Comparison

Flux vs FeedStash

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” 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

FeedStash

Features
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The RSS feeds you follow and the things you save for later, in one app, on a server you run yourself. FeedStash is the iPhone and iPad app for your own FeedStash server. The server is free and open source, and runs as one Docker container on a home server, NAS or VPS. Your feeds, your saved pages and what you've read live there, not with us, so the app, the web app and any other device you use always agree. No account to sign up for, no ads, no tracking, and no service that can shut down and take your library with it. YOUR SERVER You need a FeedStash server to use this app. Setting one up takes one Docker command: github.com/LiftbridgeLabs/feedstash FEEDS * Follow any RSS or Atom feed, in folders, with unread counts * Swipe left and right between articles, or tap Next unread * Swipe a row to mark it read, star it or save it to your stash * Mark everything read, or only what's older than a day or a week, with undo * Pull up at the end of a folder to move on to the next one * Full articles for feeds that only send a summary * Articles and their images kept on your device, for reading offline * Optional: mark articles read as they scroll past THE STASH * Save links, notes and screenshots from any app with the share sheet * Every saved link keeps a readable copy of the page, so it's there even if the site changes or disappears * Folders, tags and smart lists * Search everything you've kept ON iPAD * Your feeds, the list and the article side by side MAKE IT YOURS * Nine color schemes that repaint the whole app, in light or dark * Compact, standard or comfortable list spacing * Text size in the reader The server gives you a web app and imports from OPML, Feedly exports and bookmark files.

Screenshots

Flux3 screens
FeedStash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FeedStash at 17.0 against Flux's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Flux versus FeedStash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFluxFeedStash
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUbbikLiftbridge Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Flux

No in-app purchases

None

FeedStash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flux free?
Flux is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FeedStash free?
FeedStash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flux or FeedStash have ads?
Neither Flux nor FeedStash shows ads.

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