Comparison

Zephyr vs Ferry

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

Head to head
About

Zephyr

Organize your favorite news, blogs, and updates into streamlined feeds. Enjoy an ad-free, distraction-free reading experience with smart syncing for offline access. Unlock unlimited feed sources with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Curated news and blog feeds
  • Ad-free reading experience
  • No tracking or distractions
  • Smart syncing for offline access
  • Unlimited feed sources with subscription
Features
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Your favorite stories. Your way. Bring all your favorite news, blogs, and updates together in clean, distraction-free feeds. No ads. No tracking. Just the stories that matter to you—with smart syncing that keeps everything ready whenever you are. Explore more with built-in translation, get the essentials with AI summaries, or listen with read-aloud. Enjoy full articles in a clean reading view, and download entire folders of articles for offline reading—wherever life takes you. Free for first 50 feed sources. You can added unlimited feed sources when subscribed to monthly, yearly or perpetual license. ---- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://www.evolverocks.com/privacy.html Contact us by support@evolverocks.com, if you have any suggestions or need any help.

About

Ferry

Features
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Ferry reads your feeds and puts the story that matters on top. Most readers list what you follow by arrival, so the newest post wins whether or not it is the one to read. Ferry watches how widely each story is being covered across the web and ranks by that: a story ten of your sources ran sits above the one that just came in. Open the app and the first thing you see is the thing worth your time. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account to create and no identifier of any kind. Ferry's server knows what sort of device asked for the day's stories and nothing else — not which feeds you follow, not what you open, not how long you read. Nothing is profiled, and the ranking is the same for everybody. ONE STORY, EVERY TELLING Under a headline Ferry tells you how many feeds carried the same story. Tap it to see them all, and read the one you trust or compare them side by side. On an iPhone with Apple Intelligence, Ferry can also sum up where the coverage agrees and which outlet breaks from the rest — worked out on the device from those headlines alone, so nothing is sent anywhere and nothing is invented. DISCOVER WHAT YOUR FEEDS MISSED Discover shows the stories the whole web is talking about, by topic, with every outlet that ran a story on one row and a count of how many did. Tap through to read any telling of it, or follow the source that ran it best. YOUR FEEDS, ANY WAY YOU LIKE • Read on this device: no account. Add sites by URL or import an OPML file and Ferry fetches them directly. • Already use FreshRSS? Sign in and your subscriptions and read state stay in step. Inoreader, BazQux and The Old Reader are coming soon. • Folders, a Today view, a Later queue, and a home-screen widget. FOLDERS THAT FILL THEMSELVES Smart folders collect articles by rule — title contains, source is, topic is, up to ten rules, all or any — and stay in sync across your devices through iCloud. READ ANYWHERE • Offline: after each refresh Ferry fetches the full text and pictures of recent articles, so a tunnel or a plane is not a blank page. • Search from every screen, and find any headline from Spotlight. • A daily summary at a time you choose, listing what is waiting in your feeds. • Send an article to GoodLinks, Anybox, Flyleaf, Instapaper, Readwise, Raindrop.io, Pinboard, wallabag or Safari's Reading List. • The reader shows the article's own text, at your text size. ONE APP, EVERY SCREEN iPhone, iPad and Mac, with the same library. On the Mac, three columns: sources, stories and the article you are reading, all at once. FERRY PLUS Ferry is a complete reader for free: unlimited feeds, folders, offline reading, search, the widget, iCloud sync between your own devices, Discover's top stories and three smart folders. Ferry Plus adds five things: the Trending order in your own feeds, the page behind every coverage count, every Discover topic arranged your way, unlimited smart folders, and reading stats. Free for fourteen days, then $19.99 a year or $2.49 a month — or one payment for life. Nothing in the free tier expires. Ferry Plus is available as an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly) or as a one-time purchase for life. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://api.ferryrss.com/privacy

Screenshots

Zephyr4 screens
Ferry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ferry at every 5 days against Zephyr's fortnightly. Ferry also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Zephyr sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Ferry sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zephyr ships an update fortnightly, Ferry every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Zephyr versus Ferry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZephyrFerry
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB16 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEvolve Rocks LtdApoorv Bhawsar

Customer experience

Zephyr

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ferry

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Zephyr

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Perpetual License$54.99
3 purchases

Ferry

Subscriptions2
  • Ferry Plus — Monthly14 Days trial$2.491 Month
  • Ferry Plus — Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ferry Plus — Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Zephyr free?
Zephyr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ferry free?
Ferry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Zephyr or Ferry have ads?
Neither Zephyr nor Ferry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zephyr or Ferry?
Zephyr ships an update fortnightly, and Ferry every 5 days. Most recently, Zephyr was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ferry on October 25, 2026.

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