Bilber vs FlowReader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bilber
Stay informed with curated news from your chosen sources, free from clutter and ads. This app loads full articles and offers offline reading capabilities. Customize your reading experience with flexible display settings.
- Customizable news sources
- Full article content loading
- Offline reading support
- Flexible display settings
- Ad-free experience
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Follow new updates and publishing in convenient formant. Bilber - is an application that helps you to get necessary information without additional content and advertisement. The main pecularities: -You choose only those sources that you find interesting for you, -News is loading completely (only the content of the article) -Flexible settings of the print and of displaying the data -The possibility to save the publications for further reading without Internet Feedback is very important component for us to make the application as convenient and simple as it could be. All the questions and comments address to us on our email: bilber@devapprove.com and we will take them into account in next version.
FlowReader
Stay updated with your favorite news and blogs through a powerful RSS feed reader. Easily add unlimited feeds, save articles, and customize the app's appearance. Enjoy a convenient daily news experience with features like an in-app browser and reader mode.
- Add unlimited RSS feeds
- Save articles to favorites
- In-app browser
- Safari reader mode support
- Share links on social media
- Local news storage
- Customizable appearance
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Add your personal news and blog feeds, and keep up to date with the new information. It is convenient daily news reader, which provides powerful news aggregation and curation features. FlowReader features: • Absolutely free • Add unlimited number of feeds • Add news & articles to favourites by swipe • Open links using the in-app browser • Supporting of Safari reader mode • Share links on social networks • Pull to refresh for updating the list of news • Store news locally on your device • Choose appearance of application
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bilber at 5.0 against FlowReader's 4.0. Bilber also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 57 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). FlowReader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Bilber sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FlowReader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bilber holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Bilber's written reviews are positive against 100% of FlowReader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bilber ships an update every 6 weeks, FlowReader every 57 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bilber | FlowReader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 57 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrey Andrusenko | Sultan Irkaliyev |
Customer experience
Bilber
FlowReader
In-app purchases
Bilber
- UltimateFree
FlowReader
No in-app purchases
