Feedwire vs Kagi News
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Feedwire
This app lets you curate your online content by combining RSS feeds and websites into personalized collections. Use smart queries to tailor feeds to your interests and organize them by category or source for real-time updates.
- Combine RSS feeds and websites
- Create custom collections
- Use smart queries for personalization
- Organize feeds by category/source
- Real-time updates
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Feedwire empowers you to personalize your online experience by combining rss feeds and websites into custom collections. Use smart queries to create collections tailored to your interests, and customize your feed bar by category or source to receive real-time updates.
Kagi News
Receive a curated daily press review summarizing global news from diverse sources. This app uses AI to distill information, offering multiple perspectives and one-tap access to original articles. It prioritizes privacy with no ads or trackers.
- Daily comprehensive press review
- Global news coverage
- Multiple perspectives from diverse sources
- AI-powered summarization
- One-tap access to original articles
- Community-curated RSS feeds
- Privacy-focused, no ads or trackers
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Get a comprehensive daily press review with global news. Fully private, with sources openly curated by our community. What You Get: One thoughtful press review per day (updated 12:00 UTC) Coverage: Any and all topics usually covered in the press Multiple perspectives from global sources One-tap access to original articles Clean sections: Summary, Highlights, Key Quotes, Timeline, Context, Impact How It Works: Kagi News uses AI to read thousands of community-curated RSS feeds from publications worldwide and distills them into a single, thoughtful press review. Every review cites the sources it pulled from, so you can dive deeper with one tap. Community Contributions: Contribute sources to broaden perspectives Open source platform with community-curated feeds Privacy by Design: No ads. No trackers. Your attention belongs to you. https://kagi.com/privacy Download now for your daily dose of quality journalism without the noise. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to us via https://kagifeedback.org or email us at support[at]kagi.com. Join our vibrant member community on Discord for tips, advice, and feature suggestions: https://kagi.com/discord
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kagi News at none against Feedwire's 3. Kagi News also leads on ratings volume (101 vs 2) and chart position (#172 vs unranked). Feedwire's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Feedwire sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Kagi News asks for nothing beyond the download.
Feedwire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kagi News has 101 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Feedwire ships an update every 2 weeks, Kagi News every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Feedwire | Kagi News |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (101 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 67.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 101 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #172 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Randy George Stacel | Kagi Inc. |
Customer experience
Feedwire
Kagi News
Bugs and requests
Feedwire
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Kagi News
Reported bugs
1 issue- Setting Broken
Requested features
2 requests- Alerts please
- Customizable lenses and source ranking/exclusion
In-app purchases
Feedwire
- Feedwire Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Feedwire Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Feedwire Pro Lifetime Access$19.99
Kagi News
No in-app purchases
