Simple RSS Reader vs Fedan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple RSS Reader
This utility app offers a clean and simple interface for reading the latest news and information from RSS feeds. Easily share your favorite articles via social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
- Clean and clear interface
- Fast and easy to use
- Share news via Twitter or Facebook
- Multiple feeds detection
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If you need to read only the latest information or news, in a clean and simple way and share via Facebook or Twitter, this is your reader. A nice way to read RSS feeds in a simple, and clean interface with fast controls. Features: - Clean and clear interface, fast and easy to use. - Send your favorite news via Twitter or Facebook - Multiple feeds detection.
Fedan
A minimalist RSS reader designed for iPhone and iPad. It offers a clean interface for managing and reading your favorite news feeds.
- Minimalist design
- Elegant interface
- RSS feed management
- iPhone and iPad support
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Plain and simple RSS reader without cluttering & AI slop.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Simple RSS Reader at 46% against Fedan's 0%. Simple RSS Reader also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 15.0). Fedan's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 2.6). 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.
Fedan holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of Simple RSS Reader's written reviews are positive against 0% of Fedan's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Simple RSS Reader ships an update every 2 weeks, Fedan every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple RSS Reader | Fedan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Mario Alejandro Ramos Perez | Harz |
Customer experience
Simple RSS Reader
Fedan
In-app purchases
Simple RSS Reader
No in-app purchases
Fedan
No in-app purchases
