Comparison

Bulletins vs Readstack

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

Head to head
About

Bulletins

Features
Currently charting
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Read your RSS feeds. On the iPad they are displayed in a magazine style format or a scrolling style format, the scrolling style format is available on the iPhone. Bulletins doesn't require any other 3rd party subscription, subscribe to feeds directly from the app and organize your feeds into folders.

About

Readstack

Save articles, news, and stories to a dedicated reading list. Easily manage your saved content by swiping to remove them once read. The app shuffles your list to help you tackle challenging articles and avoid procrastination.

Highlights
  • Save articles for later
  • Organize reading list
  • Swipe to remove read articles
  • Randomly shuffled reading list
  • Avoid procrastination
Features
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Save the latest stories, news, articles you want to read later in your Readstack Reading List.  When you finished reading - just swipe it to remove. Your Reading List is randomly shuffled to avoid procrastination on difficult reads. Terms and Privacy Policy: https://1igor.me/readstack_terms.html

Screenshots

Bulletins2 screens
Readstack2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Readstack at Free against Bulletins's $2.99. Readstack also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). Bulletins's advantage is chart position (#148 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Readstack is free to download; Bulletins costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bulletins ships an update every 4 months, Readstack weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Bulletins versus Readstack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBulletinsReadstack
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—2.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
Best chart rank#148 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB13 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGuy ShavivAlexey Primechaev

In-app purchases

None

Bulletins

No in-app purchases

None

Readstack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bulletins free?
Bulletins costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Readstack free?
Readstack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bulletins or Readstack have ads?
Neither Bulletins nor Readstack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bulletins or Readstack?
Bulletins ships an update every 4 months, and Readstack weekly. Most recently, Bulletins was updated on October 29, 2026 and Readstack on October 30, 2026.

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