Sylfeed vs Stella*
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sylfeed
A streamlined RSS reader designed for efficient article consumption with minimal finger movement. Offers features like iCloud and Feedly sync, image preloading, and advanced filtering by keyword or tag. Supports offline reading and integration with popular services like Pocket and Evernote.
- iCloud and Feedly sync
- Image and webpage preloading
- Article filtering by unread, starred, keyword
- Tagging support
- Offline reading and actions
- Integration with Pocket, Evernote, Buffer
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Sylfeed is a RSS Reader. This app is designed to be able to perform all operations with less finger movement. Therefore, you can read the article comfortably. also this app has unique features such as tagging or keyword search. §Features - Sync with iCloud (Stand-alone) - Sync with Feedly - Image preloading - Multi accounts support - Landscape mode support - Filtering articles unread, starred, and keyword - Tagging support - Offline support (reading, starring, tagging, more actions) - Read Later - Webpage Preloading - Multiple Post - Instant Post §Unread button - Unread button shows number of unread articles - Unread button has several roles by situation In list view - Tap to show the earliest unread article - Long press to mark all as read - Slide left to mark as read - Slide right to read now (or read later) - Slide up to undo In article view - Tap to next, Double tap to previous - Long press to scroll (and slide to accelerate) §External Services - Twitter - Buffer - HatenaBookmark - Evernote - Instapaper - Pocket
Stella*
This app is a user-oriented information gathering tool that optimizes web content for easy reading on any device. It offers customizable appearance, intuitive navigation, and offline reading capabilities, allowing users to control their information sources without relying on external services.
- Optimized web content rendering
- Customizable font sizes and themes
- Intuitive and animated UI
- Offline article storage
- Extensible information sources
- One-handed operation support
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Stella News Reader is a new generation information-gathering tool that is designed to be completely "User-Oriented". Often the information you get from the web can get easily lost in annoying noise, with the character size lacking consistency from site to site and it being difficult to identify important sections, so finding what is truly necessary can be a struggle. This app is equipped with a powerful embedded optimize engine, and publicly published html contents are automatically converted to the display most appropriate for each device, to make, as it were, one unified application UI. Freed from the need to load unnecessary elements, the app operates at high speeds and as the user can freely change the outer appearance and choose the format that the user feels easiest for them to read, the focus can be purely on the content. Users completely take the initiative in relation to the information with unlimited sources of information and the user can expand the source by adding feeds in the same way as with normal readers. Moreover, the UI has been designed carefully in order to enable optimization of screen sizes and rotations for each device, and through extensive use of animation, operation is highly intuitive. Stella is a completely stand alone reader, and can be used without reliance on external services or accounts. You can use the app without divulging your personal information, receiving junk mails or being faced with the possibility of the providers stopping the service. Key Features: - iPhone 6/6 Plus & iOS 8 are fully supported. - All webpages are concurrently parsed by the app's machine learning engine and, rendered as in human-readable appearance form. - Font sizes and themes are customizable for easy reading. You can also select the same appearance as Safari. - Intuitive & animated UI. You can always keep one-handed operation even on landscape mode of iPhone 6 Plus. - No setup is required. In its initial state, the app shows news that is buzzed on major social media. - Sources are extensible as in the manner you like. The app can also be used as an ordinary RSS reader. - Article storing functionality gives you the ability for offline reading. If original pages are deleted from the net, you can keep them forever. - Folders to classify for later reading. Future Updates: We'll work on diversification of available sources and improvements of the app's in-depth customizability, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Stella* at Free against Sylfeed's $2.99. Stella* also leads on ratings volume (18 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.2). Sylfeed's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.5) and chart position (#46 vs unranked). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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
Stella* is free to download; Sylfeed costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sylfeed holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stella* has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Sylfeed's written reviews are positive against 64% of Stella*'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sylfeed | Stella* |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.5 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 64.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #46 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | GACHANET | OwletLabs LLC |
Customer experience
Sylfeed
Stella*
In-app purchases
Sylfeed
No in-app purchases
Stella*
No in-app purchases









