Comparison

Folo vs Sift

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • AI-powered content filtering
  • Surfaces relevant knowledge
  • Cuts through internet noise
  • Personalized information delivery
Features
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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/

About

Sift

Features
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Siftは、購読したRSS/Atomフィードを「短時間で読み切る」ことに寄せたリーダーです。 名前のとおり、情報をふるいにかけて要点だけを残します。 ■ 読むかどうかを一覧で決められる 記事カードには、タイトル・画像に加えて、結論まで入った短い要約とキーワードが並びます。 一覧を眺めるだけで「自分に関係あるか」を判断でき、本文を開く回数そのものが減ります。 ■ 流し見 1記事ずつ全画面で表示し、縦フリックで次へ送るモードです。 各記事は箇条書きに整理されるので、移動中や待ち時間に要点だけを追えます。 右下の操作から、保存・共有・既読・本文表示にそのまま進めます。 ■ 読みやすい本文表示 記事はリーダーモードで、本文だけを抽出して表示します。 広告やナビゲーションが混ざらないので、そのまま読み進められます。 元のページを開きたいときは、ワンタップで切り替えられます。 ■ 購読の管理 ・サイトのURLを入れるだけでフィードを自動で探します(フィードURLを直接入れてもOK) ・OPMLの読み込みと書き出しに対応。他のリーダーからの乗り換え、他への持ち出しができます ・フィードごとのON/OFF、並び替え、削除 ・新着があるフィードは一覧で目印が付き、新しいものから左に並びます ■ 読み逃さないための機能 ・新着通知(頻度の変更、オフにすることもできます) ・保存(あとで読む)。保存した記事は本文から検索できます ・ミュートワード。指定した語を含む記事をフィードから隠します ・発見枠。購読中のサイトから辿れる範囲で、まだ知らない記事を少しだけ混ぜます(オフにできます) ■ 端末の中で完結する要約 要約・翻訳・キーワード抽出は、Apple Intelligenceの言語モデルを使い、すべて端末内で処理します。 記事の内容が要約のために外部へ送信されることはありません。 フィードの要約と流し見の箇条書きは、それぞれ個別にオン/オフを切り替えられます。 ※ この機能はiOS 26以降かつApple Intelligence対応端末でのみ動作します。   非対応の端末では、フィードが配信する抜粋をそのまま表示します。アプリの他の機能はすべてお使いいただけます。 ■ その他 ・iPhone / iPad 対応 ・ダークモード対応 ・文字サイズの変更 ・保存済み記事の全文検索 ・古い記事とキャッシュの自動整理。使用量の確認と手動削除も可能 Siftは特定のサービス専用のクライアントではありません。購読するフィードはすべて利用者が追加します。 本アプリは広告を表示します。

Screenshots

Folo4 screens
Sift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sift at none against Folo's 6. Sift also leads on update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). Folo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Folo sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Sift asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Folo ships an update fortnightly, Sift daily. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Folo versus Sift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFoloSift
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (54 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB11 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperNatural Selection LabsKentaro Iwata

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

Sift

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Folo

Subscriptions6
  • 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
None

Sift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Folo free?
Folo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sift free?
Sift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Folo or Sift have ads?
Sift shows ads; Folo does not.
Which is updated more often, Folo or Sift?
Folo ships an update fortnightly, and Sift daily. Most recently, Folo was updated on October 14, 2026 and Sift on September 28, 2026.

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