Comparison

HyperTexting vs Amethyst

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

Head to head
About

HyperTexting

A social news feed that connects you to diverse content from news outlets, creators, and podcasts. Share your thoughts and media, including links, mentions, and files, directly to your own website. Engage with a truly open social web experience.

Highlights
  • Follow diverse content feeds
  • Post to your own website feed
  • Supports hyperlinks and @mentions
  • Includes photos, videos, and podcasts
  • Share PDFs and other files
  • Engage in open social discourse
Features
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HyperTexting is a social news feed, powered by the open social web. Follow your favorite feeds, including traditional news outlets, independent journalists, content creators, podcasts, video streams, and much more. Join the discourse by posting to your feed—an actual website—easier than posting on social media, with hyperlinks, @mentions, #hashtags, photos, videos, podcasts, and even PDFs.

About

Amethyst

A streamlined RSS reader designed for Apple devices, offering customizable feed organization, real-time notifications, and article bookmarking. It supports RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds, syncing seamlessly across your Apple ecosystem.

Highlights
  • RSS, Atom, JSON feed support
  • Feed grouping and sorting
  • Real-time push notifications
  • Article bookmarking
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • OPML import/export
Features
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Amethyst is the ultimate RSS reader for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. Built by a writer, for writers. It support RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds. It offers in depth customization, group sorting, real time push notifications, recaps, and much more. It feels right at home on your Apple device, being optimized for larger screen layouts - and truly makes RSS feel painless. Your feeds sync across iCloud, providing a unified experience across all of your Apple devices. Stay organized - Group feeds into folders and reorder them however you like - Mark your key sources as favorites - Bookmark articles to read later - Unread indicators quickly show you whats new - "Here's what you missed" summary when you're away for a little while - Keep up with your reading stats on your profile Real-time push notifications - Get notified the moment your favorite publications post new articles - Dial in your notifications per feed, so you only see what's most important - Never miss key stories, even when the app is in the background - Set certain feeds as Time Sensitive, so they always show up despite your Focus mode - Free users get up to 4 notification sources, Plus users gain unlimited Deep integration - View articles on your Apple Watch through complication or notifications, beam it to your iPhone to read later - Home and Lock Screen widgets to keep up with the news without checking the app - Mac keyboard shortcuts for easy navigation without lifting a finger - Share sheet extension to bookmark articles or add new sources, straight from Safari Discover new sources - Browse curated feeds organized by topic for added variety - Preview any source before adding it to your library - Import and export your feed collection with OPML, making it easy to switch in or out Amethyst Plus - Customize your folder icons, theme color, and app icon - Follow writers, so you can keep up with your favorite sources - Unlimited real time push notifications, instead of just 4 Thanks for using Amethyst! Feel free to share any feedback with me at feedback@amethyst.news. Subscription Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HyperTexting3 screens
Amethyst4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HyperTexting at 67% against Amethyst's 0%. HyperTexting also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Amethyst's advantage is device support (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. Amethyst sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. HyperTexting asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HyperTexting ships an update every 3 weeks, Amethyst monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HyperTexting versus Amethyst: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHyperTextingAmethyst
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB52 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperHerd Works IncMBRKHRDT LLC

Customer experience

HyperTexting

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Amethyst

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

HyperTexting

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Amethyst

Subscriptions2
  • Amethyst Plus - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Amethyst Plus - Annual14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Amethyst Plus - Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is HyperTexting free?
HyperTexting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Amethyst free?
Amethyst is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HyperTexting or Amethyst have ads?
Neither HyperTexting nor Amethyst shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HyperTexting or Amethyst?
HyperTexting ships an update every 3 weeks, and Amethyst monthly. Most recently, HyperTexting was updated on October 8, 2026 and Amethyst on October 1, 2026.

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