Simple RSS Reader vs RSSBud
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.
RSSBud
Discover and subscribe to RSS feeds from websites and apps. This open-source tool helps you stay updated with content you love, offering automatic URL expansion and integration with popular RSS readers.
- Detect RSS and RSSHub feeds
- Discover relevant RSS feeds
- Optimized for mobile environments
- Share sheet extension
- Fast subscription to RSS readers
- Edit RSSHub feed parameters
- Automatic rule updates
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Discover and subscribe to RSS feeds in a flash with RSSBud, a completely free and open-source tool! Designed to uncover and subscribe to RSS feeds from various websites and apps, this tool can become your vital partner in staying up-to-date with all the content you love. Key Features: - Detect RSS feeds in web pages. - Detect RSSHub feeds appropriate for web pages (supports all rules of RSSHub Radar). - Discover other RSS feeds relevant to web pages (powered by RSSBud Rules). - Specifically optimized for mobile environments, expanding URLs automatically and adapting to mobile sub-domains. - Share sheet extension available for quick sharing of your favorite feeds. - Fast subscription to major RSS readers including Reeder, Fiery Feeds, and Ego Reader, as well as system default RSS reader. - Fast subscription to web clients of Tiny Tiny RSS, Miniflux, Fresh RSS, Feedly, Inoreader, Feedbin, The Old Reader, and Feeds Pub. - Edit parameters for RSSHub feeds to suit your needs. - Rules are automatically kept up to date. - Support for x-callback-url — use with the Shortcuts app to open a world of possibilities. With a user-friendly interface and an array of customizable options, RSSBud strives for a fluid and gratifying user experience every time. Enjoy its entire feature list at no cost at all, while being assured of its reliability and transparency, thanks to its open-source status.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RSSBud at 4.6 against Simple RSS Reader's 2.6. RSSBud also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 25%) and ratings volume (27 vs 5). Simple RSS Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 15.0). 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.
RSSBud holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RSSBud has 27 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Simple RSS Reader's written reviews are positive against 50% of RSSBud's.
Simple RSS Reader ships an update every 2 weeks, RSSBud every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple RSS Reader | RSSBud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| 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 | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mario Alejandro Ramos Perez | 承宇 张 |
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Simple RSS Reader
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In-app purchases
Simple RSS Reader
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases









