Reading3 for RSS vs Moon Friend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reading3 for RSS
This is a third-party client for miniflux, offering a streamlined experience for managing your RSS feeds. It provides a basic interface for accessing and reading content from your subscribed sources.
- Miniflux client
- RSS feed management
- Basic user experience
- Third-party application
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Reading is a third-party client designed to provide a basic experience with miniflux. Please note: this Application is not an official miniflux app.
Moon Friend
Track lunar phases with astronomical accuracy and a touch of personality. Get daily messages from the moon, view rise/set times, and explore celestial events. Offers widgets and a time-travel calendar for planning.
- Astronomically accurate moon phases
- Daily moon messages with personality
- Home screen widgets
- Named moons and rare celestial events
- Real astronomy data (altitude, azimuth, zodiac)
- Time-travel calendar for past/future dates
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The moon has something to say. Are you listening? Moon Friend isn't your average phase tracker. It's astronomically accurate down to the minute, but it also has personality. Part celestial almanac, part tiny sarcastic friend who lives in the sky. What you get: Today's moon - See the current phase, illumination percentage, and exactly when the moon rises and sets where you are. Home screen widgets - Beautiful starry widgets that keep the moon close. Glance down and always know what phase you're in, and what the moon thinks about it. Daily moon messages - A fresh message every day, written in the moon's own voice. Introspective on a new moon. Chaotic on a full one. Always a little judgy. Named moons & rare events - Wolf Moon, Snow Moon, Strawberry Moon, Harvest Moon : all 13 traditional full moons, celebrated as they arrive. Plus Super Moons, Blue Moons, Black Moons, and Blood Moon eclipses (NASA-sourced through 2030). Real astronomy - Moon altitude, azimuth, perigee and apogee dates, and the zodiac sign the moon is traveling through all calculated for your exact location. Time-travel the calendar - Swipe through any date, past or future. Planning a full-moon hike or a new-moon reset? The moon's already on the schedule. The moon's been up there your whole life. Might as well be friends. https://mintzi.xyz/moonfriend/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Moon Friend at 5.0 against Reading3 for RSS's 4.4. Moon Friend also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). Reading3 for RSS's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Reading3 for RSS sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Moon Friend sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Moon Friend holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reading3 for RSS has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Reading3 for RSS ships an update every 6 weeks, Moon Friend weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reading3 for RSS | Moon Friend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 220 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 恒敏 吴 | Mintzi |
Customer experience
Reading3 for RSS
Moon Friend
In-app purchases
Reading3 for RSS
- Buy me a Coffee$0.99
- Buy me a Lunch$2.99
- Buy me a Feast$5.99
Moon Friend
- Moon Friend Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Moon Friend Pro (Lifetime)$5.99
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