Streamside vs ChronoFeed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Streamside
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Streamside is a simple, ad-free RSS/Atom feed reader. No account required. - Subscribe to feeds with one tap from Safari or Chrome's share menu - Background refresh with push notifications for new articles - Home screen widgets to check the latest at a glance - OPML import/export for easy migration from other readers or transferring to a new device - Share your feed collection with friends via a share link
ChronoFeed
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Your news, in chronological order. ChronoFeed is a clean, distraction-free RSS & Atom reader for iPhone, designed for people who value their time and want to decide what they read. Add your favorite sources, choose how often they refresh, and read stories in the order they were published - newest first or oldest first. No algorithmic ranking. No endless noise. Just your feeds and your reading. READ YOUR WAY ⢠See stories in chronological order ⢠Switch between newest-first and oldest-first ⢠Search across your feeds ⢠Filter by All, Unread, Today, This Week, or Saved ⢠See source names, thumbnails, and estimated reading time ⢠Save articles to read later ⢠Mark articles as read or unread with a swipe ⢠Share articles or copy links with a long press CONTROL YOUR SOURCES Add a feed URL or simply enter a website and let ChronoFeed discover available RSS or Atom feeds. Organize your sources into categories, rename them, pause sources you don't want refreshed, and control notifications on a per-source basis. IMPORT & EXPORT WITH OPML Moving from another RSS reader is easy. Import your feeds from Reeder, NetNewsWire, Feedly, or another compatible reader using OPML. ChronoFeed recreates your folders as categories and skips duplicate sources. You can also export your sources and categories whenever you want. REFRESH ON YOUR SCHEDULE Choose how ChronoFeed keeps your feed up to date. Refresh manually or select an automatic interval from 15 minutes to 24 hours. When iOS allows it, background refresh can fetch new stories and update your badge and notifications. Quiet Hours let you silence notification banners during the hours you choose, while your unread badge can continue to update. PRIVATE BY DESIGN ChronoFeed does not require an account. Your feeds and articles are stored on your iPhone, with no sign-in or cloud sync account required. Favicons are loaded from each site's own domain rather than through a third-party tracker. READ IN-APP OR IN SAFARI Open articles directly inside ChronoFeed using the dark in-app browser, or choose Safari when you want to use Safari Reader Mode and your extensions. BUILT FOR FOCUSED READING ChronoFeed keeps things simple with three main tabs: Feed, Sources, and Settings. Customize your reading experience with font sizes from XS to 3XL, optional Mark as Read on Scroll, automatic article cleanup, notification controls, and more. KNOW YOUR READING Statistics give you an overview of your sources, categories, articles, read percentage, saved items, images, averages, and refresh activity. A searchable User Guide, What's New cards, and first-launch onboarding help you get started quickly. YOUR FEEDS. YOUR ORDER. YOUR TIME. ChronoFeed puts you in control of your reading. Subscribe to RSS 2.0, Atom 1.0, and RDF RSS 1.0 feeds, organize the sources you choose, and read the stories that matter to you - without an algorithm deciding what comes first. ChronoFeed is built for iPhone and requires iOS 26.5 or later.
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Verdict
Streamside and ChronoFeed are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters ā price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Streamside | ChronoFeed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Maiku Yamaguchi | Paul Crisan |
In-app purchases
Streamside
No in-app purchases
ChronoFeed
No in-app purchases








