Comparison

Saturn vs think

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

Head to head
About

Saturn

This app aggregates content from your favorite websites, blogs, and YouTube channels into a clean, distraction-free reading experience. It syncs your progress across Apple devices and allows you to save articles for later.

Highlights
  • Follow websites, blogs, and YouTube channels
  • Distraction-free Reader View
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Save articles for later
  • Discover new publications
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Saturn — Your Personal RSS Universe Saturn is a beautifully designed RSS reader built for people who love staying informed without the noise of social media algorithms. Follow your favorite websites, blogs, YouTube channels, and news publications all in one clean, fast, and distraction-free experience across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Whether you’re catching up on breaking news, reading long-form articles, or saving stories for later, Saturn helps you focus on what matters most: the content. Features • Follow your favorite websites and publications with RSS • Read articles in a clean, distraction-free Reader View • Sync your feeds, bookmarks, and reading progress with iCloud • Save articles to revisit anytime • Discover new publications and expand your reading • Beautiful native experience designed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Fast, lightweight, and privacy-focused • Organize your reading experience your way • Minimal interface designed for comfortable daily reading • Stay up to date without clutter, or algorithmic feeds Built for Apple Devices Saturn is designed specifically for the Apple ecosystem with support for: • iPhone • iPad • Mac • iCloud Sync Your reading experience stays seamlessly synced across all your devices, so you can start reading on one device and continue on another. Distraction-Free Reading Saturn’s built-in Reader View removes clutter so you can focus entirely on the article. Clean typography, simplified layouts, and a calm reading experience make long-form content enjoyable again. Discover New Sources Explore curated publications and discover new voices, websites, and topics to follow. Build your perfect personalized news feed from trusted sources across technology, business, science, entertainment, gaming, sports, and more. Save What Matters Bookmark articles and create your own personal reading library. Saturn makes it easy to return to important stories whenever you want. Privacy First Your feeds and reading experience are yours. Saturn is designed with a privacy-focused approach and uses iCloud to securely sync your data across devices. Download Saturn and build your perfect reading experience. Saturns Privacy Policy - https://saturn-rss-reader.vercel.app/privacy Saturns Terms Of Service - https://saturn-rss-reader.vercel.app/terms

About

think

This news app offers a focused reading experience by presenting one story at a time, free from distractions like auto-playing media or infinite scrolling. Users can customize their news sources by selecting topics, publishers, or adding custom RSS feeds, with all data stored locally for privacy.

Highlights
  • One story at a time reading
  • Customizable publisher selection
  • Add custom RSS/Atom feeds
  • Bookmark stories for later
  • No account or tracking
  • Offline data storage
Features
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think renders news the way e-ink renders a page: soft greys, a serif headline, dithered photographs, nothing that blinks, auto-plays, or refreshes itself while you're looking at it. ONE STORY AT A TIME No infinite scroll, no feed to doomscroll through. Each story fills the screen — headline, photo, publisher, and a read-time estimate. Swipe up for the next one, swipe right (or tap) to open the full article in-app. When you've seen everything your topics have to offer, the feed says so and stops, instead of padding itself out with filler. PICK YOUR PUBLISHERS, SKIP THE ALGORITHM There's no engagement-driven ranking deciding what you see. Choose your topics, and think shows you a curated catalog of publishers behind them — 208 publishers across 32 topics at last count. Vote a story up or down to tune the mix, or mute a publisher outright. Want a source that isn't in the catalog? Paste any site's RSS or Atom feed URL and think adds it to your list. SAVE FOR LATER Bookmark anything you don't have time for now. Saved stories are grouped by topic and stay in your list until you clear them. NO ACCOUNT, NO TRACKING There's no sign-in and no user id. think has no analytics, advertising, or crash-reporting SDK, and no server of its own — it only talks to your chosen publishers' RSS feeds and their image hosts. Your topics, your publishers, your votes, and your saved stories live on your device only, and are deleted when you delete the app. Available in English and Vietnamese. Requires iOS 15 or later.

Screenshots

Saturn4 screens
think4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: think at none against Saturn's shown. think also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Saturn's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Saturn against 5.0 for think. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Saturn ships an update every 5 days, think fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 11, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Saturn versus think: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSaturnthink
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB24 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperZach OlsenKhanh Trinh Le Ba

Customer experience

Saturn

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

think

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Saturn

No in-app purchases

None

think

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Saturn free?
Saturn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is think free?
think is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Saturn or think?
Saturn and think are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Saturn or think have ads?
Saturn shows ads; think does not.
Which is updated more often, Saturn or think?
Saturn ships an update every 5 days, and think fortnightly. Most recently, Saturn was updated on October 11, 2026 and think on October 11, 2026.

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