Comparison

HyperTexting vs Current

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

Current

This app offers a peaceful way to consume RSS feeds without the pressure of unread counts or overdue articles. It prioritizes a calm, unhurried reading experience with beautiful typography and intuitive navigation. Sync with various providers or use local feeds for a personalized content stream.

Highlights
  • No unread counts or badges
  • Calm and unhurried design
  • Beautiful article presentation
  • Support for multiple sync providers
  • Full-text article extraction
  • Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Features
Currently charting
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Current is an RSS reader built on a simple idea: your feed should never make you feel behind. There are no unread counts. No red badges. No number climbing while you sleep, silently tallying everything you haven't read. Current shows you what's new right now, and that's it. Nothing is owed. Nothing is overdue. You open it when you want to read, and whatever's there is what's there. The design is intentional. Every screen, every interaction, every animation was built to feel calm and unhurried. Articles are presented beautifully with clean typography and generous whitespace. Navigation is fluid and intuitive. The app gets out of the way and lets you focus on what matters: the writing. Current supports multiple sync providers so you can bring your existing subscriptions: - Feedbin - Inoreader - MiniFlux - FreshRSS - The Old Reader - NewsBlur - Local RSS (on-device, no account needed) Features: - Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Beautiful article reader with smart formatting - Full-text article extraction - Light and dark themes - Background refresh - OPML import and export - Share extension - Keyboard shortcuts on iPad and Mac - iCloud sync for local feeds Current is a one-time purchase. No subscription. No ads. No tracking. Just an app you buy once and own forever. Built by an indie developer who wanted to love RSS again.

Screenshots

HyperTexting3 screens
Current4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HyperTexting at Free against Current's $9.99. HyperTexting also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Current's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (111 vs 4). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

HyperTexting is free to download; Current costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HyperTexting holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Current has 111 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of HyperTexting's written reviews are positive against 68% of Current's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HyperTexting ships an update every 3 weeks, Current every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
HyperTexting versus Current: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHyperTextingCurrent
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.5 (111 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews68.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4111 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#5 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB46 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHerd Works IncJupiter Interactive Group LLC

Customer experience

HyperTexting

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

Current

All ratings111 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral5.4%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative17.0%

In-app purchases

None

HyperTexting

No in-app purchases

None

Current

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HyperTexting free?
HyperTexting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Current free?
Current costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HyperTexting or Current?
HyperTexting is rated higher. HyperTexting averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Current averages 4.5 from 111 ratings.
Do HyperTexting or Current have ads?
Neither HyperTexting nor Current shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HyperTexting or Current?
HyperTexting ships an update every 3 weeks, and Current every 3 days. Most recently, HyperTexting was updated on September 7, 2026 and Current on September 22, 2026.

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