xFeed RSS Reader vs Lambgoat
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
Lambgoat
Stay up-to-date with the latest metal and hardcore music news, tour dates, and album reviews. Engage with daily puzzle games designed for fans of the genre, and track your progress on leaderboards.
- Breaking metal and hardcore news
- Tour dates and show announcements
- Album reviews with ratings
- Daily band-themed puzzle games
- Leaderboards and streak tracking
- Dark mode support
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Lambgoat is the go-to app for metal and hardcore news, tour dates, album reviews, and daily puzzle games for metal and hardcore fans. STAY INFORMED • Breaking news from the metal and hardcore world • Tour dates and show announcements — search by city or use your location • In-depth features and interviews with your favorite bands • Album reviews with ratings PLAY DAILY GAMES Five original daily puzzles built for metalheads: • GOAT — Guess the band name letter by letter • QUADS — Group 16 bands into 4 hidden categories • HEADLINER — Name the headliner from the opening acts • SETLIST — Identify the band from their concert setlist • TIMELINE — Arrange band news stories in chronological order Track your streaks, compete on leaderboards, and share your results. BUILT FOR THE SCENE • Dark mode support • Adjustable text sizes • Fast, native experience • Free to use, no account required Lambgoat has been covering heavy music since 1999, serving a community of 1M+ fans.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lambgoat at 5.0 against xFeed RSS Reader's 3.5. Lambgoat also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%). xFeed RSS Reader's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Lambgoat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: xFeed RSS Reader has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of xFeed RSS Reader's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lambgoat's.
| Parameter | xFeed RSS Reader | Lambgoat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nothing Everywhere | Lambgoat |
Customer experience
xFeed RSS Reader
Lambgoat
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
Lambgoat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
xFeed RSS Reader
No in-app purchases
Lambgoat
No in-app purchases
