Comparison

Feedibus vs Cupfeed

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

Head to head
About

Feedibus

This newsreader app aggregates content from RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds into a beautifully organized interface. It uses on-device AI to summarize articles, deduplicate content, and learn user interests for a personalized reading experience.

Highlights
  • AI-powered article summaries
  • Content deduplication
  • Personalized interest learning
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
  • Customizable reading view
  • Background updates
  • OPML import/export
Features
Currently charting
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Read News & Articles Feedibus is a newsreader app. It supports Atom, RSS, and JSON feeds. All techno-gibberish to you? Don’t worry. Many news websites and blogs offer this service for free so that you can read all your loved and trusted sources in a beautiful interface, organized automagically. Key Features, Making Feedibus Unique: - Magic Content: Enjoy full articles in a beautiful reading experience, even for feeds with just summaries. - Magic Deduplication: Streamline your timeline, grouping duplicates and similar content. - Magic Interests: Discover more, automagically learning your interests. - Magic Summaries: Automatically summarizes articles and displays them in a beautiful liquid glass card. All on-device powered by Apple Intelligence. What makes Feedibus so magical? We could tell you that it uses machine learning and other state-of-the-art computational methods to offer you this awesome experience — but that wouldn’t sound so cool, would it? What else? - iPad/iPhone Support: Read on all your devices. - iCloud Sync: Keeps your devices in sync, including all machine learning data. - Notifications: Define trigger phrases to retrieve local notifications during background refreshes. - Widget Support: Add your favorite news source right to your home screen. - Customizable Reading View: Pick your favorite font, size, and appearance. - Background Updates: Keeping your content fresh, effortlessly. - OPML-Import & Export - Bookmarking: Save articles for later. - Switch between Reading Experiences: Decide for yourself how to read articles, including Embedded Safari Reader Mode. - Favorite Feed Groups: Organize your feeds thematically & focus on what matters in the moment. - Sharing with Friends & Social Networks - Dark Mode / Light Mode … and much more. Design Philosophy We believe that reading your favorite news & articles should be fun, engaging, and informative. Some newsreaders seem to make this a chore, treating it like your email inbox. Feedibus presents all content in a chronological timeline. It highlights what it thinks is interesting and groups duplicate content for you just scroll through, discover and enjoy what you like. We want to go the extra mile for you — for instance, we even analyze the images within an article to detect faces and interesting content so that we can crop them to minimize required space while maintaining essential parts of the image. All powered by the amazing chips in your device! Privacy No sign-up required. All machine learning and processing happens locally on your device. We don’t know what you read, and we don’t want to. Please review our privacy policy for more details. Pay once, own forever Since 2.0 Feedibus requires a one-off payment if you download it from the app store. All functionality included. Only for customers of previous versions we maintain legacy in-app purchase options. — * The Fine Print Magic Content works for many websites; Feedibus supports its machine learning features for most languages, even if you subscribe to feeds of different languages simultaneously. Feedibus’ user interface is currently available in English & German, but more localization is on our to-do list. Magic Summaries only works on devices that have Apple Intelligence enabled and only for supported languages.

About

Cupfeed

Aggregate content from websites, YouTube, Reddit, and RSS feeds into one organized app. Enjoy AI summaries, an audio player, and customizable display options. Premium features include unlimited feeds and offline reading.

Highlights
  • Centralized content aggregation
  • AI-powered article summaries
  • Advanced audio player
  • Customizable display modes
  • Offline reading (Premium)
  • Feed organization with folders
  • Import/export feeds via OPML
Features
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Cupfeed is your personal magazine! Centralize all your favorite information sources in a single app: websites, YouTube channels, Reddit, RSS feeds and much more. Available on Mac, iPhone and iPad Feed Management - Subscribe to your favorite RSS feeds (blogs, news, YouTube, Reddit) - Add feeds via URL or built-in search - Import/export your feeds in OPML format - Organize your feeds into folders - Delete, reorder or rename your feeds and folders Filtering and Search - Filter your articles by status (read/unread) - Create custom filters to include or exclude specific articles - Search across all your articles and lists Optimized Reading & AI - Generate a summary using AI (on Apple Intelligence-compatible devices) - Listen to your articles with the advanced audio player - Automatic image retrieval - Easily share your favorite articles Display Customization - Choose between 4 display modes: List, Wide List, Grid or Magazine - Adjust the number of text lines and visual size - Personalize your experience with Dark and Light themes - Configure display individually for each feed or folder Premium Features - Unlimited feeds - Favorites: save your best articles - Full article access: automatic download of complete content - Offline mode: read your articles without an internet connection Privacy Policy: https://cupfeed.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://cupfeed.app/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Feedibus4 screens
Cupfeed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cupfeed at Free against Feedibus's $3.99. Cupfeed also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks) and rating (4.0 vs 3.7). Feedibus's advantage is chart position (#61 vs unranked). On ratings volume, 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

Cupfeed is free to download; Feedibus costs $3.99 up front. Feedibus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Cupfeed sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cupfeed holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Feedibus's written reviews are positive against 50% of Cupfeed's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Feedibus ships an update every 5 weeks, Cupfeed every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Feedibus versus Cupfeed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFeedibusCupfeed
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (12 ratings)4.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.4% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#61 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB44 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperNicolas NeubauerCedric Schoenecker

Customer experience

Feedibus

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral25.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive39.4%
Neutral30.3%
Negative30.3%

Cupfeed

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative35.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Feedibus

Subscriptions1
  • Unlock Feedibus7 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Unlock Feedibus One-Time Fee$3.99
3 purchases

Cupfeed

Subscriptions2
  • Cupfeed Pro$1.991 Month
  • Cupfeed Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Feedibus free?
Feedibus costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Cupfeed free?
Cupfeed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Feedibus or Cupfeed?
Cupfeed is rated higher. Feedibus averages 3.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Cupfeed averages 4.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Feedibus or Cupfeed have ads?
Neither Feedibus nor Cupfeed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Feedibus or Cupfeed?
Feedibus ships an update every 5 weeks, and Cupfeed every 6 days. Most recently, Feedibus was updated on September 22, 2026 and Cupfeed on September 11, 2026.

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