Comparison

FeedMuse vs Rivo

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

Head to head
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 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 ----

About

Rivo

Features
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Rivo is a calm, fast RSS reader for iPhone, iPad and Mac that works with the server you already run. Three columns, no clutter: articles open straight into a clean full-text Reader View, and video channel feeds open straight into the player. One app, every Apple device. YOUR SERVER, FIRST-CLASS Rivo is a client, not a service โ€” there is no Rivo account and nothing is stored on our side. Sign in with what you already have: โ€ข FreshRSS, Miniflux, Tiny Tiny RSS (FreshAPI plugin) โ€” and any other server that speaks the Google Reader API โ€ข BazQux Reader, The Old Reader โ€ข Feedbin, Inkwell (Micro.blog) Add as many accounts as you like; each one gets its own section in the sidebar. Folders, unread and starred stay in sync, and actions you take offline are queued and replayed when you're back online. READER VIEW, ON BY DEFAULT Every article feed opens as clean full text โ€” extracted on your device, even when the feed only carries an excerpt. Switch it off per feed, fall back to the feed content or the original web page in one tap, and pick the text size that suits you. VIDEO WITHOUT THE ALGORITHM Video channel feeds show thumbnails in the list and play right inside the app, with the description and a button to open the video in your browser. A hundred channels feel like a subscription box, not an inbox. BUILT FOR READING โ€ข Sidebar โ†’ list โ†’ article, with unread badges; Unread, Starred and All filters โ€ข Read/unread, star, mark all as read for the current folder or feed; swipe actions on iPhone and iPad โ€ข Search titles and excerpts in any scope โ€ข Keyboard-first on the Mac: j/k to move, space to scroll, m to toggle read, s to star, โŒ˜R to refresh โ€ข A minimal article toolbar (Star and Read); everything else one tap away โ€ข Themes: System, Paper, Terminal, Newspaper, Midnight, Sepia โ€” plus automatic dark mode and system fonts ASK AI Send the article to your favourite AI assistant (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok, Gemini) with a ready-made prompt โ€” summarise, explain, translate, or write your own template. Nothing is sent anywhere until you choose to. MADE FOR BIG ACCOUNTS Tested with hundreds of thousands of unread articles: the newest items sync first, badges use your server's counts, and older articles load on demand at the end of every list. Launch is instant, even with huge libraries. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No telemetry, no third-party SDKs, no Rivo account. Your credentials live in the system Keychain and talk only to the server you chose โ€” over HTTPS, or plain HTTP for a server on your own network if you say so. RIVO PRO Rivo is free to use with one account and everything above. Rivo Pro โ€” monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase โ€” unlocks unlimited accounts, all themes and the comfort features that come with every release. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and you can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Rivo is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of the services it connects to; their names are used only to describe compatibility. LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://marcotini.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://marcotini.com/eula

Screenshots

FeedMuse4 screens
Rivo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FeedMuse at fortnightly against Rivo's monthly. Rivo's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. FeedMuse sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months and Rivo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FeedMuse ships an update fortnightly, Rivo monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
FeedMuse versus Rivo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFeedMuseRivo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly โ€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.018.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size15 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElisa Valeria DistefanoMarco Tini

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 โ€” Lifetime$8.99
3 purchases

Rivo

Subscriptions2
  • Rivo Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Rivo Pro Yearly$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Rivo Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is FeedMuse free?
FeedMuse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rivo free?
Rivo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FeedMuse or Rivo have ads?
Neither FeedMuse nor Rivo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FeedMuse or Rivo?
FeedMuse ships an update fortnightly, and Rivo monthly. Most recently, FeedMuse was updated on October 16, 2026 and Rivo on October 19, 2026.

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