Comparison

Flux vs Gather

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

Head to head
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.

About

Gather

This app provides a calm, local-first RSS reader to follow trusted publications and read clean full articles. It offers customizable reading experiences, offline access, and privacy-focused features without requiring an account.

Highlights
  • Local-first RSS reader
  • Offline article reading
  • Customizable reading views
  • No account required
  • On-device processing
  • OPML export
  • Optional article translation
Features
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Read what you choose, without turning every subscription into another inbox. Gather is an RSS and Atom reader built around your sources. Follow trusted publications, blogs, and independent sites. No Gather account is required. A feed that fits you Use Browse for a relaxed chronological stream and Keep up for the few sources you want to finish. Group coverage of the same story, discover new sources, and organize focused views. Comfortable reading Open clean reader views when available or switch to the publisher’s live page. Adjust type and appearance, save favorites, search downloaded articles, and prepare a reading queue for offline use. Listen to articles and translate supported text on your device after a language pack downloads. Summaries, your choice Get a plain title and five clear points in the standard summary style, or choose another summary voice. Optional cloud summaries send the article title and text through CodeNest’s service on Cloudflare and OpenRouter only after you explicitly allow them in Settings. Turn them off anytime. On-device summaries remain available with Apple Intelligence on supported iPhones or a downloaded model. Keep your data Subscriptions, reading history, and saved articles live on your device. Article titles, text, links, sources, searches, and topics are excluded from analytics. Import and export subscriptions with OPML, make a Gather backup, or use optional sync with iCloud. Core reading and offline tools do not require a subscription. A one-time purchase removes in-feed sponsored cards. Supporting Gather is optional and does not unlock core reading features. Publisher sites, paywalls, and JavaScript-heavy pages can limit extraction. Gather offers retries or a live-page fallback when a clean view is unavailable. Privacy: https://codenestllc.org/gather/privacy/

Screenshots

Flux3 screens
Gather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flux at none against Gather's 2. Flux also leads on ads (none vs shown). Gather's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gather sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Flux asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flux ships an update every 4 weeks, Gather every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Flux versus Gather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFluxGather
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB102 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperUbbikCodeNest LLC

In-app purchases

None

Flux

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Gather

One-time2
  • Support Gather$1.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Flux free?
Flux is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gather free?
Gather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flux or Gather have ads?
Gather shows ads; Flux does not.
Which is updated more often, Flux or Gather?
Flux ships an update every 4 weeks, and Gather every 2 days. Most recently, Flux was updated on October 28, 2026 and Gather on October 29, 2026.

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