Flowist vs Flux News Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flowist
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Flowist is a fast, personal RSS reader for following news, blogs, and independent websites in one calm timeline. Add a site name or URL and Flowist discovers available RSS or Atom feeds—no account or algorithmic recommendations required. Read comfortably with a clean article view, inline images, adjustable typography, light, dark, and dim themes, and smooth full-screen navigation. Organize sources into folders, mark everything read, save favorites or Read Later, and search across your library. Key features: • RSS and Atom feed discovery by site name or URL • Clean full-article reader with inline images • Unread, Favorites, and Read Later views • Feed folders and health status • Search by title, summary, or article content • OPML import and export • iCloud sync for feeds, folders, and reading state • Offline Read Later snapshots • Adjustable typeface, text size, and spacing • Light, dark, and dim themes Flowist keeps you in control of what you read. Your sources stay yours.
Flux News Reader
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Flux News is a native IOS/MacOS client for your self-hosted Miniflux server. Built from the ground up for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, it brings the focus and polish of a great reading app to the open RSS ecosystem you already control. Connect once with a Miniflux API key and your feeds, folders, stars, and read state stay in sync across every device — no third-party cloud, no account to create, no telemetry. *** This app is not affiliated with the MiniFlux developer READING, REIMAGINED • Clean, distraction-free article view with optional full-content fetch • Newspaper layout for browsing, swipe layout for focused reading • Choose from a curated set of system and serif fonts — including New York, Georgia, Charter, Iowan, Palatino, and Baskerville • Light, dark, and warm Solarized themes that respect your typography • Inline YouTube embeds tap straight into the in-app browser ON-DEVICE AI SUMMARIES • On supported hardware, generate a quick bullet-point summary of any article using Apple Intelligence. Long reads are handled with a chunked map reduce pass, so even feature-length pieces summarize cleanly. • Nothing leaves your device. LISTEN, DON'T JUST READ • Read any article aloud with the system's high-quality voices. Pick your preferred voice in Settings and pause, resume, or stop from the article toolbar. BUILT FOR EACH PLATFORM • iPhone: swipe between articles, pull to refresh, tap to share • iPad: side-by-side split view, full keyboard support • Mac: native menu bar, full keyboard shortcuts (←/→ to navigate, M to toggle read, B to bookmark, F to fetch full content, O to open in browser), resizable windows YOUR FEEDS, YOUR SERVER • Flux News is a client for Miniflux, a self-hosted RSS reader you run yourself or pay a small monthly fee for at miniflux.app. Bring your own server URL and API token, and you're done. PRIVACY BY DESIGN • No analytics, no tracking, no ads • No accounts beyond your own Miniflux server • Article summaries run on-device — text never leaves your phone, tablet, or Mac • Open-source feed protocols — no lock-in REQUIREMENTS • A Miniflux server (self-hosted or miniflux.app subscription) • iOS 17 / iPadOS 17 / macOS 14 or later • On-device AI summaries require iOS 26 / macOS 26 on an Apple Intelligence-capable device
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Flux News Reader at none against Flowist's shown. On price, update cadence, 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flowist | Flux News Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MEHMET RECEP ESER | Alexander Brown |
In-app purchases
Flowist
No in-app purchases
Flux News Reader
No in-app purchases








