Comparison

Flat RSS vs content

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 blogs, news, videos, podcasts, and social feeds into a single, chronological stream. Save content for later reading, watching, or listening, with offline access for podcasts and articles. Syncs across all your Apple devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Aggregate blogs, news sites, Mastodon, and Bluesky feeds
  • Follow YouTube channels and discover podcasts
  • Save articles, videos, and podcasts for later
  • Offline listening for podcasts and reading for articles
  • Syncs across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and CarPlay
  • Chronological feed without algorithmic ranking
  • Global filters for content customization
Features
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Flat brings blogs, news, videos, podcasts and social feeds together in one app. Follow your favorite sources and save anything you want to read, watch or listen to later. READ BLOGS AND NEWS • Follow blogs, news sites, and feeds from Mastodon and Bluesky. • Find sources through search or import your subscriptions from another feed reader. • New posts appear in chronological order, without algorithmic ranking. • Choose from different layouts, from compact lists to large image cards. WATCH VIDEOS AND LISTEN TO PODCASTS • Follow YouTube channels and playlists. • Discover podcasts in the built-in catalog and subscribe to your favorites. • Create your own queues and decide what plays next. • Use chapters and the sleep timer. • Download podcast episodes for offline listening. • Control podcast playback from Apple Watch and CarPlay too. SAVE EVERYTHING FOR LATER • Keep articles, videos, podcast episodes and links together in Saved. • Save content from other apps using the Share menu, or directly to Flat from any device with the Chrome and Firefox browser extensions. • Saved items stay until you remove them. You can read saved articles offline too. ON YOUR DEVICES • Use Flat on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple CarPlay. • Your subscriptions, saved items and queues stay in sync through your private iCloud, without an additional login or separate account. • Continue videos and podcasts on another device, right where you left off. • Use global filters to choose what you see, for example by source, content type or keyword. Your filters apply to articles, videos and podcasts alike. TRY FREE FOR 30 DAYS Try Flat free for 30 days. Your trial ends automatically. You can then unlock Flat Pro with a one-time purchase, without a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://justasimple.app/privacy

About

content

This app provides a clean, chronological feed of articles from any website or service that publishes an RSS or Atom feed. It offers a distraction-free reading experience, offline access, and organizes content into customizable categories. The app prioritizes user privacy with no accounts or tracking.

Highlights
  • Chronological feed display
  • Supports RSS, Atom, YouTube, Reddit
  • Distraction-free reader view
  • Offline reading capabilities
  • Customizable categories
  • Save articles for later
  • No account or tracking
Features
Currently charting
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The internet used to feel different. You picked the sites you loved, and you read them. content brings that back. content is a calm, beautiful RSS reader for people who want to read articles — not scroll comments, fight algorithms, or chase engagement metrics. NO ALGORITHM. NO COMMENTS. NO NOISE. Your feeds appear in one place, in the order they were published. Chronological, always. No ranking, no "trending," no recommendations, nothing deciding for you what matters. FOLLOW ANYTHING WITH A FEED News sites, personal blogs, magazines, newsletters, YouTube channels, subreddits — if it publishes an RSS or Atom feed, you can follow it. Found something good in Safari? Add it straight from the share sheet. Import your existing subscriptions via OPML in seconds. A READER THAT RESPECTS THE ARTICLE Articles open in a clean, distraction-free reader view: no pop-ups, no interstitials, no comment sections. Typography-first design in dark or light mode. Even sites that only publish headlines get the full article extracted for you. ORGANIZED YOUR WAY Group feeds into categories and read them as one chronological stream. Save articles for later. Tag anything. Your library, your structure. ON IPHONE AND IPAD On iPad, your list sits beside the article you're reading, so finishing one and starting the next never changes the screen. Your library opens as a sidebar. Attach a keyboard and the arrow keys move through the list. SYNCS ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Your feeds, categories, tags, arrangement, and everything you've read or saved follow you between your iPhone and iPad over iCloud. Nothing to turn on, no account to create. PICKS UP EXACTLY WHERE YOU LEFT OFF content remembers your place in every list and every article. Close the app mid-paragraph, come back tomorrow, keep reading. READS OFFLINE Articles and their images prefetch quietly in the background on Wi-Fi. Open the app on the subway, on a flight, in a dead zone — everything's already there. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. No analytics, no tracking, nothing promoted — ever. Your articles are stored on your device, and syncing runs through your own private iCloud storage. Nothing is sent to our servers, because there are no servers. PAY ONCE, KEEP EVERYTHING No subscription. No premium tier. No locked features, no in-app purchases, no upsell. You buy the app, you own the app. Stay informed. Not hooked.

Screenshots

Flat RSS4 screens
content3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flat RSS at Free against content's $2.00. Flat RSS also leads on device support (4 vs 2). content's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and chart position (#106 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ads and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Flat RSS is free to download; content costs $2.00 up front. Flat RSS sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. content asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flat RSS ships an update every 2 weeks, content every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Flat RSS versus content: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlat RSScontent
PriceFree — better$2.00
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#106 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB9 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRene FischerKeith Norman

Customer experience

Flat RSS

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

content

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Flat RSS

Subscriptions2
  • Flat Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Flat Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • 30-day TrialFree
  • Flat Pro Lifetime$8.99
None

content

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flat RSS free?
Flat RSS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is content free?
content costs $2.00, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flat RSS or content have ads?
Neither Flat RSS nor content shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flat RSS or content?
Flat RSS ships an update every 2 weeks, and content every 6 days. Most recently, Flat RSS was updated on November 13, 2026 and content on November 13, 2026.

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