Comparison

feeeed vs Lirum

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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 :)

About

Lirum

Features
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Lirum requires a Lirum Premium auto-renewing subscription. No algorithm. No feed. Just your content. Every major platform optimizes for engagement — not for you. The result is always the same: outrage, slop, and an endless scroll designed to keep you watching, not reading. It doesn't matter what the product looks like today; if the incentives are the same, it converges to the same place. RSS is different. It's open, it's simple, and nobody sits between you and the writers you follow. You subscribe. They publish. That's it. Lirum is built around that idea: combine RSS feed reading and read-it-later saving in one focused app, and make the reading experience worth your attention. No account required. No tracking. No analytics. Your reading habits stay on your devices. Distraction-Free Reader: Articles are automatically cleaned of ads, popups, and clutter, leaving just the content. Choose between a beautifully formatted reader view or the original page. Customize your reading with three font families (including Atkinson Hyperlegible for accessibility), adjustable text size, and tunable line spacing. Select a passage and share it as a beautifully formatted quote via iMessage, complete with a link back to the source. Your River of News: Subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds and browse them in the River — a flowing inbox where items archive as you scroll past. Swipe to save what catches your eye. Pull to refresh, or let background sync keep everything current. No ranking, no suppression — everything your sources publish, in the order they published it. Save From Anywhere: Use the Share Sheet to save articles from Safari, social media, or any app. Lirum extracts the full article text for offline reading and caches images so your library is always available — even without a connection. Listen to Articles: Turn any article into audio with premium system voices and full playback controls: play, pause, skip by paragraph, and adjust speed. A mini player keeps you in control while browsing. Works with lock screen Now Playing controls. Stay Organized: Library -Your saved articles, searchable and filterable River - Unread feed items in a unified stream Reference - An archive of everything you've read Filter by source or media type, sort by date, search across your collection Video Support: YouTube videos and other video content are detected and played inline — no need to leave the app. Sync Everywhere: iCloud keeps your library, feeds, and reading progress in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No account to create, no email to hand over — just sign in to iCloud and go. Private by Design: Lirum has no server. There's no account, no telemetry, no analytics, and no way for us to see what you read. Your data syncs through your private iCloud container and lives on your devices. That's it. Import & Export: Bring your feeds from another reader with OPML import, or back up your full library to JSON. Your data is always yours. Built for Apple Platforms: A native SwiftUI app designed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

feeeed4 screens
Lirum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: feeeed at none against Lirum's 1. feeeed also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Lirum's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Lirum sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. feeeed asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

feeeed ships an update monthly, Lirum every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
feeeed versus Lirum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterfeeeedLirum
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB9 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJames ParrottAdrian Rollett

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

Lirum

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

feeeed

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Lirum

Subscriptions1
  • Lirum Annual Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is feeeed free?
feeeed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lirum free?
Lirum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do feeeed or Lirum have ads?
Neither feeeed nor Lirum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, feeeed or Lirum?
feeeed ships an update monthly, and Lirum every 5 days. Most recently, feeeed was updated on September 26, 2026 and Lirum on September 9, 2026.

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