Comparison

Quick RSS vs Tidings

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

Head to head
About

Quick RSS

This application helps users effortlessly manage and read their favorite RSS feeds from news websites and blogs. It offers a private and intuitive experience, allowing for customization of subscriptions and notifications for efficient information retrieval.

Highlights
  • Supports multiple RSS feeds
  • Lightweight and efficient
  • Customizable subscriptions
  • Customizable notification settings
  • Unified subscription management
Features
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Quick RSS is an easy-to-use, private, and intuitive desktop RSS reader. Whether you're a news enthusiast or someone who likes to follow blog posts and headlines, Quick RSS helps you effortlessly manage and read your favorite RSS feeds. ———————————————— ◈ Why Choose Quick RSS? ◈ ———————————————— - Supports Multiple RSS Feeds: Whether it's news websites, blogs, or video updates, Quick RSS offers perfect support. - Lightweight and Efficient: The app uses minimal system resources, ensuring that even during busy work sessions, it won't affect your system's performance. - Customizable: Allows you to adjust your subscriptions and notification settings according to your preferences for more efficient information retrieval. ———————————————— ◈ Who is it for? ◈ ———————————————— Quick RSS is ideal for anyone looking to efficiently access the latest news, especially for: - News enthusiasts - Blog followers - Developers and designers who want to stay updated on the latest trends - Users who want to consolidate multiple subscriptions into a unified management tool ———————————————— ◈ Experience Quick RSS Now! ◈ ———————————————— Download Quick RSS today and bring a brand new RSS reading experience to your macOS. Whether tracking personal interests or staying on top of industry news, Quick RSS will become your go-to tool for managing subscriptions. ———————————————— ◈ Policies & Terms ◈ ———————————————— For our privacy policy, please visit: https://wangchujiang.com/quick-rss/privacy-policy.html For our terms of service, please visit: https://wangchujiang.com/quick-rss/terms-of-service.html ———————————————— ◈ Contact Me ◈ ———————————————— If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at: kennyiseeyou@gmail.com

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

Quick RSS3 screens
Tidings4 screens

Verdict

The call

Quick RSS 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. Quick RSS sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Tidings sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Quick RSS versus Tidings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick RSSTidings
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer楚江 王Hongyu Zhang

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Quick RSS

One-time2
  • Individual Backer$3.99
  • Generous Backer$6.99
1 purchases

Tidings

One-time1
  • Tidings Premium$9.99

Questions

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

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