Comparison

Stacks vs FeedMuse

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

Head to head
About

Stacks

A distraction-free reader for newsletters, blogs, and podcasts that downloads content for offline access. Enjoy your favorite content anywhere, even without an internet connection, with smart automatic downloads and a clean interface.

Highlights
  • Fully offline content access
  • Smart automatic downloading
  • Distraction-free reading interface
  • Built-in podcast player
  • Fast full-text search
  • Private by design, no account needed
Features
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Stacks is a calm, fully offline reader for the newsletters, blogs, and podcasts you already follow. Add any Substack or RSS feed and Stacks downloads the full articles, images, and podcast episodes to your iPhone so you can read and listen anywhere, even with no signal. On a plane, on the subway, off the grid: nothing buffers, nothing reloads. WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT • Truly offline — full article text, images, and audio are stored on your device for reading and listening with no connection. • A clean, distraction-free reader with adjustable text size, light and dark themes, and a built-in podcast player. • Smart automatic downloading keeps your latest posts ready and manages storage for you. • Fast full-text search across everything you've saved. • Collapsible comment threads, when you want them. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Stacks has no servers of its own, no account, and no analytics. Everything it downloads stays on your device and goes nowhere else. No tracking, no ads. No account is required: just add a feed and pull to refresh. ——— Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Substack Inc.

About

FeedMuse

Features
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FeedMuse is a fast, beautiful reader for RSS, Atom and JSON feeds with on-device AI that summarizes, categorizes and translates, so you read what matters without the noise. Follow any source, read it clean and offline, and let intelligence on your device do the tidying. No ads. No tracking. No account. CLEAN FULL-TEXT READER Strip the clutter and read the whole article in a distraction-free view, saved for offline. ON-DEVICE AI Summaries, smart categories and instant translation powered by Apple Intelligence — nothing ever leaves your device. FIND & ORGANIZE Powerful fuzzy search, smart folders and date filters. Save favorites, highlight passages and add notes. SHARE & EXPORT Turn any article into a clean PDF in a tap, or share the link. BUILT FOR NEWS Start from a large curated catalog in your language, or import your OPML. A widget keeps the latest on your Home Screen. ONE APP, EVERY DEVICE Native on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Your feeds, reading state and favorites sync through your private iCloud. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The AI runs entirely on your device. Your data lives in your own iCloud — never on our servers. FREE TO START, PRO WHEN YOU WANT Read for free with up to 5 feeds. Go PRO to unlock the full-text reader, on-device AI (summaries, categories, translation), PDF export, highlights & notes, unlimited feeds & search, smart & date filters, OPML and custom notifications. Choose a subscription with a 7-day free trial, or buy Lifetime once and own it forever. ---- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.iphonesmartapps.org/feedmuse/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.iphonesmartapps.org/feedmuse/privacy ----

Screenshots

Stacks4 screens
FeedMuse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stacks at none against FeedMuse's 4. Stacks also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). FeedMuse's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. FeedMuse sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months. Stacks asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stacks ships an update daily, FeedMuse every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stacks versus FeedMuse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStacksFeedMuse
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard RussellElisa Valeria Distefano

In-app purchases

None

Stacks

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

FeedMuse

Subscriptions3
  • FeedMuse PRO7 Days trial$2.993 Months
  • FeedMuse PRO7 Days trial$3.996 Months
  • FeedMuse PRO7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • FeedMuse PRO — Lifetime$8.99

Questions

Is Stacks free?
Stacks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FeedMuse free?
FeedMuse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stacks or FeedMuse have ads?
Neither Stacks nor FeedMuse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stacks or FeedMuse?
Stacks ships an update daily, and FeedMuse every 3 weeks. Most recently, Stacks was updated on October 31, 2026 and FeedMuse on November 5, 2026.

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