Comparison

Hushread vs reed

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

Head to head
About

Hushread

This app offers a calm reading experience for news, RSS feeds, and book summaries. It provides AI-powered summaries, daily news briefings, and a distraction-free reader to help you stay informed without doom-scrolling.

Highlights
  • AI Article Summaries
  • AI News Briefings
  • Non-Fiction Book Ideas
  • Follow Topics & Websites
  • Full-Text Reader
  • Bookmarks
  • Push Notifications
Features
Read full description

You choose who to follow. Hushread does the work a plain feed can't: it recognises when thirty articles from thirty outlets are one story, shows it to you once, lays it out as a timeline of how it unfolded, and tells you when it's surging. No algorithm decides what you see. Your sources do. ONE STORY, NOT THIRTY HEADLINES When your outlets all cover the same event, Hushread folds them into a single story. Open it and you get the story so far, then coverage day by day from every source, each one linked to the original report. Follow a story for weeks without rereading the same news twice. TRENDING, FROM YOUR SOURCES Trending is counted from coverage, not clicks. See what the outlets you follow are writing about most, how many of them are on it, and for how long. Filter by Local, or by Politics, Business, Technology, Science, Sports and more. A surge shows up as it forms. READ FAST OR READ DEEP Swipe left on any article for a quick take, written from the report itself. Open the full piece for clean text without clutter. Tap Listen and a natural voice reads it while you walk, cook or commute. ANYTHING CAN BE A SOURCE RSS and Atom feeds, plain websites, subreddits, YouTube channels, Facebook pages, Google News topics. Start from curated collections or search for a site by name. Switching from another reader? Import your OPML in one tap. YOUR ORDER, YOUR RULES Folders with icons, tags, a start screen you pick, Card, Magazine or List layouts. Set rules that alert you when a keyword appears or when coverage turns negative on a topic you watch. Mark scrolled articles as read automatically. Search everything you've ever pulled in. LOCAL AND GLOBAL Local news from your country sits beside world coverage, so you see what matters at home and what's moving everywhere else. EVERYWHERE YOU READ iPhone, iPad, Android and the web, kept in sync. Home screen widget for a glance. Light and dark themes, your fonts, your text size. FREE TO START Follow up to five sources free, forever. Hushread Pro unlocks unlimited sources, trending stories, audio and rules. One subscription covers every device. Hushread is built by a small team that reads a lot of news and got tired of reading it three times. Questions or ideas: support@hushread.com Web: https://hushread.com Privacy policy: https://hushread.com/privacy Terms: https://hushread.com/terms

About

reed

Features
Read full description

This app allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds in a similar manner and layout you also read your emails. You can bookmark articles, sort the article list using different properties, and mute notifications for specific channels. Articles will stay in the app even when they are removed from their feed. The app can also automatically check for new entries and show a notification if there are new feed items. Feed entries and channels are synchronized with the macOS version of the app using CloudKit/SwiftData. If you encounter bugs or have a feature request, please use the support link in the AppStore page to submit a request.

Screenshots

Hushread4 screens
reed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: reed at none against Hushread's 1. Hushread's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Hushread sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. reed asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hushread ships an update every 4 days, reed every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Hushread versus reed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHushreadreed
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 4 days โ€” betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size74 MB6 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRamarya Software Services LLPLukas Fulling

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hushread

Subscriptions1
  • Hushread Pro Annual$14.991 Year
None

reed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hushread free?
Hushread is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is reed free?
reed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hushread or reed have ads?
Neither Hushread nor reed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hushread or reed?
Hushread ships an update every 4 days, and reed every 5 days. Most recently, Hushread was updated on October 24, 2026 and reed on October 25, 2026.

Other comparisons