Folo vs Corvus RSS Reader for Safari
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Folo
This AI-powered tool scans the internet to find and present information relevant to your interests. It filters out noise, delivering only the knowledge you truly care about.
- AI-powered content filtering
- Surfaces relevant knowledge
- Cuts through internet noise
- Personalized information delivery
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Folo is the AI RSS reader that brings everything you follow into one calm timeline, then helps you read it. Follow blogs, news sites, newsletters, podcasts, video channels and social feeds in one place. Let AI summarize the long reads, translate the ones in other languages and read the rest aloud, so you stay informed without drowning in tabs. ONE TIMELINE FOR EVERYTHING YOU FOLLOW • Subscribe to any RSS, Atom or JSON feed, or search for sources by name • Follow sites without a feed through thousands of RSSHub routes • Explore trending feeds and curated lists to find new favorites • Import your subscriptions from any other reader with OPML • Keep things tidy with folders, stars and lists AI THAT READS WITH YOU • AI summaries: the key points of any article in seconds • AI translation: read in English, Chinese, Japanese or French, side by side with the original or on its own • Text-to-speech: listen to any article in a natural voice • Actions: summarize, translate, star or filter new entries automatically with your own rules MADE FOR EVERY FORMAT • A clean reader view that fetches the full text of articles • Dedicated layouts for social posts, pictures, videos and podcasts • Background playback for podcasts and picture-in-picture for videos YOUR READER, YOUR WAY • Light and dark themes, reading fonts, text size and line spacing • Spotlight highlights the keywords you care about • Subscriptions, read status and stars sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, Android and the web OPEN SOURCE, NO ADS Folo is open source and ad-free, built in the open with a community of readers and developers. FREE TO START Create a free account to follow feeds and sync them across your devices. Basic, Plus and Pro plans add more subscriptions, higher AI limits and automations. Subscriptions are billed monthly or yearly and renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://folo.is/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Corvus RSS Reader for Safari
A privacy-focused RSS and Atom feed reader for Apple devices. Subscribe to websites, YouTube channels, and blogs, and organize content with folders, tags, and smart filters. Offers multiple view modes and extensive customization for a distraction-free reading experience.
- RSS & Atom feed subscription
- YouTube channel subscriptions
- Folder and nested sub-folder organization
- Multiple view modes (Magazine, list, card, etc.)
- Article saving (Star, Pin, Read Later)
- Full-text search
- Customizable themes and layouts
- OPML import/export
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Corvus RSS Reader is a privacy-first RSS and Atom feed reader built natively for Safari on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. Subscribe to your favorite websites, YouTube channels, and blogs, and read everything in one clean, distraction-free interface. FEATURES - RSS & Atom Feeds, Subscribe to any website that publishes a feed. Corvus auto-discovers feeds on the page you're visiting. - Discover Feeds, Browse a curated directory of 450+ feeds across 34 categories. Find popular feeds from 47 countries, or explore the full international catalog. - YouTube Channels, Subscribe to any YouTube channel directly from its page. Handles and custom URLs are resolved automatically. - Folder Organization, Group feeds into folders and nested sub-folders. Keep Tech, News, YouTube, and Design neatly separated. - 5 View Modes, Magazine, list, card, expanded, and full-view layouts. Choose the reading experience that works best for you. - Star, Pin & Read Later, Save articles for later, star your favorites, and pin important items. Built-in smart feeds for quick access. - Keyboard Shortcuts, Navigate, star, refresh, and manage articles entirely from the keyboard. J/K to browse, S to star, V to open, and more. - Full-Text Search, Search across all your articles by title, content, or author. Find anything instantly, even in thousands of articles. - Themes & Customization, Light, dark, and auto themes. Customizable accent colors, font sizes, density settings, and newspaper-style column layouts. - Tags & Smart Filters, Organize articles with custom tags and create smart filters that automatically group content by your rules. - OPML Import & Export, Bring your subscriptions from any other reader, or export them at any time. Your data is always portable. - Feed Health Dashboard, Monitor the health of your subscriptions. See which feeds are active, broken, or slow to update. - 33 Languages, Fully localized in English, Spanish (Spain and Mexico), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. PRIVACY FIRST No account required. No sign-ups, no cloud sync, no tracking. Your feeds and articles live entirely on your device. Corvus RSS Reader collects zero data. BUILT FOR SAFARI Corvus RSS Reader is not a Chrome extension ported to Safari. It is built specifically for Safari with native performance, no background processes, and zero data collection. Works on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Folo at Free against Corvus RSS Reader for Safari's $0.99. Folo also leads on ratings volume (63 vs 1). Corvus RSS Reader for Safari's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Folo is free to download; Corvus RSS Reader for Safari costs $0.99 up front. Folo sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Corvus RSS Reader for Safari asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Folo against 4.0 for Corvus RSS Reader for Safari. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Folo has 63 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Folo ships an update fortnightly, Corvus RSS Reader for Safari every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Folo | Corvus RSS Reader for Safari |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (63 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 63 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #113 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | +4 |
| Developer | Natural Selection Labs | Alejandro Estol |
Customer experience
Folo
Corvus RSS Reader for Safari
Bugs and requests
Folo
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to open app on Mac
- Images not loading in articles
- Horizontal videos not playable
- Unresponsive click issues
Requested features
4 requests- Change text size option
- Add language support
- Improve notification system
- Enhance sharing functionality
Corvus RSS Reader for Safari
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Folo
- Folo Basic (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Folo Plus (Monthly)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Folo Basic (Annual)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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- Folo Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$99.991 Month
- Folo Plus (Annual)7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Folo Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$999.991 Year
Corvus RSS Reader for Safari
No in-app purchases
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