Riverside vs trickle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Riverside
A streamlined RSS reader for effortless news and blog consumption. Enjoy a clutter-free reading experience with home screen widgets and timely notifications for new content.
- Clean interface
- Home screen widgets
- Lock screen widgets
- Background updates
- Timely notifications
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A streamlined RSS reader app that brings your favorite news and blogs to your fingertips with elegance and ease. ■ Clean Interface: A clutter-free reading space for your daily news intake. ■ Widgets: Access the latest headlines directly from your home screen and lock screen. ■ Background Updates & Notifications: Stay informed with timely notifications on new content.
trickle
A podcast player and feed reader with a unique dark cyberpunk interface. It allows users to stream or download episodes, manage playback, and read various feed types including RSS, Atom, and JSON. Public YouTube videos can be watched without ads.
- Podcast search and subscription
- Stream or download episodes
- Customizable playback queue
- Global playback speed control
- Sleep timers and playback skipping
- Read RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds
- Follow YouTube channels and Nostr profiles
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trickle is a podcast player and feed reader with a dark cyberpunk interface. Podcasts • Search the Apple Podcasts catalog and view shows before subscribing • Stream or download episodes • Build and reorder your Up next queue • Resume from saved progress • Use global playback speeds from 1x to 2x • Set sleep timers, bookmarks, intro skip, and outro skip • Search timed transcripts and tap a segment to seek • Read chapters and show notes • Control playback from the Lock Screen • See download storage and remove played or all downloads Feeds • Read RSS, Atom, and JSON Feed • Follow public YouTube channels and playlists • Follow verified posts from Nostr profiles • Read articles in a clean reader view • Save readable article text for offline use • Search, filter, and sort a source or category • Group non-podcast sources into categories • Share a feed or website to trickle from another app Public YouTube videos play without ads when supported, with the official player as a fallback. Use Picture in Picture to keep listening while using other apps or when the screen is locked. Import and export OPML files, or make a local backup of your subscriptions and app data. trickle does not collect your information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: trickle at 5.0 against Riverside's 3.0. trickle also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
trickle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Riverside ships an update every 3 months, trickle every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Riverside | trickle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Maiku Yamaguchi | Parmesh Krishen |
Customer experience
Riverside
trickle
In-app purchases
Riverside
No in-app purchases
trickle
No in-app purchases
