OpenWire RSS Reader vs EchoPie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenWire RSS Reader
This app allows you to subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds from various sources and read them in a clean, chronological interface. It offers organization by category and a home screen widget for quick access to headlines. It is designed for privacy with no tracking or profiling.
- Subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds
- Organized by category
- Home screen widget
- Chronological timelines
- Private by design
- Lightweight and battery-friendly
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OpenWire is a modern RSS reader built for people who want to follow the web on their own terms. Subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds from news sites, blogs, and newsletters, and read them in a clean, distraction-free interface — no algorithms deciding what you see. Why OpenWire? - Follow any RSS or Atom feed - Organized by category: Top, Tech, Health, Science, Politics, and more - Home screen widget keeps headlines within reach - Chronological timelines — no engagement tricks - Fast, lightweight, and battery-friendly - Private by design — no tracking or profiling Free to download. Bring your own feeds or start with our curated defaults. Your feeds. Your pace. Your attention.
EchoPie
Consolidate blogs, news, and publications into a single reading space. Translate foreign-language content, create highlights, and build a personal library of articles. Sync your reading across devices and choose your preferred cloud storage.
- RSS feed aggregation
- Article translation
- Offline reading
- Highlighting and note-taking
- AI-powered summaries
- Cross-device syncing
- OPML import/export
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Bring blogs, news sites, and independent publications into one calm reading space. EchoPie helps you understand foreign-language feeds and turn Read Later items, highlights, and notes into your own reading library. FOLLOW THE SOURCES THAT MATTER • Support for RSS 2.0, RSS 1.0 RDF, and Atom • Discover feeds from a website or import them with OPML • Organize subscriptions and quickly browse Today, Unread, and Bookmarks UNDERSTAND WITHOUT LEAVING THE ARTICLE • Translate article titles and full articles into your chosen language • Select text to highlight, add a note, translate, or explain • Generate concise overviews with compatible AI providers • Keep articles available offline and move smoothly through long reads KEEP WHAT IS WORTH RETURNING TO • Manage Bookmarks, Read Later, highlights, and notes in dedicated views • Search your library to find articles again • Review your feeds with word clouds and create shareable reading cards PICK UP ON ANOTHER DEVICE • Sync through iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive, WebDAV, cloud files, or devices on the same Wi-Fi network • Keep subscriptions, reading state, settings, and notes together • Import and export OPML or EchoPie snapshots YOUR DATA, YOUR CHOICE No EchoPie account required. Data stays on your device by default. You choose whether to sync and which translation or AI provider to use. EchoPie does not decide what you should read. It helps you understand what matters, keep it, and find it again. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: EchoPie at none against OpenWire RSS Reader's shown. EchoPie also leads on device support (3 vs 1). OpenWire RSS Reader's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. OpenWire RSS Reader sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and EchoPie sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for OpenWire RSS Reader against 5.0 for EchoPie. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
OpenWire RSS Reader ships an update weekly, EchoPie every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenWire RSS Reader | EchoPie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Four Corners Development Group | 振培 林 |
Customer experience
OpenWire RSS Reader
EchoPie
In-app purchases
OpenWire RSS Reader
- Starter$0.99
- Plus$1.99
- Unlimited$4.99
EchoPie
- EchoPie PRO Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- EchoPie PRO Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- EchoPie PRO Lifetime$14.99









