lire vs ExtraExtra Rss
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Full-text RSS feed conversion
- Offline reading of cached feeds
- Standalone feed reader
- iCloud sync
- Sync with multiple RSS services
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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.
ExtraExtra Rss
This native RSS reader offers a clean reading experience with full-text extraction and AI-cleaned read-aloud narration. Organize feeds into categories, sync across Apple devices, or use it locally without an account. Supports Handoff, widgets, and Siri Shortcuts.
- Full-text article extraction
- AI-cleaned read-aloud narration
- Sync across Apple devices
- Local-only mode
- Organize feeds into folders
- Handoff support
- Home Screen widgets
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ExtraExtra is an RSS reader built to feel completely at home on whichever Apple device you're holding — genuinely native on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro, not a stretched-out port. READING EXPERIENCE • Full-text extraction turns excerpt-only feeds into complete articles, automatically • On-device AI read-aloud — text is cleaned up to sound natural when spoken (URLs, footnotes, and symbols smoothed out; nothing summarized or dropped) • Adjustable fonts and reading size • Light and dark themes • In-article search, keyword muting, and full-text search across feeds • Save articles to read later; mark read/unread with swipe or keyboard shortcuts FEEDS, YOUR WAY • Connect any GReader-compatible sync service (FreshRSS, The Old Reader, and others) to sync read state and subscriptions across devices • Or sync privately with iCloud — no server or account required, your read and saved state just follows you across devices • Or skip the account entirely — local mode reads feeds directly, no server, no sign-up, nothing leaving your device • Import existing subscriptions via OPML, folders and all • Tap a feed link in Safari to subscribe directly, no copy-pasting URLs • Share any webpage to ExtraExtra and it'll find and add that site's feed automatically • Organize feeds into categories/folders with per-feed unread counts EVERYWHERE YOU ARE • One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro • Start an article on one device, pick it up on another with Handoff • Home Screen widgets keep unread counts visible at a glance • Siri Shortcuts and hardware media key support • Apple Watch companion app — remote control your iPhone right from your wrist • Full keyboard shortcut support on Mac and iPad ExtraExtra: extra, extra — read all about it, your way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ExtraExtra Rss at 5.0 against lire's 4.4. ExtraExtra Rss also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and price ($2.99 vs $9.99). lire's advantage is ratings volume (155 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On ads and chart position 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
lire costs $9.99 and ExtraExtra Rss $2.99 up front. lire sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. ExtraExtra Rss asks for nothing beyond the download.
ExtraExtra Rss holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: lire has 155 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of lire's written reviews are positive against 100% of ExtraExtra Rss's.
lire ships an update fortnightly, ExtraExtra Rss every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | lire | ExtraExtra Rss |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (155 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 155 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #10 — better | #26 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 164 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kunal Sood | LYNDON SIAO |
Customer experience
lire
ExtraExtra Rss
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
ExtraExtra Rss
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
lire
- Generous Tip$0.99
- Massive Tip$1.99
- Amazing Tip$4.99
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- Humongous Tip$9.99
- Stupendous Tip$19.99
ExtraExtra Rss
No in-app purchases









