Feed Drum vs Podkey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Feed Drum
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Feed Drum is a modern take on news and feed readers. With its modern and simplistic design, Feed Drum brings all your news sources to one place. You are in control of your news feed. With Feed Drum, you can select from a catalog of reputed news sources to be shown on your feed, minimizing distractions. Beyond that, Feed Drum offers you the ability to create multiple groups with sources you select so that you can create your own custom feeds on different interests and topics. With its simple and intuitive design, Feed Drum is the better way to get your news and keep up to date on topics you care about.
Podkey
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Your content, distilled. Podkey turns the content you care about into short audio episodes. Stay caught up, on your time. Create a custom recap feed from your favorite podcasts, or get a summary episode for each new publication. Find a link that inspires your curiosity? Podkey distills the key ideas into a short episode. Discover public feeds made with Podkey, or build a custom one just for you. Listen in Podkey or wherever you listen to podcasts. Get the signal, skip the noise. Podkey Terms of Use: https://podkey.fm/terms Podkey Privacy Policy: https://podkey.fm/privacy Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Feed Drum at none against Podkey's 5. Feed Drum also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Podkey's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Podkey sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Feed Drum asks for nothing beyond the download.
Feed Drum ships an update weekly, Podkey every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Feed Drum | Podkey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ravindu Wataketiya | Jolly Code LLC |
In-app purchases
Feed Drum
No in-app purchases
Podkey
- Neo$0.991 Month
- Mini$2.991 Month
- Standard$4.991 Month
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- Plus$12.991 Month
- Ludicrous$69.991 Month
