Comparison

feeder.co vs Unread

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

Head to head
About

feeder.co

This app aggregates content from any online source into a single, customizable feed. It offers notifications for new content, filtering options to find specific topics, and tools to organize and share articles. Users can personalize their reading experience with different themes and modes.

Highlights
  • Customizable news feeds
  • Push notifications for new content
  • Keyword filtering and exclusion
  • Organize, label, and share posts
  • Light and dark themes
  • Compact and simple reading modes
Features
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Keep up with everything you care about in one place with Feeder (www.feeder.co). Feeder is the news manager that tracks any online source you choose and bundles it into an easy-to-digest reading experience. Add content sources to get your very-own customized news feed. Through advanced RSS integrations, we connect to almost any source on the web – blogs, news, weather, government databases, job boards, Twitter, newsletters and more. Just pick and mix. We check for updates faster than you ever could manually. With notifications, we let you know that there's new content you care about available, allowing you to know what happens, right when it happens. Add filters to your feeds to find keywords or specific topics in posts. You can also exclude certain keywords to remove noise. Filters combined with notifications allow you to get notified for even more specific content. Sort, label and share. When you find something important, share it with your friends or colleagues. We have all the tools to optimize your information intake and spread it to relevant parties. Whether you use Feeder for large consumption or casual browsing. Read content in the way that suits you. Light theme for the day, dark theme during the night. Use compact mode to maximize content or simple mode to remove all clutter. Feature list: - Browse your feeds in a great experience - Star posts and mark them as unread with simple swipe gestures - View your unread posts in one consolidated list - Receive push notifications when a new post appears, globally or per feed - With the intuitive scroll experience you can browse your posts in an beautifully - Edit feeds and folders - Share posts - Integrates seamlessly with your Feeder account, web extensions, and the web service - Podcast player - Available in 30+ languages FEEDER PRO Collect and organize content like a Pro Unlock a range of essential features. Filter content. Create rules to automatically order incoming posts and do it all with rocket-speed. - 1 minute updates - Ad-free - Filters, rules and collection FEEDER BUSINESS Become a smarter team with Feeder Business Keep up with everything that matters to your business in one place. Feeder Business can be tailored to your specific needs. Customise what sources your team follows. Automate the manual process of checking for updates. Our crawlers are awake and working 24/7. - Everything in Feeder Pro - Invite your team - Shared feeds and folders You can choose to upgrade your account whenever you want. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase.

About

Unread

This app is a beautifully designed RSS reader that focuses on a clean reading experience with customizable typography and themes. It offers seamless syncing across devices and integrates with various read-later services, allowing for offline access to cached content.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based navigation
  • Customizable color themes
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Automatic webpage text display
  • Offline access with caching
  • Integration with read-later services
  • Widgets for unread counts
Features
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Rediscover the joy of reading your favorite writers and publications with Unread. Unread is an RSS reader with beautiful typography, comfortable gesture-based navigation, and a variety of color themes. Unread is available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Unread won the MacStories Selects 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. Capabilities include: SYNCING: Our free Unread Cloud service keeps your devices in sync. Unread also syncs with Feedbin, Feedly, Fever, FreshRSS, Gobbler, Inkwell, Inoreader, Miniflux, and NewsBlur. AUTOMATIC WEBPAGE TEXT: For feeds that contain only article summaries, Unread will display the full article text from the webpage. Easily switch between feed text and webpage text for any article, and change the default for individual feeds. WEBSITE ACCOUNTS: For news websites that require an account, sign in and get full webpage text. SUBSCRIBE IN UNREAD: This share sheet extension lets you subscribe to a website’s feeds while visiting that website from Safari or any other web browser. SAVE TO UNREAD: This share sheet extension creates an article in Unread with the contents of the webpage you are visiting from Safari or any other web browser. (Subscription required.) COLOR THEMES: Unread provides a variety of color themes. Choose one theme for light mode and another for dark mode. CACHING: Unread caches webpage text and images for instant loading and offline access. (Subscription required.) READ-LATER SERVICES: Unread can save articles to Anybox, Flyleaf, GoodLinks, Instapaper, Matter, Pinboard, Plinky, Raindrop.io, Readwise, Safari Reading List, and wallabag. On a device with a hardware keyboard, assign a custom keyboard shortcut to each. (Subscription required.) SHORTCUTS: Perform shortcuts on articles and links inside articles. On a device with a hardware keyboard, assign a custom keyboard shortcut to each. (Subscription required.) --- “Most importantly, I should stress again how refreshing it feels to have such a great native experience with Unread. The app is really fast, even when it’s loaded up with hundreds of feeds.” — Niléane Dorffer, MacStories “It’s an RSS reader made with taste. It has great typography, themes, search, and compatibility with the usual suspects. I love having this app on my Mac.” — David Sparks, MacSparky “Unread is focused on eliminating chrome — it is a pure reading app. It’s like reader mode all the time, and the assortment of color themes is nicely curated.” – John Gruber, Daring Fireball --- Unread has full VoiceOver coverage. Every screen and every feature is available to users with vision impairments: • From any screen you can perform a magic tap, a two-finger double tap, to open a menu of options available for that screen. • When on an article list, there are actions available for each article in the list. After selecting an article, invoke the accessibility rotor and then select “Actions”. There is an action to mark the article read or unread, an action to share the article, and many others. • Use the VoiceOver escape gesture, a two-finger “Z”, to back out of the current screen. --- UNREAD SUBSCRIPTION Unread is a free app. Additional functionality is available with a $29.99 (USD)/year auto-renewing subscription: • Article actions for sending articles directly to supported bookmarking and read later services, and for sharing via email or iMessage. • Ability to execute shortcuts on articles and links. • Caching of webpage text and images. • Widget customization options. • Save to Unread share sheet extension. • Custom app icons. • Premium support. A subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Unread’s Terms of Use are available at: https://www.goldenhillsoftware.com/unread/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

