Alume vs FeedDeck RSS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alume
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Alume reinvents the RSS reader: aggregate all your favorite sites, blogs and newsletters, and let the AI of your choice summarize, tag and organize your reading. PERSONALIZED SMART FEEDS Build custom feeds with combined rules: keywords, sources, tags, reading time or publish date. DAILY AI DIGEST Get a smart daily summary of your feeds, generated from your own subscriptions. HIGHLIGHTS & ANNOTATIONS Highlight a passage, add a personal note, or ask the AI for a suggestion. Find every annotation organized by article. YOUR CHOICE OF AI Connect Claude (Anthropic), ChatGPT (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), Mistral, or a custom API. Alume never locks you into one model — you stay in control of your data and your costs. SMART TAGS Organize articles with custom tags, auto-suggested by AI. FULL APPLE INTEGRATION Home Screen widget, Spotlight search, Siri Shortcuts, iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac. BACKUP & CONTROL Export and restore all your data anytime. No ads, no forced subscription, no data collection. You choose your AI, you keep control.
FeedDeck RSS
Consolidate your favorite news, blogs, and updates from RSS, Atom, and XML feeds into a single, elegant reader. Enjoy AI-powered article summaries generated on-device and smart filtering to stay organized.
- Subscribe to RSS, Atom, XML feeds
- On-device AI article summaries
- Smart filtering (Today, Unread, Starred)
- Clean reading experience
- OPML import/export
- iCloud sync
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FeedDeck brings all your favorite RSS, Atom, and XML feeds into one beautifully designed reader. Stay on top of news, blogs, and updates with smart filtering, starring, and AI-powered article summaries. Key Features: • Subscribe to any RSS, Atom, or XML feed • Smart filters: Today, Unread, and Starred articles • On-device AI article summaries powered by Apple Intelligence • Clean, distraction-free reading experience • Import and export feeds via OPML • Automatic feed refresh and article cleanup • iCloud sync across all your devices • Curated starter feeds to get you started Whether you follow tech news, development blogs, science journals, or world events, FeedDeck keeps everything organized in a modern, elegant interface. Tap "AI Summary" on any article to instantly generate a concise summary, powered entirely on-device by Apple Intelligence — no API key, no account, no cloud required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Alume at weekly against FeedDeck RSS's fortnightly. Alume also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Alume ships an update weekly, FeedDeck RSS fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alume | FeedDeck RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Florian Simon | Zabir Raihan |
In-app purchases
Alume
No in-app purchases
FeedDeck RSS
No in-app purchases









