Comparison

Stache vs Tidings

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

Head to head
About

Stache

Organize and read articles, blogs, and web pages with notes, highlights, and tags. Save content from anywhere and access it offline. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts and themes.

Highlights
  • Save articles from share sheet or browser extensions
  • Add highlights and notes to articles
  • Offline reading with full page copies
  • Customizable fonts, themes, and swipe actions
  • iCloud-powered sync across devices
  • Import from Pocket, Instapaper, and Goodlinks
Features
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Stache isn't just another read-it-later app; it's simply the best way to save and read articles. ## Transform How You Read Stache transforms your collection of articles, blogs, and web pages into an organized library with notes, highlights, favorites, and tags. ## Save Everywhere Stashing articles is effortless wherever you find them. Add to your Stache from the share sheet, browser extensions, or inside the app. ## Add Highlights & Notes Remember everything you read. Highlight key passages and jot down thoughts directly within articles. Perfect for research, study, or when you simply want to remember something important. ## Tailored for You Adjust fonts, sizes, line heights, and margins to suit your reading preference. Organize your articles with tags, favorites, and an archive. Choose from different themes to match your style. Customize your swipe actions. ## Built for Power Users Stache includes advanced features like full-page offline copies, a system shortcut to save links, and widgets. And on your Mac and iPad navigate effortlessly with comprehensive keyboard shortcuts - your hands never need to leave the keyboard. ## Easy Import Give Stache a try with easy imports from Instapaper and Goodlinks. Don’t see your service here? Reach out and we’ll add it. ## Read Offline, Anytime Your reading doesn't have to stop when you go offline. With Stache, full offline reading is a given - images included. Whether you're commuting, traveling, or off the grid, your saved content is always accessible. And not just the reader view - Stache saves an offline copy of the full page, too. ### Turn the Page A beautiful new paginated reader brings the calm of a real book to the web. Swipe or tap to turn pages, track your place with an at-a-glance progress ring, and jump anywhere with a tap. Distraction-free reading, the way it should be. ### Read in Any Language Translate any article - body, title, and all - right on your device. Your reading opens in the language you choose, instantly and privately. Nothing leaves your device. ### Get the Gist, Fast Short on time? Let Stache summarize any article for you. AI-powered summaries stream in as they're written, so you can decide what's worth a full read - or capture the key points in seconds. ## iCloud-Powered Sync With fast, reliable sync powered by iCloud your data remains secure and private - we can’t even see it. Your links, notes, highlights, and tags sync seamlessly between your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Please note that after a 30-day free trial Stache requires a subscription. You can easily cancel your subscription anytime inside Stache or from the App Store. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stache.app/privacy

About

Tidings

Features
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Tidings is an RSS reader built for people who want to read, not manage software. Add a feed by pasting any site's URL — it finds the feed for you. Your articles land in one inbox, oldest first, and you triage them: read now, keep for later, star what matters, or sweep the rest away. Nothing is recommended to you, nothing is ranked by an algorithm, and nothing arrives that you didn't ask for. READS BEAUTIFULLY Articles are stripped to their text and images — no popups, no cookie banners, no newsletter modals. Adjustable type, light and dark, and it remembers exactly where you stopped reading, even after you change the font. WORKS OFFLINE Articles are downloaded and cached, so a subway ride or a flight is just reading time. Images come along too. SYNCS PRIVATELY Your feeds and reading state sync across your iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud account. There is no server in the middle, because there is no server at all. BRINGS YOUR FEEDS WITH YOU Import an OPML file from any other reader, and export yours whenever you like. Your subscriptions are yours to take. FEATURES • Automatic feed discovery — paste a site URL, not a feed URL • RSS, Atom, JSON Feed, and YouTube channels • Distraction-free reader with full-text extraction • Offline reading with cached text and images • Inbox, Read Later, and Starred — triage with swipe gestures • Mark Above as Read for fast sweeping • Remembers your place in every list and article • iCloud sync across your devices • OPML import and export • Full VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support • iPhone and iPad FREE FOR UP TO 10 FEEDS Everything above is included — the reader, offline articles, iCloud sync, YouTube feeds, OPML import and export. Nothing is crippled, nothing expires, and there's no trial countdown. If you outgrow 10 feeds, Tidings Premium removes the limit for a single one-time payment. That's the only thing it changes. NO ADS. NO TRACKING. NO ACCOUNT. NO ANALYTICS. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Tidings has no way to know what you read — it has no server to tell.

Screenshots

Stache4 screens
Tidings4 screens

Verdict

The call

Stache and Tidings are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Stache sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Tidings sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Stache versus Tidings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStacheTidings
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJon SchneiderHongyu Zhang

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stache

Subscriptions2
  • Stache Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Stache Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Tidings

One-time1
  • Tidings Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Stache free?
Stache is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tidings free?
Tidings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stache or Tidings have ads?
Neither Stache nor Tidings shows ads.

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