Comparison

ReadKit vs Queue

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

Head to head
About

ReadKit

This app consolidates your favorite news, articles, and feeds into a single, distraction-free reading hub. Save articles to read later, organize content with smart folders, and enjoy offline access. Customize your reading experience with themes and gestures.

Highlights
  • All-in-one reading hub
  • Cross-platform support
  • Flexible syncing options
  • Advanced organization with smart folders
  • Offline article access
  • Enhanced reader mode
  • Customizable interface
Features
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Your All-in-One Reading Companion ReadKit is a powerful, all-in-one read-later and RSS client that brings together your favorite news, articles, and feeds. Supporting all major providers and featuring a built-in RSS engine, ReadKit lets you save and read articles later, providing a distraction-free reading experience anytime and anywhere. KEY FEATURES • All-in-One Reading Hub: Access all your accounts in one place with multi-account support. • Cross-Platform: Universal app with full feature parity on iOS and macOS. • Flexible Syncing: Sync with major RSS aggregators and read-later services, or use the built-in RSS engine. • Advanced Organization: Manage feeds, folders and tags, and create smart folders with automatic updates based on your criteria. • Smart Folder Actions: Apply actions to items in smart folders, such as marking them as read or starred, and use them for advanced content filtering. • Offline Access: Read articles offline with cached images. • Enhanced Reading Experience: Built-in reader mode extracts full article content, with options for automatic activation. • Wide Gesture Support: Intuitive gesture controls for effortless navigation, marking articles as read, or performing quick actions. • In-App Browser: View links and references without leaving the app. • App Badge Preferences: Customize the badge to display the count of unread items. • Mark as Read Options: Automatically mark articles as read while scrolling, use a pull-up gesture, or mark all with a single tap. • Contextual Marking: Quickly mark articles as read above or below directly from the context menu. • Customizable Interface: Choose themes, light or dark mode, and app icons to suit your style. • Powerful Search: Search articles by content, title, or source. • Filter Articles: Easily filter articles by read or starred status. • Background Syncing: Always stay updated with background sync. • Content Sharing: Use the share extension to save articles from Safari and other apps for later reading. • Email Articles: Send articles directly via email to share with others. • Share via Apps and Services: Share articles with apps, social media platforms, and other services through the share sheet. • YouTube Channel Support: Subscribe to YouTube channels and playlists through RSS feeds. • Full Keyboard Support: Optimized for hardware keyboards on macOS and iPad. • Feed Import/Export: Import or export subscriptions via OPML files. Enjoy ReadKit’s essential features completely free — no ads, no data mining. Unlock additional features with ReadKit Premium, available via a universal subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase for iOS, macOS, or both. A free trial is also available. PREMIUM FEATURES • Multi-Account Support: Manage multiple accounts simultaneously. • Unlimited Smart Folders: Create and customize more than one smart folder per account. • Enhanced Reader Mode: Extract full-text content from articles, even when missing from the feed source. • Article Summary: summarize articles using AI on supported devices (requires ReadKit Premium, Apple Intelligence and iOS 26). • Unlimited Feeds: Remove the 20-feed limit for the built-in RSS service. • Advanced Organization Tools: Organize feeds and articles into folders or tags. • Image Caching: Enjoy offline reading with cached images. • Themes & Custom Icons: Unlock exclusive themes and choose custom app icons. • Full OPML Support: Import and export feed subscriptions with ease. • Early Access: Enjoy upcoming premium features as they're released. • Support Development: Your subscription helps sustain ReadKit’s ongoing improvements. SUPPORTED SERVICES • News Reader Services: BazQux, Feedbin, Feedly, Fever, FreshRSS, Inoreader, Miniflux, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, Tiny Tiny RSS and Built-in RSS • Read Later & Bookmarking Services: Instapaper, Wallabag and Pinboard Privacy Policy: https://readkit.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://readkit.app/terms-of-use

About

Queue

This app offers a streamlined podcast listening experience by automatically updating new episodes into a single, easy-to-manage list. It provides immediate access to episode titles, show notes, and playback, with advanced features like chapter support and interactive timestamps.

