Comparison

Smart Feed Reader vs R2SReader

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

R2SReader

Build a personalized news stream from your trusted sources with this lightweight RSS feed reader. It prioritizes your privacy by not requiring sign-up or unnecessary permissions, offering a simple and secure way to stay informed.

Highlights
  • Personalized news stream
  • Trusted source aggregation
  • No sign-up required
  • Privacy-focused design
  • Lightweight performance
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PERSONALIZED STREAM R2SReader is a lightweight RSS feed reader that helps you to build a personalized news stream from your trusted sources. SIMPLICITY No sign-up needed, you can start using it right after install. PRIVACY Privacy is our top priority. Never ask unnecessary permission and never access your information without your permission.

Screenshots

Smart Feed Reader4 screens
R2SReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: R2SReader at 100% against Smart Feed Reader's 36%. R2SReader also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 11 months). Smart Feed Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (9.2 vs 15.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

R2SReader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Smart Feed Reader's written reviews are positive against 100% of R2SReader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Feed Reader ships an update every 11 months, R2SReader weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Smart Feed Reader versus R2SReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Feed ReaderR2SReader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB1 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSCAND LLCHoward Su

Customer experience

Smart Feed Reader

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

R2SReader

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Smart Feed Reader

No in-app purchases

None

R2SReader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Feed Reader free?
Smart Feed Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is R2SReader free?
R2SReader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smart Feed Reader or R2SReader?
R2SReader is rated higher. Smart Feed Reader averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while R2SReader averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Smart Feed Reader or R2SReader have ads?
Neither Smart Feed Reader nor R2SReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Feed Reader or R2SReader?
Smart Feed Reader ships an update every 11 months, and R2SReader weekly. Most recently, Smart Feed Reader was updated on November 1, 2026 and R2SReader on October 30, 2026.

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