Comparison

FeedPulse vs Flowist

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FeedPulse

Features
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FeedPulse is a modern RSS reader designed for clarity, speed, and smart content discovery. • Add and organize RSS feeds with an elegant, minimal interface. • View clean, distraction-free articles with built-in Liquid Glass design. • Automatically detect favicons and Open Graph images for a visual reading experience. • Browse category-based recommendations for technology, news, science, business, entertainment, and sports. • Search across feeds and articles instantly. • Use an integrated inspector to preview article details, authors, and publication dates. • Access curated recommendations and easily add new feeds from a dedicated window. FeedPulse makes it effortless to stay informed, discover quality sources, and enjoy the web’s best content — all in one refined dashboard.

About

Flowist

Features
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Flowist is a fast, personal RSS reader for following news, blogs, and independent websites in one calm timeline. Add a site name or URL and Flowist discovers available RSS or Atom feeds—no account or algorithmic recommendations required. Read comfortably with a clean article view, inline images, adjustable typography, light, dark, and dim themes, and smooth full-screen navigation. Organize sources into folders, mark everything read, save favorites or Read Later, and search across your library. Key features: • RSS and Atom feed discovery by site name or URL • Clean full-article reader with inline images • Unread, Favorites, and Read Later views • Feed folders and health status • Search by title, summary, or article content • OPML import and export • iCloud sync for feeds, folders, and reading state • Offline Read Later snapshots • Adjustable typeface, text size, and spacing • Light, dark, and dim themes Flowist keeps you in control of what you read. Your sources stay yours.

Screenshots

FeedPulse4 screens
Flowist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FeedPulse at none against Flowist's shown. FeedPulse also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Flowist's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FeedPulse ships an update fortnightly, Flowist monthly. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
FeedPulse versus Flowist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFeedPulseFlowist
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB13 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDor PascalMEHMET RECEP ESER

In-app purchases

None

FeedPulse

No in-app purchases

None

Flowist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FeedPulse free?
FeedPulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flowist free?
Flowist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FeedPulse or Flowist have ads?
Flowist shows ads; FeedPulse does not.
Which is updated more often, FeedPulse or Flowist?
FeedPulse ships an update fortnightly, and Flowist monthly. Most recently, FeedPulse was updated on October 7, 2026 and Flowist on October 7, 2026.

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