Comparison

MyRssFeed vs Cosy Reader

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

Head to head
About

MyRssFeed

A minimalist RSS reader focused on simplicity and privacy. Subscribe to blogs, news sites, and podcasts with no accounts or tracking. Read articles offline and organize feeds into custom categories.

Highlights
  • RSS, Atom, JSON Feed support
  • OPML import/export
  • Custom feed categories
  • Offline article reading
  • Background feed refresh
  • Clean article reader
  • Bookmarking and search
Features
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MyRssFeed is a simple RSS reader for following your favorite publications, blogs, and news sites at your own pace. Find a source by name or topic, or add an RSS, Atom, or JSON Feed URL. A getting-started guide helps you build your reading list. MADE FOR IPHONE, IPHONE DUO, AND IPAD Open iPhone Duo to browse stories beside the reader. Keep your article and reading position as you fold, unfold, or rotate. On iPad, browse your article list and reader in an adaptive layout. Read comfortably in portrait, landscape, or a smaller window. READ YOUR WAY • Browse articles from all your sources in one place • Filter unread stories and search your articles • Save articles for later and read downloaded content offline • Enjoy clear typography and light or dark mode KEEP YOUR SOURCES ORGANIZED • Group sources into folders • Mark a source’s articles as read with a swipe • Import and export subscriptions using OPML • Refresh your feeds to check for new stories YOUR DIGEST On supported devices with Apple Intelligence enabled, get on-device summaries of recent article previews. When a selection cannot be summarized, Digest can show clearly labeled headlines and excerpts from your sources instead. Open any story to read the original. SIMPLE AND PRIVATE No MyFeed account, ads, or tracking. Your library is stored on your device by default. If you enable optional iCloud sync, your feeds, folders, reading state, saved articles, and reading positions sync through your private iCloud database, managed by Apple. MyFeed does not operate a server that stores this data. Turning sync off keeps your local library and iCloud copy. Feed downloads and linked websites still contact their publishers. Requires iOS 18 or later. AI summaries require iOS 26 or later and a device with Apple Intelligence available and enabled.

About

Cosy Reader

Features
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Cosy Reader is the calm home for everything you mean to read. Your RSS feeds, the articles you bookmark, and the newsletters you subscribe to — finally in one quiet place, in the order they were published. No algorithm. No "for you" tab. No infinite scroll nudging you to read more than you want. Just your reading, the way you chose it. THREE THINGS, ONE HOME • RSS feeds — Follow blogs, news sites, and podcasts. One chronological timeline, no algorithm deciding for you. Bring your existing subscriptions with a one-click OPML import. • Bookmarks — Save any article from the web in one click with the Chrome or Firefox extension. Your reading list is one tap away — come back when you actually have time to read. • Newsletters — Get a dedicated inbox address. Newsletters land in the app, not in your email. Read them when you sit down to read, not between meetings. CALM DOESN'T MEAN BARE-BONES • Search — Find anything by title, URL, or a line you remember reading. • Filters — Filter by tag, source, or reading status, and combine them to find exactly what you need. • Reading progress — A bar tracks where you are, so you pick up right where you left off. • Collections — Group your sources into topics. Read tech on Monday, cooking on Sunday. HOSTED IN EUROPE. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS. EU-hosted servers. No trackers selling your data. No dark patterns. Delete your account and everything goes with it. COMING FROM ANOTHER APP? Import your subscriptions from any RSS reader via OPML, and your saved articles as a CSV file. Everything comes with you. SIMPLE PRICING Start free: 200 bookmarks, 20 RSS feeds, and import from your current tools — no credit card required. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited bookmarks, unlimited feeds, and the newsletter inbox. One calm place for everything you mean to read.

Screenshots

MyRssFeed3 screens
Cosy Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cosy Reader at 15.1 against MyRssFeed's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyRssFeed ships an update every 5 days, Cosy Reader every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MyRssFeed versus Cosy Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyRssFeedCosy Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB49 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperZhengda LuAroniaina ANDRIAMARO

In-app purchases

None

MyRssFeed

No in-app purchases

None

Cosy Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyRssFeed free?
MyRssFeed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cosy Reader free?
Cosy Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MyRssFeed or Cosy Reader have ads?
Neither MyRssFeed nor Cosy Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyRssFeed or Cosy Reader?
MyRssFeed ships an update every 5 days, and Cosy Reader every 8 days. Most recently, MyRssFeed was updated on October 25, 2026 and Cosy Reader on October 20, 2026.

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