Mac Geek Gab vs Feedbin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mac Geek Gab
Access all episodes of a popular tech podcast, with advanced search and bookmarking features. Listen live, engage with the community, and manage your downloads for offline playback.
- Stream and download episodes
- Searchable episode catalog
- Bookmark playback moments
- Tune into live broadcasts
- Chapter navigation
- Auto-download new episodes
- iCloud sync across devices
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The official app for the Mac Geek Gab podcast — your weekly source for Apple, Mac, iPhone, and tech tips, tricks, and cool stuff that Dave Hamilton, Adam Christianson, and Pilot Pete have been sharing since 2008. Listen and watch every episode • Stream or download episodes for offline listening • NEW: Watch the video version of recent episodes with adaptive HLS streaming, or download for offline viewing • Tune in live each week with a countdown to the next show • Join the live chat on Discord during recording Get through episodes faster — without missing a word • Squeeze Silence automatically trims the gaps between sentences, saving minutes per episode without distorting voices • Speed control at 1x, 1.2x, and 1.5x • Skip by chapter or 15 seconds with native iOS controls Find exactly what you're looking for • Search across episode titles, chapters, and show notes • Live captions with speaker names, plus a tappable transcript that auto-scrolls • Bookmark any moment and add notes • Chapter list with artwork and links — tap to jump anywhere in the show Stay in flow • NEW: Home Screen widgets for "Continue Listening" (with tap-friendly skip-back, play/pause, and next-chapter buttons) and "Latest Episode" • NEW: Ask Siri to play the latest episode, resume where you left off, or start the live stream • NEW: iOS 18 Control Center tile, Action Button, and Lock Screen control to resume playback in one tap • NEW: A new Manage Downloads screen shows what's on your device and makes cleanup easy • iCloud sync keeps your episodes, bookmarks, and listen progress consistent across iPhone and iPad • Lock screen controls and AirPlay support About the podcast Mac Geek Gab has been answering your tech questions and helping you get more out of your gear every week since 2008. Three hosts. Years of real-world experience. Tips, tricks, and "Cool Stuff Found" you won't hear anywhere else.
Feedbin
Stay updated with your favorite content from RSS feeds, YouTube channels, and email newsletters all in one place. Organize and manage your subscriptions to follow your passions without missing a beat.
- RSS feed reader
- YouTube channel following
- Email newsletter aggregation
- Subscription management
- Content organization
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Follow your passions with RSS, YouTube, and email newsletters. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Feedbin at 4.2 against Mac Geek Gab's 3.5. Feedbin also leads on ratings volume (78 vs 17). Mac Geek Gab's advantage is review sentiment (84% vs 46%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Feedbin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Mac Geek Gab asks for nothing beyond the download.
Feedbin holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 78 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Mac Geek Gab's written reviews are positive against 46% of Feedbin's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mac Geek Gab ships an update every 5 weeks, Feedbin every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mac Geek Gab | Feedbin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (17 ratings) | 4.2 (78 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.8% of reviews — better | 45.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 78 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Dave The Nerd, LLC | Feedbin, Inc. |
Customer experience
Mac Geek Gab
Feedbin
In-app purchases
Mac Geek Gab
No in-app purchases
Feedbin
- Feedbin Monthly$5.991 Month
- Feedbin Yearly$59.991 Year
