Comparison

Flat RSS vs Lettura

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

Head to head
About

Flat RSS

Consolidate all your reading, watching, and listening into one calm, chronological feed. Save articles, videos, and podcasts from various sources, with offline access and cross-device sync. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Unified feed for RSS, podcasts, videos, social media
  • Save articles, videos, and links to Stash
  • Offline access for saved content
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
  • Ad-free and privacy-focused experience
  • Customizable feed filtering
Features
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Flat is one calm place for everything you read, watch, and listen to. Flat brings RSS, podcasts, videos, social feeds, and saved links together in one quiet place. No unread counts. No pressure. No algorithmic ranking. FOLLOW YOUR FAVORITE SOURCES • RSS, Atom, JSON feeds, podcasts, YouTube, Reddit, Mastodon, Bluesky, and more • Paste a URL or keyword and Flat finds the right source • Browse a clean chronological timeline • Filter by source, focus or hide feeds, and filter out unwanted keywords SAVE ANYTHING • Save articles, videos, podcasts, and links to your Stash • Save links from any app, browser, or Flat browser extension • Auto-stash items from feeds you never want to miss • Keep saved items until you are ready to come back LISTEN AND WATCH • Play podcasts and videos with playback progress synced across devices • Build your own audio and video queue • Use chapters and a sleep timer AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE • iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Automatic iCloud sync across devices • Offline access for saved articles, audio, and video podcasts PRIVACY FIRST • No ads • No tracking • No account required • Your reading data is not used for advertising FLAT PRO Start free with Stash, saved links from other apps, and up to 30 feeds. Upgrade to Flat Pro for unlimited feeds, so new articles, podcasts, and videos from all your favorite sources appear automatically in your timeline. A free trial is available. Just your content, at your pace. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://justasimple.app/privacy

About

Lettura

Features
Currently charting
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Lettura is a native FreshRSS reader designed for reading and managing your feeds across Apple devices. It offers extensive customization and a consistent experience on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. FEATURES • FreshRSS synchronization, including starred articles • Sync on launch, in the background, or with pull to refresh • Extract full article content for a cleaner reading experience • Generate AI summaries with a customizable prompt (on-device and with external providers via API) • Automatically mark articles as read while scrolling • Customize the dock with your preferred actions • Configure left and right swipe actions to mark articles as read/unread, star/unstar them, save to Reading List, or open in Safari • Bionic Reading with three different modes • Choose from four customizable fonts • Customize text, article, and interface layouts • View images in articles, open them and zoom in • Choose whether links open in Safari or within the app • Resume articles from where you left off • Rich embedded previews for X posts, YouTube links, media, and charts • Pure Dark and Midnight Dark appearance modes • Save and restore your settings across devices with iCloud MADE FOR APPLE DEVICES Lettura is built with SwiftUI and adapts to iPhone, iPad, and Mac through Mac Catalyst. App and server settings can optionally be saved to iCloud and restored across your devices. REQUIREMENTS A FreshRSS instance is required (also TTRSS is supported) to synchronize your feeds. Lettura also includes a local Demo Mode, so you can explore the interface without a FreshRSS account. PRIVACY Lettura contains no advertising or analytics. The developer does not collect, sell, or share your personal data.

Screenshots

Flat RSS4 screens
Lettura4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flat RSS at Free against Lettura's $3.99. Flat RSS also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). Lettura's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Flat RSS is free to download; Lettura costs $3.99 up front. Flat RSS sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Lettura asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flat RSS ships an update every 10 days, Lettura every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences Ā· 4 level
Flat RSS versus Lettura: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlat RSSLettura
PriceFree — better$3.99
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank—#112 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB10 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperRene FischerGiulio Magnifico

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Flat RSS

Subscriptions2
  • Flat Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Flat Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Flat Pro Lifetime$44.99
None

Lettura

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flat RSS free?
Flat RSS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lettura free?
Lettura costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flat RSS or Lettura have ads?
Neither Flat RSS nor Lettura shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flat RSS or Lettura?
Flat RSS ships an update every 10 days, and Lettura every 3 days. Most recently, Flat RSS was updated on October 2, 2026 and Lettura on October 6, 2026.

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