feeeed vs Mlem for Lemmy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
feeeed
Build a personalized, ad-free news feed from any website or social media. Enjoy a customizable reader, offline access, and AI summaries. Stay informed on your own terms.
- Customizable ad-free news feed
- Fast, focused reader mode
- AI article summaries
- Offline reading
- Subscribe to websites, social media, and communities
- Custom reminders and flashcards
- Homescreen widgets
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Stay informed without losing sanity. A feed curated by you, not the social-media mob. with feeeed, you can build your own ad-free news feed, on your own terms: • subscribe to any website and get the latest stories in your feed • view articles in a fast, focused, customizable reader mode • see local weather, flashbacks from your photo library or birthdays from your contacts • no ads or purchases • free ai summaries of articles • offline mode: download dozens of stories to read when you're offline • subscribe to communities from reddit, youtube channels, tiktok profiles, mastodon or threads accounts • add your own custom reminders, or flashcards • see your step count for the day, and your progress towards 10k steps. (powered by an optional integration with the Health) • browse a curated catalog of suggested news feeds for any topic • full dark mode, including auto-dark mode for any site • a built-in chatbot that can recommend feeds and channels for any topic • customize your app icon, tab bar, algorithm and more • see news on your homescreen with a customizable widget • create and share lists of feeds • groups feeds into folders and pin your favorite folders to the tab bar for one-tap access • a lot more! it's 100% private and on-device (no servers, no accounts, nothing leaves your device). don't worry — it's still as fast, smooth and addicting as your favorite Mark Zuckerberg app. it includes a built-in reader mode and reading list. it's fast! take back your news feed ~ scroll on your own terms :)
Mlem for Lemmy
Experience the Fediverse through a native iOS app designed for seamless interaction with all major Lemmy instances. Enjoy powerful features like swipe actions, quick account switching, and extensive customization for an optimized mobile experience.
- Native iOS Swift development
- Lemmy instance compatibility
- Swipe actions
- Account quick-switching
- Customization options
- Optimized backend
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Mlem for Lemmy is beautiful, smooth, and compatible with all major Lemmy instances. Written fully in iOS' native Swift, Mlem lets you experience Lemmy while taking advantage of the best your device has to offer. With powerful, easy-to-use features such as swipe actions and account quick-switching, a robust set of customizations, and a highly optimized backend, Mlem offers the mobile Lemmy experience you deserve!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: feeeed at 4.8 against Mlem for Lemmy's 4.6. feeeed also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 84) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
feeeed holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: feeeed has 1.6K ratings behind it against 84, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of feeeed's written reviews are positive against 80% of Mlem for Lemmy's.
feeeed ships an update monthly, Mlem for Lemmy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | feeeed | Mlem for Lemmy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.6K ratings) — better | 4.6 (84 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.6% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 84 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #200 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | James Parrott | Eric Andrews |
Customer experience
feeeed
Mlem for Lemmy
User reviews
feeeed
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Wonderful app
- 🚀 Smooth and fast
- 🔒 Completely free and ad-free
- 👍 Beautiful and intuitive design
- 👍 Customizable and flexible
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or stability issues
- 🔋 Can cause device heating and battery drain
- 🔍 Limited language support (mostly English)
Mlem for Lemmy
From 84 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ High quality and thoughtfully made app
- 👍 Joy to use
- 🌟 On par with Apollo for Reddit
- 🚀 Seamless Lemmy experience
- ✅ Mostly stable now
Room to improve
- 🐛 Cannot sign up/validate username
- 🐛 Annoying bug: loses progress when switching apps
- 🐛 Bouncing back to feeds list is irritating
- 🐛 Minor bugs introduced with updates
- 🐛 Embedded content shows as links, not playable
Bugs and requests
feeeed
Reported bugs
3 issues- Issues with loading certain feeds or articles
- Problems with the 'Read Later' feature
- Inconsistencies in the 'Reader' mode
Requested features
6 requests- Add ability to sort/filter feeds
- Improve sync between devices
- Add support for more content types (e.g. podcasts)
- Provide more customization options (e.g. font size, layout)
- Implement translation/localization features
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- Add push notifications for new content
Mlem for Lemmy
Reported bugs
19 issues- Cannot validate username for account creation
- Loses progress when switching to another app while composing a post/reply
- App bounces back to the subscribed feeds list in various situations
- New bugs introduced with each update
- Embedded content (videos) only show as links
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- Changing font size via iOS Accessibility settings breaks drag and drop functionality
- Media type label in the lower left corner covers parts of the image
- App crashes frequently
- Jittery scrolling on ProMotion enabled iPhones
- Cannot log out of an account without deleting it
- Requires signing back into the instance every time an external link is followed
- No way to change font size
- Timeline is a mess
- Unable to save images
- Unable to zoom in on images
- Unable to load images on their own without comments
- Bad app icon (furry)
- No full screen for pictures, always goes to post
- Login required from the start for some users
Requested features
19 requests- Customizability for each feed type (e.g., bold headlines)
- Larger card view option
- Compact view option
- Option to customize gestures
- Fix embedded content to be playable
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- Fix font size breaking drag and drop
- Option to not display media type label or hide it
- Mark inbox as read automatically
- Hide post option
- Customizable swipe options on posts
- Cross-post functionality
- Set Reader mode as default for links
- Ability to zoom out on pictures
- Ability to save images
- Search for posts within a community
- Block communities from post options menu
- Filter instances option
- Collapse all comments by default
- Up/Down votes on the right side
In-app purchases
feeeed
No in-app purchases
Mlem for Lemmy
No in-app purchases
