RSS Reader Feeds vs Riffle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
RSS Reader Feeds
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Stay up-to-date with your favorite content using this simple and powerful RSS reader. Just add the RSS feed URL of any website, and the app will keep you informed with the latest updates. Organize your feeds effortlessly by creating and managing categories, so you can group similar topics together. You can edit or remove feeds and categories at any time to keep your list neat and relevant. The app also lets you set a custom fetch interval, automatically checking for the newest articles in the currently active feed, so youβre always seeing the most recent content without needing to refresh manually. With its clean interface and smart management features, this app makes following your interests easy and enjoyable.
Riffle
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Riffle is an RSS reader for iPhone, iPad and Mac. It keeps your reading on your device and syncs it with a server you choose β or with no server at all. OFFLINE FIRST Articles download as they arrive, so your unread list works on a flight, on the metro, and anywhere the signal gives out. Marking something read or starring it works offline too: those actions queue up and reach your server the moment you are back, in the order you made them. Nothing is lost because you were in a tunnel. WORKS WITH YOUR SERVER Connect FreshRSS, Miniflux or Feedbin, or any server that speaks the Fever or Google Reader API. Subscriptions, folders, read state and stars stay in step across every device you read on. Credentials go to your server and nowhere else. OR NO SERVER AT ALL Riffle can fetch feeds itself, with no account and nothing in between. Paste a website and it finds the feed. YouTube channels, subreddits, GitHub releases and Medium writers work as they are. BUILT FOR READING A reader view set in Apple's New York serif, with the face, size and line width under your control. Feeds that publish only a summary can be opened in full. Swipe to mark read or to star, search everything you have downloaded, and switch between the article, the full text and the live page whenever you want. DRIVEN FROM THE KEYBOARD Vim-style keys throughout: j and k to move, n for the next unread, s to star, m to toggle read, / to search, ? for the list. Menu commands and shortcuts on the Mac for everything else. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Widgets for your unread count and your newest articles. Share a page from Safari and Riffle finds the feed behind it. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION No Riffle account and no Riffle server. No tracking, no analytics, no advertising, no third-party services. Passwords and API keys live in the Keychain, never in the database. Riffle talks to your server and to the sites you subscribe to, and to nothing else. POLITE TO YOUR SERVER Riffle will not poll more often than every fifteen minutes, whatever the settings say, and it never runs a full sync just to tell your server you read something. A self-hosted instance is usually one small machine, and it is treated like one. Native on all three platforms: three columns on Mac and iPad, a navigation stack on iPhone, and one library underneath them all.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Riffle at Free against RSS Reader Feeds's $0.99. RSS Reader Feeds's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Riffle is free to download; RSS Reader Feeds costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | RSS Reader Feeds | Riffle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free β better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zohar Bobrin | Nikolaj Jensen |
In-app purchases
RSS Reader Feeds
No in-app purchases
Riffle
No in-app purchases









