not opening
  • Overlapping UI elements
  • Sync errors with FreshRSS and Wallabag
Show 2 more
  • Revert to old articles after sync
  • VoiceOver issues after update

Requested features

9 requests
  • Bulk unsubscribe option
  • Ability to add multiple feeds at once
  • Custom keyword filtering
  • Highlight/annotate articles
  • Embedded video support
Show 4 more
  • Automatic article categorization
  • Sharing options
  • PDF export
  • Multilingual support

Queue

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Stuck in introductory routine with 'Later' button not working
  • Wired headphone controls not functioning properly
  • Search and subscription issues for certain podcasts

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add sleep timer feature
  • Implement back/forward controls on headphones and cars
  • Allow new episodes to be added to the bottom of the queue
  • Implement silence skipping and voice boost
  • Provide a widget with playback controls

In-app purchases

5 purchases

lire

One-time5
  • Generous Tip$0.99
  • Massive Tip$1.99
  • Amazing Tip$4.99
Show 2 more
  • Humongous Tip$9.99
  • Stupendous Tip$19.99
2 purchases

Queue

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Access$4.991 Month
  • Pro Access$29.991 Year

Questions

Is lire free?
lire costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Queue free?
Queue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, lire or Queue?
lire is rated higher. lire averages 4.4 out of 5 from 151 ratings, while Queue averages 4.3 from 86 ratings.
Do lire or Queue have ads?
Neither lire nor Queue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, lire or Queue?
lire ships an update fortnightly, and Queue every 10 days. Most recently, lire was updated on October 2, 2026 and Queue on September 29, 2026.

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