Comparison

HardTours Mobile vs Elytra

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HardTours Mobile

Features
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Buche ein ganz besonderes und unvergessliches Erlebnis mit unseren Festival & Eventreise-Angeboten. HardTours Party Reisen sind die perfekte Möglichkeit, um vom Alltag reis aus zu nehmen und Träume wahr werden zu lassen. Du wirst noch Monate und Jahre später in Erinnerungen schwelgen, Freunden und Familie das Erlebte berichten. Der zentrale Aufgabenbereich bei HardTours, als qualitativer Reisevermittler, liegt in der Planung, Organisation und dem Anbieten von Reisen zu verschiedenen Events weltweit und im Fokus auf Europa. Alle unsere Busreisen werden mit modernen Fernreisebussen ausgesuchter, konzessionierter Busunternehmen durchgeführt. HardTours repräsentiert eine unverwechselbare Dienstleistung in vollendeter Qualität. © HardTours

About

Elytra

A privacy-focused RSS reader for iOS and macOS that offers native article rendering, advanced search, and cross-device synchronization. It strips tracking scripts and provides customizable appearance options for a clean reading experience.

Highlights
  • Privacy-focused design
  • Native article and image rendering
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Search within articles
  • Customizable appearance
  • Mute filters
  • Widgets
Features
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Elytra is a private RSS reader for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Follow the news sites and blogs you choose, read them in a clean native reader with every tracker stripped out, and keep everything in sync across your devices. Elytra is a paid app: every new account starts with a 14-day free trial, after which you can subscribe or buy a one-time lifetime licence. WHY ELYTRA PRIVATE BY DESIGN: Your account is created automatically. There is no email, no password and no personal information. A random account ID and anonymous crash reports are the only data Elytra uses, and only to sync your feeds and keep the app stable. NO TRACKING: Elytra removes tracking scripts and tracking pixels from every article, so what you read stays between you and your device. NATIVE READER: Articles are rendered with native iOS text and image views, not a web view. That means Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, text selection across paragraphs, syntax-highlighted code blocks and fast scrolling on long articles. SYNC: Your feeds, folders, read state and bookmarks sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac through Elytra's own service. The Mac app is a separate download on the Mac App Store. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS: Get real-time alerts from blogs that support the WebSub protocol, and near real-time local notifications from the ones that do not. FULL-TEXT ARTICLES: When a feed only ships a summary, Elytra can fetch the full article for you. SEARCH: Search for a feed, then an article, then a phrase inside the article. Elytra was the first RSS reader to search within articles. MUTE FILTERS: Hide topics, spoilers and keywords you do not want in your timeline. OPML: Import your subscriptions from another reader, and export them at any time. OFFLINE BOOKMARKS: Bookmarked articles are stored on your device, so you can read them without a connection. FEED FORMATS: RSS, Atom and JSON Feed are all supported. IMAGE LOADING: Choose when images load to save mobile data, or load them on demand. APPEARANCE: Light and dark themes, a choice of serif and sans-serif fonts, and support for custom fonts installed on your device. LINKED HEADERS: When an author links section headers, Elytra lets you share a link straight to that section. WIDGETS: Four widgets bring your favourite feeds and latest updates to your Home Screen and Lock Screen. ——— Elytra uses its own sync service and cannot connect to Feedly, Inoreader, iCloud or other RSS syncing services. ——— Terms: https://elytra.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://elytra.app/privacy/

Screenshots

HardTours Mobile4 screens
Elytra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HardTours Mobile at none against Elytra's 9. HardTours Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Elytra's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Elytra sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. HardTours Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HardTours Mobile ships an update every 5 months, Elytra fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 28, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HardTours Mobile versus Elytra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHardTours MobileElytra
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.7 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—44.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB56 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperBjoern KuiperNikhil Nigade

In-app purchases

None

HardTours Mobile

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Elytra

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$10.491 Year
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  • Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$20.001 Year
One-time5
  • Free TrialFree
  • 1 Month Subscription$0.99
  • 3 Months Subscription$2.99
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  • 1 Year Subscription$12.99
  • Lifetime Subscription$54.99

Questions

Is HardTours Mobile free?
HardTours Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elytra free?
Elytra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HardTours Mobile or Elytra have ads?
Neither HardTours Mobile nor Elytra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HardTours Mobile or Elytra?
HardTours Mobile ships an update every 5 months, and Elytra fortnightly. Most recently, HardTours Mobile was updated on September 28, 2026 and Elytra on September 28, 2026.

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