Comparison

lire vs GR News

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

GR News

Features
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Global Reporter pay attention to news policy information and strive to provide the best information for accuracy. GR Team always carefully checks the information and post reliable news. In addition to reading local and international news in real time, GR have divided it by news type, country, and city so that you can easily read your favorite news. "Let's join Global Reporter to read the daily news"

Screenshots

lire4 screens
GR News4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: GR News at Free against lire's $9.99. GR News also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). lire's advantage is chart position (#9 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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

GR News is free to download; lire costs $9.99 up front. lire sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. GR News asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

lire ships an update fortnightly, GR News weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
lire versus GR News: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterlireGR News
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (157 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings157 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#9 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB62 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKunal SoodKhaing Myo Win

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
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  • 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
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  • Automatic article categorization
  • Sharing options
  • PDF export
  • Multilingual support

GR News

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

lire

One-time5
  • Generous Tip$0.99
  • Massive Tip$1.99
  • Amazing Tip$4.99
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  • Humongous Tip$9.99
  • Stupendous Tip$19.99
None

GR News

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is lire free?
lire costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is GR News free?
GR News is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do lire or GR News have ads?
Neither lire nor GR News shows ads.
Which is updated more often, lire or GR News?
lire ships an update fortnightly, and GR News weekly. Most recently, lire was updated on October 25, 2026 and GR News on October 9, 2026.

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