Highlights
  • Auto-updated episode queue
  • Play and archive episodes
  • Chapter and chapter artwork support
  • Interactive timestamps in show notes
  • Simple, clean interface
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Queue is the simplest podcast app out there. New episodes from your subscriptions automatically appear in one simple list, your Queue. From here you can either play them, or archive them. When you open an episode, you see the title and show notes right away, and you can also play the episode from here. We also have full support for chapters and chapter artwork, and we even detect timestamps in the episode show notes and turn them into interactive chapters. The entire app was custom designed to offer you the simplest possible podcast experience, and it's full of beautiful little touches and fun details. I've spent month designing and building Queue for you, and I have some really cool ideas for it. I can't wait to hear what you think! - Eike Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ReadKit4 screens
Queue4 screens

Verdict

The call

ReadKit and Queue both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 68% of Queue's written reviews are positive against 57% of ReadKit's. ReadKit's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. ReadKit sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Queue sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for ReadKit against 4.3 for Queue. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 124 and 86 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of ReadKit's written reviews are positive against 68% of Queue's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ReadKit ships an update every 2 weeks, Queue every 10 days. Both last shipped on September 29, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ReadKit versus Queue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadKitQueue
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (124 ratings) — better4.3 (86 ratings)
Positive reviews56.7% of reviews67.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings124 — better86
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBalazs VarkonyiEike Drescher

Customer experience

ReadKit

All ratings124 ratings
Positive85.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews127 reviews
Positive56.7%
Neutral19.7%
Negative23.6%

Queue

All ratings86 ratings
Positive77.9%
Neutral10.5%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive67.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative20.6%

User reviews

ReadKit

From 124 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Stunning modern design with excellent customization options
  • 📱 Great iOS platform citizen with robust state restoration
  • 🚀 Fast and reliable performance across devices
  • ✨ Apple Intelligence AI summary feature implementation
  • 🔄 Excellent gesture controls and natural navigation

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Persistent toolbars that cannot be hidden in reading view
  • 🔄 Inconsistent sync functionality across devices
  • 💾 No iCloud sync support for local feeds
  • 🔒 OPML import/export locked behind paywall
  • 📊 Mac version feels like iPad port, not native macOS app

Queue

From 86 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Lovely user interface
  • 🚀 Beautifully simple and elegant
  • 🎨 Carefully designed with attention to detail
  • 🤩 Delightful and refreshing experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🔍 Inability to find/subscribe to some popular podcasts
  • 🔍 Downloading/loading issues with certain podcasts
  • 🔍 Lack of some basic features like playback controls on headphones

Bugs and requests

ReadKit

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Persistent toolbars blocking distraction-free reading
  • Background refresh not working reliably
  • Wallabag sync errors and failures
  • App crashes when integrating multiple services
  • Reading articles not marking as read automatically
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  • Embedded tweets not displaying in web view
  • Favicon and headline display issues in article list
  • Thumbnail images not showing in article list
  • Text overlap with underline formatting
  • Inconsistent behavior between iOS and iPadOS versions
  • Sync errors preventing account setup
  • Partial feature support without clear disclosure

Requested features

19 requests
  • iCloud sync support for feeds and data
  • Raindrop read-later service integration
  • Sepia background option for light mode
  • Widgets support
  • Automatic reader view option
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  • Push notifications for new articles
  • Import Smart Folders from previous versions
  • Sync Smart Folders across all devices
  • Additional read-later service integrations (GoodLinks, etc.)
  • Mark all as read button
  • Pinboard API key login support
  • Article position sync for read-later services
  • More article list view customization options
  • Highlight and annotate text functionality
  • Built-in annotation and newsletter management
  • Podcast playing capability
  • Automatic full article text loading
  • Quick article opening in Safari
  • Image zoom and preview functionality

Queue

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Stuck in introductory routine with 'Later' button not working
  • Wired headphone controls not functioning properly
  • Search and subscription issues for certain podcasts

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add sleep timer feature
  • Implement back/forward controls on headphones and cars
  • Allow new episodes to be added to the bottom of the queue
  • Implement silence skipping and voice boost
  • Provide a widget with playback controls

In-app purchases

5 purchases

ReadKit

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premium Lifetime macOS$19.99
  • Premium Lifetime iOS$19.99
  • Premium Lifetime Universal$29.99
2 purchases

Queue

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Access$4.991 Month
  • Pro Access$29.991 Year

Questions

Is ReadKit free?
ReadKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Queue free?
Queue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ReadKit or Queue?
ReadKit is rated higher. ReadKit averages 4.4 out of 5 from 124 ratings, while Queue averages 4.3 from 86 ratings.
Do ReadKit or Queue have ads?
Neither ReadKit nor Queue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ReadKit or Queue?
ReadKit ships an update every 2 weeks, and Queue every 10 days. Most recently, ReadKit was updated on September 29, 2026 and Queue on September 29, 2026.

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