xFeed RSS Reader vs Smashviews
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
xFeed RSS Reader
Stay informed with a personalized news feed. Organize and customize your updates to quickly access the information you care about, from politics to technology. Access your news anywhere, anytime.
- Personalized news feed
- Categorize and organize content
- Quickly find latest updates
- Customizable reading experience
- Stay informed on the go
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Prepare yourself for the exciting, fast-paced world of reading news! Say goodbye to the uninformed dark ages of yesterday and say hello to xFeed! Whether you are at at home or waiting for a dentist appointment, xFeed is always with you to help you stay up to date with everything that you care about. Categorize, organize, customize and quickly find the latest updates, political happenings, technological gadgetry or whatever else it is that you find so interesting. The time has come. You are worth it. Get xFeed now and start enjoying life. For questions, comments, suggestions and support please visit: www.nothingeverywhere.com
Smashviews
Get unbiased news delivered instantly from sources you choose. This app prioritizes user control over content, avoiding algorithmic filtering and data exploitation. Stay informed with real-time updates and easily search or save articles for later.
- User-selected news sources
- No algorithmic content filtering
- Real-time news delivery
- Article search functionality
- Save articles for later
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A simple app with a simple purpose: deliver you news without any external or unwanted oversight. We built smashviews because it is painfully difficult to find a news app that operates as smooth as the big guys, but doesn't use you for your data every time you click--all the while running algorithms in the background that decide which articles you see and don't see. Simply put, we don't believe that an algorithm should be deciding this for you, which is why we deliver the news to you unadulterated. You chose the sources and you chose what's important to read or not read. News gets delivered by the minute, as soon as it gets published. Review the feed at the end of the day, or keep track of breaking news as it happens. Missed an article or want to check other sources? Use our search page. See an event break in real time but can't read it in the moment? Save it to your profile and come back later. Download smashviews today! You won't be disappointed. P.S. smashviews is brand new and we will be continuously adding functionality. Features soon to come include more sources, more categories, local sources, custom categories, and a widget. If you have any suggestions or requests, for app functionality or specific local sources, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at support@smashnews.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smashviews at 5.0 against xFeed RSS Reader's 3.5. Smashviews also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smashviews holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of xFeed RSS Reader's written reviews are positive against 100% of Smashviews's.
xFeed RSS Reader ships an update every 6 months, Smashviews every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on August 22, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | xFeed RSS Reader | Smashviews |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nothing Everywhere | Evan Hedding |
Customer experience
xFeed RSS Reader
Smashviews
Bugs and requests
xFeed RSS Reader
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes on launch after updates
- Crashes when adding new feeds
- Crashes during feed refresh/sync
- Articles not marked as read properly
- Duplicate articles appearing in feeds
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- Feed icons not displaying correctly
- Safari links not working on newer devices
- Complex pages with images cause crashes
- UI reverts to old style after viewing articles
- Articles fail to load when selected
- Auto-update feature not functioning
- Feed autodiscovery feature unreliable
- Editing feed titles resets without done button
- Add feed dialog doesn't close after confirmation
- Confirmation dialog has two 'yes' buttons instead of yes/no
- iOS 6 compatibility issues
- iOS 7 page scrolling auto-jumps to bottom
- Memory management problems on older devices
Requested features
19 requests- iCloud sync across multiple devices
- Push notifications for feed updates
- Mark all as read functionality
- Automatic background feed updates
- OPML import/export support
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- Google Reader integration
- Adjustable text and row sizes
- Safari extension support for ad blocking
- Full article display without leaving app
- Tweet and Facebook sharing options
- Favicon display next to feed titles
- Search functionality for discovering feeds
- Dark mode option
- Unread article badge on app icon
- Optional confirmation dialogs
- Ability to edit feed URLs after creation
- Disable UI animations option
- Better button positioning to avoid accidental taps
- Audio and video feed support
Smashviews
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
xFeed RSS Reader
No in-app purchases
Smashviews
No in-app purchases
