RSS Mobile vs Fiery Feeds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RSS Mobile
This app allows you to read news from various channels directly on your device without relying on external web services. It downloads and stores feed updates locally for offline reading and supports easy migration with OPML file import/export.
- RSS, Atom, and JSON feed support
- Offline feed storage
- OPML import/export for migration
- Simplified linked webpage view
- Feed grouping
- Post flagging and hiding
- Safari browser subscription
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RSS Mobile is a standalone app for reading news channels that does not depend on any third-party web services. It downloads feed updates and stores them on your device for further reading. OPML-file import/export are supported, so you may perform migration easily. RSS Mobile is free and does not contain ads. Features: - RSS, Atom and JSON feeds support - Import / Export of OPML-files - Stores loaded posts locally - Simplified view of linked webpage in Reader - Grouping of feeds - Flagging and hiding of posts - Subscription from Safari browser - Dynamic Type - Pointer and Keyboard support for iPad - VoiceOver Any questions? Feel free to contact us: rssmobileapp@gmail.com
Fiery Feeds
A powerful and customizable RSS reader and read-it-later client that syncs with various services. It offers advanced features like smart views, text extraction for offline reading, and home widgets for quick access to articles.
- Smart Views for filtering articles
- Full text extraction for offline reading
- Home widgets for article display
- Customizable themes and fonts
- Keyboard shortcut support
- Safari extension for subscriptions and saving
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Fiery Feeds is a powerful and highly customisable feed reader and read-it-later client that syncs with most services. - Smart Views - Hot Links - Finds the most linked to websites in your articles Low and High Frequency - folders shows articles from feeds that only post rarely or particularly often. Long and Short Articles - folders filter articles by length. Must Read - folder is a specially highlighted folder, where you can put the most important feeds. Recents - folder only shows articles published today - Text Extraction - Fiery Feeds can automatically extract the full article text or display the website instead of the truncated article text. The selected mode is remembered by feed and the full text can even be downloaded for offline viewing. - Home Widgets - Fiery Feeds includes Home Widgets to display the lastest or random articles, or article counts in specific accounts. You can mark articles starred or read directly from the widget - Smart Searches - You can create saved searches matching multiple properties like content, title, published date, posting frequency and more. - Safari Extension - You can subscribe to new feeds and save links to read later right in Safari with the included extension. - Keyboard Shortcuts - Fiery Feeds fully supports external keyboards and keyboard shortcuts. You can navigate the entire app using only the keyboard if you want to. - Customisable - You can create your own color themes, there is a directory of user-created themes and a theme editor included. - Custom URL Sharing - Fiery also supports sharing to other apps and websites using URL schemes that you can create yourself or install from the action directory and customisable email templates. - Feed Management - You can subscribe to new feeds, unsubscribe, move or rename them. You can add new folders, delete, move or rename them. You can even group your folders. - VoiceOver - Every feature is accessible via VoiceOver. - Even more - Highly customisable - Almost every aspect of Fiery Feeds is customisable. Color Themes, Fonts, Text sizes. If you want a leisurely reading environment, just the headlines, or anything in between, Fiery Feeds has you covered. Horizontal article swiping - You can swipe to the next or previous article by swiping horizontally, instead of vertically. This avoids having to scroll down the entire (long) article just to get to the next one. Marking Articles Read - On Scrolling, only articles older than some time, or marking all above or below a specific article read. Three Pane View - Especially designed for larger iPads. - Supported Feed Accounts - Feedly, Feedbin, Fever, NewsBlur, Tiny Tiny RSS, Inoreader, Bazqux, FreshRSS, The Old Reader, Nextcloud News, iCloud, Local Accounts - Supported Read Later Accounts - Pinboard, Pocket, Instapaper, Wallabag, iCloud, Local Accounts - Fiery Feeds Premium - Fiery Feeds Premium automatically renews as a paid subscription, unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the date of renewal. The payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can cancel a free trial or subscription anytime by turning off auto-renewal through your iTunes account settings. This must be done 24 hours before the end of a free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period, and you will be downgraded to the free service. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. Privacy Policy: https://voidstern.net/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://voidstern.net/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RSS Mobile at none against Fiery Feeds's 11. RSS Mobile also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 73%). Fiery Feeds's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (467 vs 54). On price, rating, ads 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. Fiery Feeds sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. RSS Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for RSS Mobile against 4.5 for Fiery Feeds. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fiery Feeds has 467 ratings behind it against 54, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of RSS Mobile's written reviews are positive against 73% of Fiery Feeds's.
RSS Mobile ships an update every 3 months, Fiery Feeds fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RSS Mobile | Fiery Feeds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (54 ratings) — better | 4.5 (467 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.7% of reviews — better | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 54 | 467 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 215 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Elias Panfilow | Lukas Burgstaller |
Customer experience
RSS Mobile
Fiery Feeds
Bugs and requests
RSS Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Fiery Feeds
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inconsistent article rendering
- Issues with OPML file import
- Syncing problems with certain services
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved search functionality
- Better handling of read/unread articles
- Apple Watch support
In-app purchases
RSS Mobile
No in-app purchases
Fiery Feeds
- Fiery Feeds Pro2 variants$1.991 Month
- Fiery Feeds Pro3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Fiery Feeds Pro$4.993 Months
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- Fiery Feeds Pro3 Days trial3 variants$9.991 Year
- Fiery Feeds Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Snack-Sized Tip$2.99
- Coffee-Sized Tip$5.99
- Lunch-Sized Tip$9.99









