Gatherly vs Aruvi RSS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Aruvi RSS
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Aruvi is a modern RSS feed reader designed for people who want to take control of what they read. In a world of algorithmic feeds and endless distractions, RSS remains the best way to follow the content you care about. Aruvi makes it simple to subscribe to your favorite blogs, news sites, and publications—all in one clean, focused app. SUBSCRIBE TO ANY FEED Add RSS feeds from any website with a single tap. Aruvi handles the rest, automatically fetching new content so you never miss a post. READ WITHOUT DISTRACTIONS A clean, minimal interface puts your content front and center. No ads, no algorithmic sorting—just the articles you chose to follow, in the order they were published. SEARCH EVERYTHING Looking for that article you read last week? Full-text search lets you find any post across all your subscribed feeds instantly. SORT YOUR WAY View your feeds newest first, oldest first, or sorted by most comments. Filter by individual feed or browse everything at once. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Sign in with just your email—no password required. Your subscriptions sync automatically, so you can pick up where you left off on any device.
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Verdict
Gatherly and Aruvi RSS are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gatherly ships an update weekly, Aruvi RSS every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gatherly | Aruvi RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Seho Park | Aananta Co |
In-app purchases
Gatherly
No in-app purchases
Aruvi RSS
No in-app purchases









