HyperTexting vs Current
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
HyperTexting is free to download; Current costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | HyperTexting | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.5 (111 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 68.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #5 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Herd Works Inc | Jupiter Interactive Group LLC |
Customer experience
HyperTexting
Current
In-app purchases
HyperTexting
No in-app purchases
Current
No in-app purchases





