FeedFlow vs Skim Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FeedFlow
Stay informed with a minimalistic RSS reader that offers a clean, distraction-free experience. Sync your feeds across devices and customize your reading options for ultimate control over your content.
- Minimalist design
- Seamless cross-device sync
- FreshRSS integration
- Flexible reading options
- Privacy-focused browsing
- OPML import/export
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FeedFlow is a minimal RSS reader designed for one thing: keeping up with the open web without noise. Follow your favorite blogs and news sites in a clean, chronological timeline. No algorithms decide what you see — just your feeds, in the order they were published. Read Your Way - Open articles in your browser, or use Reader Mode for a clutter-free view. - Adjust text size and spacing for comfortable reading. - Cache full articles for offline reading — perfect for commutes, flights, or anywhere without a connection. Sync That Fits Your Setup - iCloud sync keeps your feeds, read status, and bookmarks in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac — effortlessly. - Or choose another backend: Dropbox, Google Drive, or self-hosted services like FreshRSS, Miniflux, Feedbin, and BazQux. - Your reading progress follows you everywhere. Stay Organized - Import and export feeds with OPML. - Block keywords to silence noisy topics. - Categories, bookmarks, and search keep everything at your fingertips. Make It Yours - Dark and light themes. - Background refresh so your feeds are always fresh. - Supports RSS and Atom feed formats. Open source and available on all your devices. Translated into 25+ languages by a worldwide community. Take back control of your reading — try FeedFlow today.
Skim Reader
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Skim Reader: Read Smarter, Not Longer In a world of infinite scroll and endless content, your time is the ultimate currency. Skim Reader is the RSS reader that respects it. The Problem With Modern Reading You subscribe to 30 feeds. You have 200 unread articles. You have 10 minutes. What do you do? Skip everything? Skim headlines and miss the insights buried in paragraph seven? Feel guilty about the growing unread count? There's a better way. One Slider. Infinite Control. Skim Reader introduces something no RSS reader has done before: a compression slider that transforms any article to match exactly how much time you have. Drag left for a two-sentence summary. Drag right for the full article. Stop anywhere in between. It's that simple. - Glance: The headline in 10 seconds - Brief: Key points in 30 seconds - Summary: Main ideas in 2 minutes - Digest: Detailed overview in 5 minutes - Full: The complete article Every position is generated by on-device AI. No cloud. No subscriptions. No data leaving your phone. AI That Lives on Your Device Skim Reader runs a state-of-the-art language model entirely on your iPhone or iPad. Your articles stay private. The first time you open the app, you'll download a ~1GB AI model. After that, everything runs locally. Your reading habits are yours alone. It Learns How You Read Notice how you always want the full article from The New York Times but just the brief from tech blogs? Skim Reader notices too. The app quietly learns your preferences - by feed, by time of day, by habit. Open an article at 7am during your commute? It remembers you prefer Brief. Saturday morning deep-dive? It knows you want Full. You can disable this entirely in settings. But once you experience an app that just knows, you won't want to. Beautiful Typography, Zero Compromise Reading apps should be beautiful. Skim Reader uses carefully chosen typefaces optimised for extended reading: - New York for headlines - editorial elegance - Charter for body text - designed for screens - Your choice of fonts and sizes - Bionic Reading mode for faster scanning - Light and dark themes that don't strain your eyes Features That Matter - Add any RSS or Atom feed - paste a URL and it finds the feed - Full article extraction - even when feeds only provide snippets - Swipe gestures - mark read, bookmark, delete - All Articles view - see everything in one stream - Bookmarks - save articles for later - Pull to refresh - stay current - Open in browser - when you need the original - Haptic feedback - feel the slider snap into position No Subscriptions. No Ads. No Tracking. Skim Reader is free. No monthly fees. No "premium tiers." No advertisements. No analytics watching what you read. Who Is This For? - Professionals who need to stay informed but don't have time to read everything - Researchers managing dozens of sources - News enthusiasts who want depth without the time commitment - Anyone tired of the "mark all as read" guilt spiral - People who believe reading should be a choice, not an obligation The TL;DR for a Doomscrolling World I built Skim Reader because I was drowning in content. Every day, more articles. Every day, less time. I wanted a reader that adapted to me, not the other way around. Now I read more than ever - because I can finally read at the right depth for every article. Some get 10 seconds. Some get 10 minutes. Every one gets exactly what it deserves. Your time is valuable. Read accordingly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Skim Reader at none against FeedFlow's 4. FeedFlow's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. FeedFlow sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Skim Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
FeedFlow ships an update every 10 days, Skim Reader monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FeedFlow | Skim Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (39 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Marco Gomiero | Lucas Young |
In-app purchases
FeedFlow
- Nice Tip$1.99
- Kind Tip$3.99
- Generous Tip$8.99
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- Legendary Tip$22.99
Skim Reader
No in-app purchases









