Comparison

Ferry vs Flit

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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 — 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 — 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 • Read on this device: no account. Add sites by URL or import an OPML file and Ferry fetches them directly. • Already use FreshRSS? Sign in and your subscriptions and read state stay in step. Inoreader, BazQux and The Old Reader are coming soon. • Folders, a Today view, a Later queue, and a home-screen widget. FOLDERS THAT FILL THEMSELVES Smart folders collect articles by rule — title contains, source is, topic is, up to ten rules, all or any — and stay in sync across your devices through iCloud. READ ANYWHERE • 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. • Search from every screen, and find any headline from Spotlight. • A daily summary at a time you choose, listing what is waiting in your feeds. • Send an article to GoodLinks, Anybox, Flyleaf, Instapaper, Readwise, Raindrop.io, Pinboard, wallabag or Safari's Reading List. • 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 — 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

About

Flit

This app offers a calm and focused way to consume content from your favorite websites. New articles appear as cards, allowing you to swipe to save, dismiss, or read them immediately. It utilizes RSS feeds, ensuring you see only the sources you choose, with no algorithmic interference.

Highlights
  • Card-based article feed
  • Swipe to save or dismiss
  • RSS feed integration
  • Clean in-app reader
  • Article summaries
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Flit is a calm way to keep up with the sites you love. New articles arrive as a small deck of cards, and you go through them one at a time. Swipe right to keep one for later, swipe left to let it go, or tap to read it right away. Changed your mind? Undo is always one tap away. When the deck is empty, you're caught up. There's no algorithm deciding what you see. Flit works with RSS, the open format behind most blogs, news sites and magazines, so you follow exactly the sources you choose. FIND YOUR SOURCES Search for a site by name or topic, paste any web address, or bring all your subscriptions from another reader with an OPML file. You can export them again whenever you like. READ WITHOUT THE CLUTTER Articles open in a clean reader with the text size you prefer. Everything you saved waits in your Library, sorted into Unread, Later and Read, and you can search all of it. WIDGETS Keep the latest headlines or your Read Later list on the Home Screen and Lock Screen, in every size, including the new tall widget. QUICK SUMMARIES On supported devices, Flit can give you a short summary of an article, generated on the device. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your subscriptions and reading stay on your iPhone, and Flit doesn't collect any data.

Screenshots

Ferry4 screens
Flit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flit at none against Ferry's 3. Flit also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). Ferry's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Ferry sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Flit asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ferry ships an update every 5 days, Flit daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ferry versus Flit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFerryFlit
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperApoorv BhawsarEdoardo Galati

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Ferry

Subscriptions2
  • Ferry Plus — Monthly14 Days trial$2.491 Month
  • Ferry Plus — Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ferry Plus — Lifetime$49.99
None

Flit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ferry free?
Ferry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flit free?
Flit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ferry or Flit have ads?
Neither Ferry nor Flit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ferry or Flit?
Ferry ships an update every 5 days, and Flit daily. Most recently, Ferry was updated on October 25, 2026 and Flit on October 26, 2026.

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