Comparison

Artykul vs Flux News Reader

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

Flux News Reader

Features
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Flux News is the native Miniflux reader for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Built entirely in SwiftUI — not a cross-platform port or web wrapper — it looks and feels at home on every Apple device, and brings a fast, focused reading experience to the self-hosted RSS server you already control. Connect once with your Miniflux server address and API key. Your feeds, folders, stars, and read state stay in sync across all your devices — no third-party cloud, no account to create, no tracking. DEEP MINIFLUX INTEGRATION • Manage everything Miniflux offers from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac — no web interface needed • Edit each feed's Miniflux rules: scraper rules, rewrite rules with a built-in rule builder, URL rewrites, and block and keep filters • Per-feed fetch options: full-content crawler, user agent, cookies, HTTP authentication, proxy, and more • Add feeds with discovery, organise folders, and import or export OPML • Refresh feeds on the server, flush history, and save articles to your Miniflux integrations • Read state, stars, folders, and unread counts sync both ways through Miniflux itself A REAL MAC APP • Designed for macOS, not adapted from iPad: native menu bar, Settings window, resizable windows, and widgets • Keyboard-first reading: J/K next and previous, M read/unread, B star, O open in browser, ⌘R refresh, ⌘K mark all as read • One free download covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac FAST AND OFFLINE • Opens instantly to your feeds — even before syncing • Read everything offline; mark, star, and save without a connection and changes sync when you're back online • Search your articles instantly on device READING, YOUR WAY • Newspaper, List, and Topics layouts • Clean article view with optional full-content fetch • 10 fonts including New York, Charter, Georgia, Iowan Old Style, and Palatino • 7 themes including Sepia, Midnight, OLED Dark, and two high-contrast themes, with light, dark, and automatic modes • Inline YouTube, podcasts, and video, with AirPlay and Now Playing controls SMART, ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE • Articles are automatically tagged by topic with Apple Intelligence — browse tags just like folders • Bullet-point summaries of any article, even long reads • Everything runs on your device; article text never leaves it LISTEN TO YOUR ARTICLES • Read aloud with system voices, or natural ElevenLabs voices using your own key • Background playback with lock screen and headphone controls MADE FOR EACH DEVICE • iPhone: swipe between feeds, articles, and the reader; pull to refresh; home and lock screen widgets; share extension to add feeds from Safari • iPad: side-by-side split view with keyboard support • Mac: menu bar, keyboard shortcuts, and widgets PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No analytics, no tracking, no ads • Connects only to your Miniflux server • Send feedback from Settings (or the Help menu on Mac) — it includes app and OS versions, never your server address or API key REQUIREMENTS • A Miniflux server — self-hosted, or a hosted account at miniflux.app • iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or macOS 14 or later • Tagging and summaries require iOS 26 or macOS 26 on an Apple Intelligence–capable device Flux News is an independent app and is not affiliated with the Miniflux project.

Screenshots

Artykul4 screens
Flux News Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flux News Reader at none against Artykul's 3. Flux News Reader also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Artykul's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Artykul sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Flux News Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Artykul ships an update every 3 months, Flux News Reader monthly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Artykul versus Flux News Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtykulFlux News Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB6 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMikalaj KarhinAlexander Brown

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Artykul

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Infinity$49.99
None

Flux News Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Artykul free?
Artykul is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flux News Reader free?
Flux News Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Artykul or Flux News Reader have ads?
Neither Artykul nor Flux News Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Artykul or Flux News Reader?
Artykul ships an update every 3 months, and Flux News Reader monthly. Most recently, Artykul was updated on October 25, 2026 and Flux News Reader on October 25, 2026.

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