Comparison

Feed Drum vs Lumo Post

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

Head to head
About

Feed Drum

Features
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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.

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Lumo Post

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Everything you read, in one app. News, long reads, independent writers, podcasts, and any website you like to keep close β€” gathered on your own device and sorted into one edition each day. No account. No tracking. No ads. One purchase or subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. BUILT FOR iPhone Duo Lumo Post and iPhone Duo now work together. Unfold the phone and your feed and the story sit side by side, like the pages of a newspaper. Opened upright, the article fills one wide page. Stand it on the table to read on top while you scroll and switch stories from below. TODAY Every day, one edition instead of an endless feed. The stories that matter from everything you follow, grouped by theme. When five outlets cover the same event, they become one story β€” you read it once. NEWS Follow publications, agencies and channels from anywhere in the world. A built-in catalogue of hundreds of sources in dozens of countries, or paste any address you already have. Everything lands in one place, sorted into eight folders: politics, business, conflicts, technology and science, sport, society and culture, incidents, and the rest. Tap Share in Safari, Telegram or YouTube and choose Lumo Post β€” the source is added to the right section automatically. MAGAZINES For when you want something longer than a headline. Science, ideas, history, investigations β€” grouped by subject, in their own section. More than 200 magazines in eleven languages. AUTHORS People, not newsrooms. Independent writers publishing on their own, from established names to those just finding their readers. Choose from the built-in list, or add anyone by address. Follow the person, not the masthead. PODCASTS Search any show or browse the charts. Playback continues in the background, and where you stopped follows you from phone to tablet to desktop. WEBSITES Some sites have no feed at all β€” and you still want them nearby. Save any address and it opens here in full, the way a browser shows it. SORTED BY AN AI THAT NEVER LEAVES YOUR DEVICE A model running on your iPhone, iPad or Mac reads each story and files it. Nothing is sent to a server to be classified, and nothing about you reaches anyone. CLEAN READING Articles open without ads, banners or pop-ups. Reading mode strips the page to the text. Newspaper-style typography, with an Aa control to set your text size. Translation and read-aloud are built in, using Apple's own on-device frameworks. Save to Favourites, share, or open the original page in one tap β€” the publisher is always credited. YOURS ALONE No sign-up. No tracking, no analytics, no advertising. We run no servers for your content and collect nothing about you. Your subscriptions, favourites and reading progress sync through your own iCloud, readable only by your devices. ONE PURCHASE, THREE PLATFORMS Seven days free. After that, choose monthly, yearly, or a one-time purchase forever β€” any of them covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. Fully in English. Also available in German, French, Spanish, Russian and Chinese. Built with Gemma.

Screenshots

Feed Drum4 screens
Lumo Post4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Feed Drum at none against Lumo Post's 3. Feed Drum also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Lumo Post's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Lumo Post sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month. Feed Drum asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Feed Drum ships an update weekly, Lumo Post fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Feed Drum versus Lumo Post: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFeed DrumLumo Post
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly β€” betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” better
Requires iOS18.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size23 MB386 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperRavindu WataketiyaAlexey Budkov

In-app purchases

None

Feed Drum

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Lumo Post

Subscriptions2
  • Lumo Post Monthly$4.491 Month
  • Lumo Post Annual$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lumo Post Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Feed Drum free?
Feed Drum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lumo Post free?
Lumo Post is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Feed Drum or Lumo Post have ads?
Feed Drum shows ads; Lumo Post does not.
Which is updated more often, Feed Drum or Lumo Post?
Feed Drum ships an update weekly, and Lumo Post fortnightly. Most recently, Feed Drum was updated on October 25, 2026 and Lumo Post on October 25, 2026.

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