Comparison

Hushread vs Hiwe

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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
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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

Hiwe

Features
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Take back control of your news. Hiwe is a privacy‑first RSS reader built by four independent people. It’s designed to let you create a personalised news feed without trackers, algorithms or ads. Choose from more our library of curated RSS sources spanning technology, sports, business, lifestyle and travel, or add any custom RSS link you like. Build a default feed in seconds or craft your own custom one. Hiwe never pushes content you didn’t ask for. Customize every part of your reading experience. Pick between light or dark themes, adjust font size and line spacing, and tune brightness so articles are comfortable to read at any time of day. Because Hiwe doesn’t track you or sell your data, you can stay up‑to‑date with your favourite blogs, magazines and news outlets without compromising your privacy or being nudged by opaque recommendation engines. Key Features - Complete control over your feed. Select topics and sources from our library of 100,000 RSS feeds or add custom URLs to follow any site you like. - ⁠No algorithms or trackers. Hiwe never collects usage data or reorders posts to serve you sponsored content. Every article appears in reverse‑chronological order so you see exactly what was published, and nothing else. - ⁠Ad‑free and free forever. There are no ads, no in‑app purchases and no hidden subscriptions. Hiwe is built as a hobby project by four friends who love RSS. We will try to keep upgrading the app by gathering the comments and feedbacks from our community. But, one thing we know for sure. Don’t expect anything related to AI any time soon. - ⁠Personalise your reading experience. Choose between light and dark themes, set your preferred font size, adjust line height and control brightness to make reading comfortable. - ⁠Default feed option. If you’re new to RSS or don’t know where to start, Hiwe can create a default feed for you based on popular categories. - ⁠Independent & community‑driven. Hiwe is built without investor funding, which means there is no revenue, reports we need to file and corporate stuff. Our main stakeholders are community. - ⁠Whether you follow a handful of niche blogs that rarely publish or dozens of daily news sites, Hiwe makes sure you never miss a post. Download Hiwe today to build your own private news feed and enjoy reading like it’s meant to be, just you and the stories you care about.

Screenshots

Hushread4 screens
Hiwe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hiwe at none against Hushread's 1. Hushread's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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. Hushread sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Hiwe asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hushread ships an update every 4 days, Hiwe monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Hushread versus Hiwe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHushreadHiwe
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRamarya Software Services LLPANAMARIJA KUKULJ

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hushread

Subscriptions1
  • Hushread Pro Annual$14.991 Year
None

Hiwe

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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