feeeed vs Syndic
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 :)
Syndic
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Syndic is a native RSS reader built for people who want to read, not fight their app. No accounts, no ads, no algorithm — just your feeds, beautifully presented on iPhone and iPad. Add any RSS, Atom or JSON Feed source with a single URL. Your articles land in Inbox, ready to read. Save what matters to Favorites or Read Later. Organize your feeds into folders and keep everything in sync across all your devices with iCloud. Import your existing subscriptions from any RSS reader via OPML — or pick from 40+ feeds we've already curated for you across Apple, Tech, News, Science, Design, Dev, Podcasts, YouTube and Social. Syndic gets out of your way and lets you read. Features — RSS, Atom and JSON Feed 1.1 support — Inbox, Favorites, Read Later — Folders to organize your feeds — iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, macOS — OPML import and export — 40+ curated feeds to get started — no searching for URLs — Syndic is available in Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), and Simplified Chinese, alongside English.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: feeeed at none against Syndic's 1. feeeed also leads on chart position (#186 vs unranked). Syndic's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Syndic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. feeeed asks for nothing beyond the download.
feeeed ships an update monthly, Syndic every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | feeeed | Syndic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 91.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #186 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Parrott | Arturo Rey |
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
Syndic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
feeeed
No in-app purchases
Syndic
- Buy me a coffee$2.99









