FLAT RSS Reader vs RSSolved
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FLAT RSS Reader
This app offers a streamlined way to follow your favorite news sources. Easily manage your RSS feeds, discover new ones from website URLs, and save interesting articles for later access.
- Manage registered RSS information
- Get RSS from website URLs
- Register favorite news content
- Simple outlook
- Useful functions
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'FLAT RSS Reader' — Only what matters, beautifully. Stay focused on the articles you actually want to read, free from ads and noise. Add your favorite blogs and news sites, and catch up on everything in one place. [Features] · Latest - See the newest articles from all your feeds in one unified list. Never miss a thing. · Feeds - Easily add, remove, and reorder feeds. Browse articles by feed at a glance. · Bookmarks - Save articles to read later. Access them instantly, even offline. [Perfect for you if…] · You want a clean, simple experience without cluttered features. · You'd rather have fewer ads and unnecessary notifications. · You like reading news in a browser with a content blocker (ad blocker) enabled. · You prefer reading in Dark Mode for a gentler experience on your eyes. · You want one place to manage your personal news feed.
RSSolved
Manage your RSS and Atom feeds with this streamlined reader. Enjoy a clean interface, automatic feed length management, and easy article reading via an integrated browser. It prioritizes user privacy with no account creation or tracking.
- iOS 13 dark mode support
- iPad master/detail split scene
- Swipe to mark read/unread
- Automatic feed length management
- Integrated Safari browser widget
- Auto-detect RSS/Atom feeds
- Sort and rename feeds
- App icon badge for unread count
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Features: - iOS 13 dark mode fully supported for reading in bed next to your sleeping loved ones. - Supports iPads with a master/detail split scene. - Mark items read/unread with a swipe. - Automatically keeps the feed length to its natural length, but never deletes unread items. - Uses standard iOS Safari browser widget for full article. - Tries to auto-detect links to RSS/Atom feeds on websites. - If your beloved site can't be auto-detected, you can always enter the direct link to the feed. - Fetches website favicons for clarity. - Sort and rename your feeds. - Pull to refresh all or a single feed. - Number of unread items on app icon badge. Explicitly absent Features: - No accounts need to be created. - Doesn't try to suck you into a platform. - No user tracking/analysis whatsoever. Promise: We use this app ourselves on a daily basis. It will be kept up to date with latest iOS versions and device form factors for the foreseeable future.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FLAT RSS Reader at Free against RSSolved's $0.99. FLAT RSS Reader also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). RSSolved's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases 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
FLAT RSS Reader is free to download; RSSolved costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RSSolved holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FLAT RSS Reader has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FLAT RSS Reader ships an update every 2 months, RSSolved every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 8, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FLAT RSS Reader | RSSolved |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #99 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nobuhide Uzawa | Benjamin Erhart |
Customer experience
FLAT RSS Reader
RSSolved
In-app purchases
FLAT RSS Reader
No in-app purchases
RSSolved
No in-app purchases









