Riff vs Quoin Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Riff
This news reader presents articles one by one, allowing you to quickly read or skip them. It offers AI-powered summaries on demand and an optional listening feature. Your reading experience is private, with no account, ads, or tracking.
- Card-based article browsing
- AI-powered article summaries
- Offline article access
- Customizable source playlists
- Article listening feature
- Home and lock screen widgets
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One card, one second: you read it or you skip it. Riff is an RSS and news reader with no account, no ads and no tracking, with an AI summary on request. Keeping up with the news shouldn’t mean opening twenty links and stacking tabs. Riff shows you the stories from your sources one at a time, full screen: the headline, the picture, the gist. Interested? Read it right here. Not? Swipe. YOUR SOURCES, YOUR PACE • More than 1,000 sources in French and English, switched on in one tap • Paste the address of a site or an RSS feed to add your own • Import your subscriptions from another RSS reader with an OPML file: folders become categories • Playlists: your categories grouped under the name you like, up to 10 • For You: a feed composed on your iPhone from your reading, with “fewer stories like this” one tap away • Subject: tap it to find the articles that talk about the same subject, in your sources and beyond The article’s text shows in the app when the publisher makes it freely available. If it is for subscribers only, Riff shows the excerpt and the link: it never gets around a paywall. AN AI SUMMARY, ONE TAP AWAY Tap the Riff logo: Apple Intelligence writes a short summary above the article, on your iPhone. Nothing is summarized unless you ask, and the text you read stays the publisher’s. It needs a device that supports Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro or later), with Apple Intelligence turned on in Settings. Without it, everything else works. LISTEN (experimental) Riff reads the article aloud, in French or English, with the voices of your device: the text is sent nowhere. Controls on the lock screen, with headphones and in the car. You need an enhanced or premium voice installed in Settings. ON IPHONE DUO Opened and in landscape, the list of articles and the article sit side by side. Swipe from one article to the next, and your watchlist opens on the left. Closed or in split screen, the buttons and the action bar stand down the side. WATCHLIST AND WIDGETS • Keep an article in one tap, with its text and its summary: it opens even offline • Widgets in three sizes on the home screen, and on the lock screen with the number of articles left to read NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS, NO TRACKING Riff has no account and no server: your device fetches articles directly from the publishers. Your sources, settings and reading history stay on your iPhone and, unless you turn sync off, in your private iCloud. Export the sources you added yourself (OPML) to open them in another RSS reader. Riff is free, with no subscription and no in-app purchase. Articles belong to their publishers: Riff sends you to the source and is not affiliated with any of them. Apple Intelligence is a trademark of Apple Inc. Privacy: https://riff.watch/en/privacy/ Riff terms: https://riff.watch/en/terms/
Quoin Reader
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Introducing Quoin Reader. A newspaper-style RSS app that lets you organize feeds by topic and displays them on a beautiful layout on iPad and iPhone Duo. - Your news is delivered in Morning, Afternoon, and Evening editions with the three top articles summarized by Apple Intelligence (requires Quoin Pro) - Get a quick look at the daily weather including hourly conditions (requires Quoin Pro) - On iPhone, view a chronological list of articles or sort by RSS feed - On iPad and unfolded iPhone Duo, view a large newspaper style list with multiple columns and favorite feeds at the top - Sync feeds, categories, saved articles, and read status across devices with iCloud - Filter spam and sponsored articles with Apple Intelligence (requires Quoin Pro) Quoin Pro is an optional auto-renewable subscription, available monthly or annually. It unlocks The Briefing, smart filters, weather, and unlimited feeds. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase (after a trial period if available). The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://amick.me/quoin/
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Verdict
Riff and Quoin Reader are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Riff sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Quoin Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Riff | Quoin Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Arnaud Lewis | Jack Amick |
In-app purchases
Riff
- Riff, monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Riff, yearly14 Days trial$17.991 Year
Quoin Reader
- Quoin Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Quoin Pro (Annual)$12.991 Year





