Comparison

Feedwire vs Inkline

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Combine RSS feeds and websites
  • Create custom collections
  • Use smart queries for personalization
  • Organize feeds by category/source
  • Real-time updates
Features
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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.

About

Inkline

Stay informed with a streamlined reading experience for news and blogs. Organize your feeds, take notes, and get personalized summaries. All processing happens on your device for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • On-device processing
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Siri integration
  • Spotlight search for notes
  • Handwritten notes with Apple Pencil
  • AI-powered daily brief
  • Subject and journalist monitoring
Features
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Inkline is a news reader for people who follow the news for a living: comms teams, journalists and anyone who has to know what is being said, by whom, and first. YOUR FRONT PAGE Today leads on the stories most of your publications are running, each one shown with its publisher's own icon. One card per story tells you how many outlets have it, who was first and when, and opens Compare to show how the coverage differs. Choose from over 7,500 publications in 130 markets, or add your own. WATCH A SUBJECT, FOLLOW A WRITER Watch a name, a company or a subject across your publications and the wider web, with a surge alert when coverage jumps, and a Live Activity on the Lock Screen if you want one. Follow individual journalists by their bylines rather than their mastheads. BRIEFINGS A short briefing of the last twelve hours, written on your device by Apple Intelligence, and Inkline Radio to listen to it, from the app, the Lock Screen or Control Center. SIRI, IF YOU WANT IT On iOS 27, you can let Siri answer some questions about your news, such as what's the latest in Inkline, from your own sources. It is optional and off until you turn it on. A REAL READER Articles open in a calm, typographic reader with captions, pull quotes and More on this story at the foot. Everything already fetched reads offline. Three fonts including OpenDyslexic, four color modes. KEEP WHAT MATTERS Save a story, select any sentence to keep the quote, write notes beside it, and turn a watched subject into a coverage report for the people you brief. YOUR NEWSLETTERS Connect Substack once and the newsletters you already subscribe to open whole, sorted into your categories. OUTSIDE THE APP Widgets on the Home Screen and Lock Screen, Spotlight, Shortcuts, a share extension to follow a site from Safari, and alerts you can act on straight away. Made for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo. PRIVATE No Inkline account, no servers of ours, no tracking. The intelligence runs on your device, and your notes and follows stay in your own iCloud. Inkline is free with up to 50 publications, and there is no time limit. Inkline Pro adds monitoring and alerts, following journalists, your Substack newsletters, the written and spoken briefings, and as many publications as you like. New subscribers may be offered a free trial first. Made by White Wiki. Inkline Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription, billed to your Apple account at the price shown for your country and renewing automatically until you cancel. You can turn off renewal at any time in your account settings, up to a day before it renews. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Feedwire4 screens
Inkline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Feedwire at freemium against Inkline's subscription. Inkline's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Feedwire sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Inkline sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Feedwire against 5.0 for Inkline. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Feedwire ships an update every 2 weeks, Inkline every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Feedwire versus Inkline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFeedwireInkline
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB127 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRandy George StacelMichael White

Customer experience

Feedwire

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Inkline

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Feedwire

Subscriptions2
  • Feedwire Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Feedwire Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Feedwire Pro Lifetime Access$19.99
2 purchases

Inkline

Subscriptions2
  • Inkline monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Inkline Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Feedwire free?
Feedwire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Inkline free?
Inkline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Feedwire or Inkline?
Feedwire and Inkline are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Feedwire or Inkline have ads?
Neither Feedwire nor Inkline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Feedwire or Inkline?
Feedwire ships an update every 2 weeks, and Inkline every 5 days. Most recently, Feedwire was updated on October 24, 2026 and Inkline on October 25, 2026.

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