Web Subscriber vs Wire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Web Subscriber
This app aggregates content from your favorite websites and blogs into a single, unified reading list. It offers smart streams to help you manage high-volume feeds, discover trending topics, browse visually, and view short posts.
- Unified reading list
- Organize subscriptions by tags
- Slow Feeds for low-volume content
- Hot Links for trending topics
- Image browsing mode
- Micro-Blogposts view
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You don't have to check your favorite websites one by one! Web Subscriber is a web-feed reader that lets you subscribe to many websites and blogs in one place. Web Subscriber shows you all articles of websites you subscribe to as a unified reading list. You can also organize your subscriptions by tagging them. If you start having lots of subscriptions, Web Subscriber helps you by providing smart and interesting streams of articles: - 'Slow Feeds' singles out your low-volume subscriptions, so they don't drown in the noise of high-frequency news sites. - 'Hot Links' shows you what gets linked to from multiple articles to help you find what's important. - 'Images' lets you leisurely browse your reading list like a photo album of article images. See if something piques your interest! - 'Micro-Blogposts' Tweet-like untitled posts with max. 280 characters. Web Subscriber supports any website or blog offering a web-feed in the RSS, Atom or JSONFeed format.
Wire
This app aggregates RSS feeds and displays original articles in a web browser for offline reading. It syncs feeds across devices using iCloud and Apple ID, offering a privacy-focused experience without requiring an additional user account.
- RSS feed aggregation
- Original article rendering
- Offline article access
- iCloud sync
- Privacy-focused
- Web browser integration
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A modern, web first, privacy-focused news reader. Wire is entirely focused on aggregating RSS feeds and rendering articles in a modern way. Articles are downloaded for offline use, but you read them in a real browser. Most RSS readers only show you the content in the RSS feed, but Wire gives you the original article. Feeds are synced across devices using iCloud and your Apple ID, so you don't need an additional user account. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Web Subscriber at 59% against Wire's 29%. Web Subscriber also leads on iOS requirement (10.3 vs 26.0). Wire's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). 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. Web Subscriber sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Wire sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wire holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Web Subscriber's written reviews are positive against 29% of Wire's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Web Subscriber ships an update every 2 months, Wire fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Web Subscriber | Wire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (7 ratings) | 4.4 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.0% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Zozi Apps | Josh Betz |
Customer experience
Web Subscriber
Wire
In-app purchases
Web Subscriber
- Web Subscriber - Full Version$4.99
Wire
- Wire Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Wire Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Wire Pro+7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Wire Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
