Hubly Reader vs Gatherly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hubly Reader
Stay informed with your preferred news sources through a clean and modern RSS reader. Organize articles by category, search quickly, and enjoy distraction-free reading. Upgrade for unlimited feeds, notifications, and read-later functionality.
- Personalized RSS feed following
- Clean and modern interface
- Article categorization and filtering
- Quick article search
- Distraction-free reader mode
- Unlimited feeds with Premium
- Read Later functionality
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All your news in one place and summarized for you. Hubly brings all your news sites into a single, clean feed designed like a magazine. Add any site: just paste its address and Hubly finds the feed for you. And every day, the AI on your device prepares a summary of the last 24 hours of news. Everything is computed on‑device — nothing leaves your phone. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Follow all your news sites in one feed, without intrusive ads • Add a source in one step — paste an address, Hubly detects the feed • Read in peace with Reader mode: a clean article, no ads or banners; tap once to return to the full page • Explore by topic: Hubly automatically sorts articles (Tech, AI, Science, Sports, Politics, Culture…) • Save articles to read later • A personalized feed that adapts to what you read YOUR DAILY AI SUMMARY A clear, journalist‑style synthesis of the day's important news, generated on your device with Apple Intelligence. Private, fast, no account. Get it every day at the time you choose. PRIVACY FIRST No account required. The summary is computed on‑device. Your reading stays yours. iCloud sync across your devices. HUBLY PREMIUM Go unlimited: unlimited sources, per‑source notifications, and zero ads.
Gatherly
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Gatherly - An RSS Reader for Your Feeds Gather your chosen blog and news feeds in one place, read at your pace, and save articles to find again. Gatherly is a free RSS reader for feeds you choose to follow. Add a feed with an RSS URL or a website address, review the preview, and subscribe. If you already have a feed list, import it from an OPML file. Export your subscribed feeds as OPML when you need a portable list. Organize feeds with tags, mark articles as read, and save the ones you want to revisit. Open a saved item from the Saved view. Explore trends, recommended feeds, categories, and topics in Discover. Keyword search creates a Google News RSS feed so you can subscribe to a topic. When iCloud is available, feeds, tags, and saved items can sync between your devices. To get started, choose Add RSS Feed in Settings, enter a URL, and open your first article. You can also start by importing OPML.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gatherly at none against Hubly Reader's 1. Gatherly also leads on ads (none vs shown). Hubly Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence and device support 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
Both are free to download. Hubly Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gatherly asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hubly Reader ships an update every 10 days, Gatherly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hubly Reader | Gatherly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quentin Van Eylen | Seho Park |
In-app purchases
Hubly Reader
- Hubly Premium$2.99
Gatherly
No in-app purchases









