Comparison

Smart Feed Reader vs Wire

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

Head to head
About

Smart Feed Reader

This app helps you manage your news feeds from various sources like RSS, RDF, and ATOM. It offers smart filtering to organize content, allows you to rate and share articles, and provides a user-friendly interface for efficient news consumption.

Highlights
  • RSS, RDF, ATOM feed support
  • Smart news filtering
  • Automatic feed organization
  • Rate and share stories
  • Import from other readers
  • Full-context search
Features
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Smart Feed Reader is a full-featured RSS, RDF and ATOM reader for iPhone, iPod and iPad touch platforms. Manage your news automatically by using Smart News Filtering, organize Feeds Groups by any criteria you choose – music, sport, movies and international news, rate the most interesting readings or important news and share them with your friends and colleagues. Smart Feed Reader is based on user experience design and provides you with easy to learn and use graphic user interface and inuitive workflow. Features: - Support of RSS, RDF and ATOM feeds; - Easy to add feeds; - Stories filtering by Author, Title, Content, Category; - Automatic organizing of the feeds by categories to Keep Everything In Order; - Media Collection support; - Import feeds from the most popular RSS readers; - Rate stories by starring them; - Sharing via E-Mail; - Landscape support; - Feeds identification with icons; - Full-context search in saved stories; - Grouping stories by Date. Smart News Filtering is likely the most powerful feature in Smart Feed Reader. It allows to automate common actions like copy a news into some Criteria Folder, mark news as Read, Starred or just delete it. You can create as many filters as you need. Each filter is made up of search condition to match specific news and an action to perform on them. Once created, the filter will work on downloaded news that matches the search conditions.

About

Wire

This app aggregates RSS feeds and displays original articles in a web browser for offline reading. It syncs feeds across devices using iCloud and Apple ID, offering a privacy-focused experience without requiring an additional user account.

Highlights
  • RSS feed aggregation
  • Original article rendering
  • Offline article access
  • iCloud sync
  • Privacy-focused
  • Web browser integration
Features
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A modern, web first, privacy-focused news reader. Wire is entirely focused on aggregating RSS feeds and rendering articles in a modern way. Articles are downloaded for offline use, but you read them in a real browser. Most RSS readers only show you the content in the RSS feed, but Wire gives you the original article. Feeds are synced across devices using iCloud and your Apple ID, so you don't need an additional user account. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Smart Feed Reader4 screens
Wire3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smart Feed Reader at none against Wire's 4. Smart Feed Reader also leads on iOS requirement (9.2 vs 26.0). Wire's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Wire sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Smart Feed Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Feed Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Smart Feed Reader's written reviews are positive against 29% of Wire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Feed Reader ships an update every 11 months, Wire fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 11, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Smart Feed Reader versus Wire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Feed ReaderWire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings) — better4.4 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings712 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB15 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSCAND LLCJosh Betz

Customer experience

Smart Feed Reader

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral15.2%
Negative48.5%

Wire

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%

In-app purchases

None

Smart Feed Reader

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Wire

Subscriptions3
  • Wire Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Wire Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Wire Pro+7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Wire Pro (Lifetime)$29.99

Questions

Is Smart Feed Reader free?
Smart Feed Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wire free?
Wire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Smart Feed Reader or Wire?
Smart Feed Reader is rated higher. Smart Feed Reader averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Wire averages 4.4 from 12 ratings.
Do Smart Feed Reader or Wire have ads?
Neither Smart Feed Reader nor Wire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Feed Reader or Wire?
Smart Feed Reader ships an update every 11 months, and Wire fortnightly. Most recently, Smart Feed Reader was updated on October 11, 2026 and Wire on October 11, 2026.

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