Comparison

Minifeed vs YoRead

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

Head to head
About

Minifeed

Features
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IMPORTANT: You need your own instance of Minifeed server to use this application. Minifeed is a self-hosted and open source minimalist feed reader (RSS, Atom). To setup your server : https://github.com/BenoitMC/minifeed.rails

About

YoRead

Save web content for offline access and listen to articles, news, and novels with text-to-speech. Ideal for hands-free listening during commutes, exercise, or chores. Manage playlists and playback progress with adjustable speed and multi-language support.

Highlights
  • Save web content offline
  • Text-to-speech functionality
  • Playlist management
  • Playback progress control
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Multi-language support
  • Offline permanent storage
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YoRead allows you to save web offline and listen it later. It supports text-to-speech, enabling you to listen to news, articles, and novels anytime, anywhere. – Suitable Scenarios – When commuting to work, walking, running, exercising, traveling, on a plane or train, cooking, washing dishes, sweeping or mopping the floor, or situations where your hands are occupied and your mind is idle. – Pain Points Solved – - Tired eyes and long articles? YoRead reads them to you. - Good articles, little time? YoRead helps you remember. - Youth fades, but articles remain. YoRead keeps them forever. - Too many platforms, too many bookmarks? YoRead manages them all. – Supported Features – - Quick article adding: easily extract the web page's main content and remove irrelevant elements. - Playlist management: conveniently adjust the playback order of articles, add and remove articles from the playlist. - Playback progress control: highlights the currently playing sentence, allowing you to read along while listening and click to jump to a specific part. - Playback speed control: offers precise speed adjustment from 0.5x to 3.0x, enhancing listening efficiency. - Multi-language text-to-speech: supports voice playback for major international languages with various voices to choose from. - Offline permanent storage: articles are saved locally, making them accessible even without an internet connection and free from leakage and loss. – YoRead Pro – Upgrading to YoRead Pro unlocks all features, including: - Unlimited article adding (the free version allows up to 30 articles per month) - Unlimited keep or favorite of articles (unread articles can be kept indefinitely while read articles are stored for 30 days) About consecutive monthly and yearly subscription packages - Price: in the purchase screen, the latest subscription price will be displayed in real time; - Payment: payment will be withheld from your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase and payment; - Renewal: subscriptions are billed on a monthly or yearly basis, and your iTunes account will be charged 24 hours before they expire, for the same amount as the previous subscription. Subscription update cycle after successful deduction; - Unsubscribe: go to Settings-> Apple ID-> subscriptions -> Select “YoRead Pro” to unsubscribe. If the subscription is not closed at least 24 hours before the subscription period ends, the subscription is automatically renewed; - Refunds: Please note that when you complete the purchase, the application development team can not provide a refund, you need to use the relevant services provided by Apple. Your purchases and refunds are subject to Apple's payment policies. - Terms: https://github.com/yoodu/service/wiki/Terms-of-Use - Policy: https://github.com/yoodu/service/wiki/Privacy-Policy Save the web, Listen anytime

Screenshots

Minifeed3 screens
YoRead4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Minifeed at none against YoRead's 2. Minifeed also leads on device support (3 vs 1). YoRead's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 18 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price and ads 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

Both are free to download. YoRead sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.59 per month. Minifeed asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minifeed ships an update every 18 months, YoRead every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Minifeed versus YoRead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinifeedYoRead
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB7 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBenoit MARTIN-CHAVE伟坤 方

In-app purchases

None

Minifeed

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

YoRead

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.591 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Minifeed free?
Minifeed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is YoRead free?
YoRead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Minifeed or YoRead have ads?
Neither Minifeed nor YoRead shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minifeed or YoRead?
Minifeed ships an update every 18 months, and YoRead every 4 months. Most recently, Minifeed was updated on October 27, 2026 and YoRead on October 30, 2026.

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