feeder.co4 screens
Unread4 screens

Verdict

The call

feeder.co and Unread both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of Unread's written reviews are positive against 42% of feeder.co's. Unread also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). feeder.co's advantage is iOS requirement (15 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. feeder.co sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Unread sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for feeder.co against 4.6 for Unread. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1K and 442 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of feeder.co's written reviews are positive against 72% of Unread's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

feeder.co ships an update every 2 months, Unread every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
feeder.co versus Unread: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterfeeder.coUnread
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1K ratings) — better4.6 (442 ratings)
Positive reviews41.5% of reviews72.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better442
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB39 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperReally Simple ABGolden Hill Software

Customer experience

feeder.co

All ratings1,016 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.1%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive41.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative50.0%

Unread

All ratings442 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews170 reviews
Positive72.4%
Neutral8.2%
Negative19.4%

User reviews

feeder.co

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and responsive
  • 💡 Useful for freelance translators
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Syncs well across platforms

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🔒 Difficult to sign up/login
  • 🤔 Missing key features
  • 🤔 Cluttered UI

Unread

From 442 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Elegant and intuitive UI
  • 🚀 Fast and responsive
  • 🔒 Secure login integration
  • 📚 Excellent article formatting and readability
  • 💡 Automated full-text article retrieval

Room to improve

  • 💰 Subscription model seen as too expensive
  • 🔀 Inconsistent experience between iOS and iPad versions
  • 🔍 Difficult to discover certain features
  • 🔠 Lack of customization options (e.g., font, theme)

Bugs and requests

feeder.co

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Feeds stop syncing
  • App crashes when reaching low unread count
  • Issues with adding/deleting feeds
  • Login/sign-up problems
  • UI bugs and glitches

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add read-aloud function
  • Improve article reading experience
  • Allow sign-in/import from Feedly
  • Add more customization options
  • Improve feed management and organization

Unread

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Occasional article duplication
  • Issues with 'Keep Unread' feature
  • Text formatting problems in dark mode

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for more RSS providers (e.g., Miniflux, FreshRSS)
  • Implement keyboard shortcuts and power-user features
  • Improve information density on iPad layout
  • Introduce a one-time purchase option

In-app purchases

6 purchases

feeder.co

Subscriptions6
  • Feeder Pro$5.991 Month
  • Feeder Plus (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Feeder Professional (monthly)$14.991 Month
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  • Feeder Pro$59.991 Year
  • Feeder Plus (yearly)$95.901 Year
  • Feeder Professional (Yearly)$179.991 Year
4 purchases

Unread

Subscriptions4
  • Unread Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Unread Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
  • Unread: Free first year$29.991 Year
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  • Unread: Discounted first year$29.991 Year

Questions

Is feeder.co free?
feeder.co is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Unread free?
Unread is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, feeder.co or Unread?
feeder.co is rated higher. feeder.co averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Unread averages 4.6 from 442 ratings.
Do feeder.co or Unread have ads?
Neither feeder.co nor Unread shows ads.
Which is updated more often, feeder.co or Unread?
feeder.co ships an update every 2 months, and Unread every 8 days. Most recently, feeder.co was updated on September 22, 2026 and Unread on September 21, 2026.

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