FeedMuse vs Ferry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
FeedMuse
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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 โ 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 โ 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 ----
Ferry
This news reader prioritizes important stories by tracking their coverage across the web, surfacing trending topics, and offering private, offline reading. It organizes content with smart folders and syncs across devices.
- Story ranking by web coverage
- Private by design, no account needed
- Offline reading with full text and images
- Smart folders with custom rules
- Cross-device sync via iCloud
- Discover trending topics by category
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Ferry reads your feeds and puts the story that matters on top. Most readers list what you follow by arrival, so the newest post wins whether or not it is the one to read. Ferry watches how widely each story is being covered across the web and ranks by that: a story ten of your sources ran sits above the one that just came in. Open the app and the first thing you see is the thing worth your time. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account to create and no identifier of any kind. Ferry's server knows what sort of device asked for the day's stories and nothing else โ not which feeds you follow, not what you open, not how long you read. Nothing is profiled, and the ranking is the same for everybody. ONE STORY, EVERY TELLING Under a headline Ferry tells you how many feeds carried the same story. Tap it to see them all, and read the one you trust or compare them side by side. On an iPhone with Apple Intelligence, Ferry can also sum up where the coverage agrees and which outlet breaks from the rest โ worked out on the device from those headlines alone, so nothing is sent anywhere and nothing is invented. DISCOVER WHAT YOUR FEEDS MISSED Discover shows the stories the whole web is talking about, by topic, with every outlet that ran a story on one row and a count of how many did. Tap through to read any telling of it, or follow the source that ran it best. YOUR FEEDS, ANY WAY YOU LIKE โข Read on this device: no account. Add sites by URL or import an OPML file and Ferry fetches them directly. โข Already use FreshRSS? Sign in and your subscriptions and read state stay in step. Inoreader, BazQux and The Old Reader are coming soon. โข Folders, a Today view, a Later queue, and a home-screen widget. FOLDERS THAT FILL THEMSELVES Smart folders collect articles by rule โ title contains, source is, topic is, up to ten rules, all or any โ and stay in sync across your devices through iCloud. READ ANYWHERE โข Offline: after each refresh Ferry fetches the full text and pictures of recent articles, so a tunnel or a plane is not a blank page. โข Search from every screen, and find any headline from Spotlight. โข A daily summary at a time you choose, listing what is waiting in your feeds. โข Send an article to GoodLinks, Anybox, Flyleaf, Instapaper, Readwise, Raindrop.io, Pinboard, wallabag or Safari's Reading List. โข The reader shows the article's own text, at your text size. ONE APP, EVERY SCREEN iPhone, iPad and Mac, with the same library. On the Mac, three columns: sources, stories and the article you are reading, all at once. FERRY PLUS Ferry is a complete reader for free: unlimited feeds, folders, offline reading, search, the widget, iCloud sync between your own devices, Discover's top stories and three smart folders. Ferry Plus adds five things: the Trending order in your own feeds, the page behind every coverage count, every Discover topic arranged your way, unlimited smart folders, and reading stats. Free for fourteen days, then $19.99 a year or $2.49 a month โ or one payment for life. Nothing in the free tier expires. Ferry Plus is available as an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly) or as a one-time purchase for life. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://api.ferryrss.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ferry at every 5 days against FeedMuse's fortnightly. Ferry also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. FeedMuse sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months and Ferry sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FeedMuse ships an update fortnightly, Ferry every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | FeedMuse | Ferry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | โ | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | โ | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Elisa Valeria Distefano | Apoorv Bhawsar |
In-app purchases
FeedMuse
- FeedMuse PRO7 Days trial$2.993 Months
- FeedMuse PRO7 Days trial$3.996 Months
- FeedMuse PRO7 Days trial$6.991 Year
- FeedMuse PRO โ Lifetime$8.99
Ferry
- Ferry Plus โ Monthly14 Days trial$2.491 Month
- Ferry Plus โ Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Ferry Plus โ Lifetime$49.99








