MyRssFeed vs Syndic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- RSS, Atom, JSON Feed support
- OPML import/export
- Custom feed categories
- Offline article reading
- Background feed refresh
- Clean article reader
- Bookmarking and search
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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.
Syndic
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Syndic is a native RSS reader built for people who want to read, not fight their app. No accounts, no ads, no algorithm — just your feeds, beautifully presented on iPhone and iPad. Add any RSS, Atom or JSON Feed source with a single URL. Your articles land in Inbox, ready to read. Save what matters to Favorites or Read Later. Organize your feeds into folders and keep everything in sync across all your devices with iCloud. Import your existing subscriptions from any RSS reader via OPML — or pick from 40+ feeds we've already curated for you across Apple, Tech, News, Science, Design, Dev, Podcasts, YouTube and Social. Syndic gets out of your way and lets you read. Features — RSS, Atom and JSON Feed 1.1 support — Inbox, Favorites, Read Later — Folders to organize your feeds — iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, macOS — OPML import and export — 40+ curated feeds to get started — no searching for URLs — Syndic is available in Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), and Simplified Chinese, alongside English.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyRssFeed at none against Syndic's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Syndic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MyRssFeed asks for nothing beyond the download.
MyRssFeed ships an update every 5 days, Syndic every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | MyRssFeed | Syndic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Zhengda Lu | Arturo Rey |
In-app purchases
MyRssFeed
No in-app purchases
Syndic
- Buy me a coffee$2.99









