Comparison

hamir vs Flux

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

Head to head
About

hamir

Features
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Personal news reader that respects your time and privacy. Engage with your interests in a fun non-distracting way. โ€ข Shape your feed with your favorite sources โ€ข Save for later: reading lists, offline support, and share to hamir from any app โ€ข Detailed stats, reading progress and streaks - visualized โ€ข Fine-tune on-device suggestions and discover something new Oh, and no ads or data harvesting. Terms of Use: https://hamir.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://hamir.app/privacy

About

Flux

Features
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Flux: read the news you care about, without the noise, in a fast and private app. READER MODE Articles open as clean text. Adjustable font, size and theme (day, night, sepia). The original web page is always one tap away. YOUR SOURCES A catalog of over 300 sources: English and international press, tech, science, business, culture, sport. You can also add any website from its URL, import an OPML file, and follow YouTube channels or newsletters. "FOR YOU" RANKING A personalized ranking, computed right on your iPhone. OFFLINE Save an article to read it again without a connection. When you're offline, Flux automatically opens the saved copy if there is one. ALWAYS UP TO DATE Feeds refresh on their own, at launch and in the background. A badge flags new articles without jumping the list while you're reading. SEARCH Find any article in your feed, your favorites or your history. INTEGRATIONS Send to Obsidian, Readwise and Pocket. Copy as Markdown. Save from Safari with the share extension. PRIVACY No account, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays on your device.

Screenshots

hamir4 screens
Flux3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flux at none against hamir's 8. hamir's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. hamir sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Flux asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

hamir ships an update every 11 days, Flux every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
hamir versus Flux: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterhamirFlux
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 11 days โ€” betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size159 MB13 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDmytro SokolviakUbbik

In-app purchases

8 purchases

hamir

Subscriptions3
  • support hamir$1.991 Month
  • support hamir$4.991 Month
  • support hamir$9.991 Month
One-time5
  • support hamir$0.99
  • support hamir$4.99
  • support hamir$9.99
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  • support hamir$14.99
  • support hamir$24.99
None

Flux

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is hamir free?
hamir is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flux free?
Flux is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do hamir or Flux have ads?
Neither hamir nor Flux shows ads.
Which is updated more often, hamir or Flux?
hamir ships an update every 11 days, and Flux every 4 weeks. Most recently, hamir was updated on October 9, 2026 and Flux on October 3, 2026.

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