Comparison

Artykul vs PoweReader

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

Head to head
About

Artykul

Consolidate your favorite websites, blogs, and social feeds into a single, clutter-free reading experience. Organize content with custom folders and receive push notifications for new articles. Enjoy a customizable reader that allows offline access and personalized themes.

Highlights
  • Consolidate multiple RSS, ATOM, YouTube, Telegram, Mastodon, and Reddit feeds
  • Organize feeds into custom folders with unique icons
  • Offline article reading and customizable reader themes
  • Push notifications for new articles
  • Article to audio conversion
  • Full-text search across all feeds
Features
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Read your favorite sites in one app and without noise. Stay in touch with what's happening in your favorite interests. Artykul is an RSS reader with a best-in-class native reader. RSS, ATOM, YOUTUBE, TELEGRAM, MASTODON, REDDIT You can add any site that supports RSS or Atom. Add your favorite blogs, news sites, Reddit, YouTube, Telegram channels or Mastodon profiles. LINKS Share links to interesting YouTube videos, articles, Telegram and Reddit posts, news, apps, recipes, and just interesting materials from the internet. Stay informed about what is currently relevant in the world, among your friends, and around you. FEEDS & FOLDERS Create custom folders, and add sites to them. You can set custom icons for your folders. Feeds and folders will sync with your Artykul Account if you want. You can turn on push notifications for favorite sites and be the first who knows about new articles. Unread indicators and unread filters help to know what you have not read. ARTICLE READER Best-in-class customizable article reader. Article Reader allows you to read articles without leaving the app. You can change font, size, and color theme. All articles are available offline and without an internet connection. The app remembers where you stop reading. You can return to reading at any time. BOOKMARKS & FAVORITES You can add any web page to bookmarks and read it with Artykul. Mark any article as a favorite to return for it at any time. DOZENS OF FEATURES • Article to audio • Full-Text Search • Unread indicator • Mark as read on the scroll • Custom feed settings for images and cell size limiting • Gesture navigation and full-screen reader • Folders with custom icons • Custom site names • Storage settings • 3 types of feed appearance • 4 themes for the reader • Discover • App tint color and icons • OPML import and export • Artykul Instructions • Telegram and YouTube channels • And more... Terms of Use: https://artykul.org/doc/terms-of-use/

About

PoweReader

This app uses AI to enhance your RSS reading experience, offering smart summaries, personalized news picks, and audio narration. It breaks down language barriers and allows for offline processing, making staying informed more efficient.

Highlights
  • AI daily news picks
  • Smart article summaries
  • AI audio narration
  • AI-powered translation
  • Offline processing mode
  • Built-in RSS service
  • Sync across Apple devices
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Too many feeds to read? PoweReader is an RSS reader for iPhone and Mac with AI summaries, translation and audio: get through the news worth reading in minutes, get any article's key points in one tap, read foreign articles with a translation under each paragraph, and listen when you can't look at the screen. It works with your Feedbin, Miniflux, FreshRSS, NewsBlur, Tiny Tiny RSS or Fever account. DAILY PICKS No more scrolling through every feed: in a few minutes you know what has been happening. Open Discover and AI picks the stories worth reading, each with a summary, key developments, what each source says and the articles that cover it. You can also listen to it as a briefing. AI SUMMARY For an article you only want to skim, one tap gives you a summary with the key points in seconds, plus a picture that explains it. You can also summarize a category, a feed or the unread list. The list summary is split by topic, and you can tap any link to open the article. AUDIO SUMMARY When you can't look at the screen, let AI read the summary aloud. Playback starts a few seconds after you tap play. TRANSLATION Foreign articles are translated paragraph by paragraph, with the translation under each original paragraph. Choose cloud AI translation, Apple Translate or offline translation. YOUR OWN AI SERVICE With Premium, connect OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, OpenRouter or another compatible service and use your own API key for summaries, images and translation. RSS SERVICES AND FEEDS Sign in with Feedbin, NewsBlur, Miniflux, FreshRSS, Tiny Tiny RSS or any Fever API server, and unread and starred articles sync both ways. Or start right away with the built-in local account, no sign-up needed: the Feed Library has 130+ feeds by topic, or paste any feed address. ICLOUD SYNC Reading progress syncs between iPhone and Mac, so you pick up where you left off. READING The same reading typography on iPhone and Mac, code blocks and math formulas rendered properly, dark mode, and articles available offline. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Artykul4 screens
PoweReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Artykul at 80% against PoweReader's 62%. Artykul also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.4) and device support (4 vs 2). PoweReader's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Artykul sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and PoweReader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Artykul holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Artykul's written reviews are positive against 62% of PoweReader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Artykul ships an update every 3 months, PoweReader monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Artykul versus PoweReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtykulPoweReader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11 ratings) — better4.4 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better61.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB394 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMikalaj Karhin珂诚 许

Customer experience

Artykul

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative12.0%

PoweReader

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative23.1%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Artykul

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Infinity$49.99
2 purchases

PoweReader

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Artykul free?
Artykul is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PoweReader free?
PoweReader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Artykul or PoweReader?
Artykul is rated higher. Artykul averages 4.6 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while PoweReader averages 4.4 from 13 ratings.
Do Artykul or PoweReader have ads?
Neither Artykul nor PoweReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Artykul or PoweReader?
Artykul ships an update every 3 months, and PoweReader monthly. Most recently, Artykul was updated on October 30, 2026 and PoweReader on October 25, 2026.

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