AirSS vs Headlines RSS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AirSS
Stay informed with a fast and elegant RSS reader. Listen to articles with text-to-speech, organize feeds, and customize your reading experience. It offers powerful search and automatic maintenance for your news.
- Audio reading with text-to-speech
- OPML import/export
- Customizable reader themes and fonts
- Powerful article search
- Priority feed notifications
- Background feed synchronization
- Intuitive gesture controls
Read full descriptionHide full description
AirSS is the next-generation RSS reader designed for news enthusiasts and information curators. Elegant, fast, and powerful, AirSS lets you follow all your favorite websites from a single app. Premium interface Discover a modern interface with a dark “Liquid Glass” design inspired by iOS 26. Every element has been crafted to offer an immersive and pleasant reading experience. Audio reading Listen to your articles with built-in text-to-speech. Perfect for your commute, workout, or when your eyes need a break. Background playback supported. OPML import/export Easily migrate from Feedly, Inoreader, NewsBlur, or any other RSS reader. Export your feeds for backup or sharing. Intuitive gestures - Swipe right: Add to favorites - Swipe left: Mark read/unread - Long press: Quick preview and actions Customizable reader Tailor your reading experience: - 4 themes: Light, Dark, Sepia, OLED - 3 fonts: System, Serif, Monospace - Adjustable text size (12–24 pt) Powerful search Find any article in an instant. Search across titles, descriptions, and content. Priority feeds Mark your important feeds and receive notifications so you never miss anything. Automatic maintenance - Auto-delete old articles (configurable) - Inactive feed detection - Favorite articles preserved forever Background sync Your feeds refresh automatically even when the app is closed. Complete features - Add feeds via URL or search - Organize by categories/tags - Filters: Unread, Favorites, All - Unread article counter - Article sharing - Open in Safari - Native dark mode AirSS respects your privacy: no account required, no data collected, everything stays on your device. Download AirSS and take back control of your news consumption. Term : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Headlines RSS
Stay updated with your favorite news sources through this reader. It automatically categorizes feeds and offers a clean article view optimized for full content. Easily manage your subscriptions with import/export options.
- Automatic feed categorization
- Optimized article view
- Direct feed fetching
- Color-coded feeds
- OPML import/export
Read full descriptionHide full description
A morning cup of latest news from your favorite feeds, categorized automatically as Trickle, Stream and Link blogs, so you can easily choose what you want to spend your reading time for. - Nice article view, optimized for feeds with full-size content. - Does not rely on any feed aggregation services, fetches feeds directly from content providers. - Each feed has a color associated with it - makes quick skimming through the lists of articles easier. - Simple to use interface. - Can import and export subscriptions using OPML files. - Plays podcasts and other audio content in the feeds
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Headlines RSS at 100% against AirSS's 18%. Headlines RSS also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). AirSS's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). On 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
AirSS is free to download; Headlines RSS costs $1.99 up front. AirSS sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Headlines RSS asks for nothing beyond the download.
AirSS holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AirSS has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 18% of AirSS's written reviews are positive against 100% of Headlines RSS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AirSS ships an update every 3 months, Headlines RSS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AirSS | Headlines RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (20 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #86 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Heitz Bruno | onFoot IT |
Customer experience
AirSS
Headlines RSS
In-app purchases
AirSS
- AirSS Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- AirSS Pro (Yearly)$8.991 Year
- Pro Version$12.99
Headlines RSS
No in-app purchases
