Simple RSS Reader vs iCurlHTTP
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.
iCurlHTTP
Test web server responses with cURL-like functionality on your iPhone or iPad. Simulate various browsers and inspect raw HTTP headers and HTML. Analyze network performance with detailed timing information.
- Simulate browser user-agents
- Inspect raw HTTP headers and HTML
- Support for GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, TRACE requests
- SSL support with certificate info
- History of tested URLs
- Detailed HTTP timing analysis
- HTTP/2 and IPv4/IPv6 support
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HTTP Web Server Response Diagnostic Tool - Curl for iPhone and iPad iCurlHTTP is a simple, easy to use app that allows you to run MacOS/Linux-like cURL tests against URLs. It can simulate different web browsers (user-agents) to retrieve the raw HTTP headers and HTML response from web servers. ** GET, HEAD & POST Requests (GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS and TRACE on iPad) ** SSL Support - https requests with basic certificate and handshake information ** Keeps a history of URLs tested with HEADER and POST data and provides them in a dropdown for easy repeated testing ** Simulates curl, iPhone, iPad, Safari, IE, Chrome and custom user-agent browsers ** Simple single-view interface with realtime result screen. ** iPhone and iPad support ** Verbose and Basic Detail ** HTTP Timing Details (Name Lookup, TCP Connect, SSL Handshake, First Byte and Total) ** Set custom User-Agent, Host Headers, Timeouts, HTTP Authentication, SSL Mode and POST Data ** Share Feature to send output to Clipboard, Printer and Email ** HTTP/2 Support ** IPv4 and IPv6 DNS Resolution with Option for Manual Address Resolution (via HOST:PORT:ADDRESS)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iCurlHTTP at 4.4 against Simple RSS Reader's 2.6. iCurlHTTP also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 46%) and ratings volume (30 vs 5). Simple RSS Reader's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
iCurlHTTP holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iCurlHTTP has 30 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Simple RSS Reader's written reviews are positive against 84% of iCurlHTTP's.
Simple RSS Reader ships an update every 2 weeks, iCurlHTTP every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple RSS Reader | iCurlHTTP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 4.4 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.8% of reviews | 84.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Mario Alejandro Ramos Perez | Jason Cox |
Customer experience
Simple RSS Reader
iCurlHTTP
In-app purchases
Simple RSS Reader
No in-app purchases
iCurlHTTP
No in-app purchases









