Comparison

FLAT RSS Reader vs Corvus RSS Reader for Safari

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Manage registered RSS information
  • Get RSS from website URLs
  • Register favorite news content
  • Simple outlook
  • Useful functions
Features
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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.

About

Corvus RSS Reader for Safari

A privacy-focused RSS and Atom feed reader for Apple devices. Subscribe to websites, YouTube channels, and blogs, and organize content with folders, tags, and smart filters. Offers multiple view modes and extensive customization for a distraction-free reading experience.

Highlights
  • RSS & Atom feed subscription
  • YouTube channel subscriptions
  • Folder and nested sub-folder organization
  • Multiple view modes (Magazine, list, card, etc.)
  • Article saving (Star, Pin, Read Later)
  • Full-text search
  • Customizable themes and layouts
  • OPML import/export
Features
Currently charting
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Corvus RSS Reader is a privacy-first RSS and Atom feed reader built natively for Safari on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. Subscribe to your favorite websites, YouTube channels, and blogs, and read everything in one clean, distraction-free interface. FEATURES - RSS & Atom Feeds, Subscribe to any website that publishes a feed. Corvus auto-discovers feeds on the page you're visiting. - Discover Feeds, Browse a curated directory of 450+ feeds across 34 categories. Find popular feeds from 47 countries, or explore the full international catalog. - YouTube Channels, Subscribe to any YouTube channel directly from its page. Handles and custom URLs are resolved automatically. - Folder Organization, Group feeds into folders and nested sub-folders. Keep Tech, News, YouTube, and Design neatly separated. - 5 View Modes, Magazine, list, card, expanded, and full-view layouts. Choose the reading experience that works best for you. - Star, Pin & Read Later, Save articles for later, star your favorites, and pin important items. Built-in smart feeds for quick access. - Keyboard Shortcuts, Navigate, star, refresh, and manage articles entirely from the keyboard. J/K to browse, S to star, V to open, and more. - Full-Text Search, Search across all your articles by title, content, or author. Find anything instantly, even in thousands of articles. - Themes & Customization, Light, dark, and auto themes. Customizable accent colors, font sizes, density settings, and newspaper-style column layouts. - Tags & Smart Filters, Organize articles with custom tags and create smart filters that automatically group content by your rules. - OPML Import & Export, Bring your subscriptions from any other reader, or export them at any time. Your data is always portable. - Feed Health Dashboard, Monitor the health of your subscriptions. See which feeds are active, broken, or slow to update. - 33 Languages, Fully localized in English, Spanish (Spain and Mexico), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. PRIVACY FIRST No account required. No sign-ups, no cloud sync, no tracking. Your feeds and articles live entirely on your device. Corvus RSS Reader collects zero data. BUILT FOR SAFARI Corvus RSS Reader is not a Chrome extension ported to Safari. It is built specifically for Safari with native performance, no background processes, and zero data collection. Works on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Screenshots

FLAT RSS Reader4 screens
Corvus RSS Reader for Safari4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FLAT RSS Reader at Free against Corvus RSS Reader for Safari's $0.99. FLAT RSS Reader also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). Corvus RSS Reader for Safari's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

FLAT RSS Reader is free to download; Corvus RSS Reader for Safari costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FLAT RSS Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FLAT RSS Reader ships an update every 2 months, Corvus RSS Reader for Safari every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
FLAT RSS Reader versus Corvus RSS Reader for Safari: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFLAT RSS ReaderCorvus RSS Reader for Safari
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.4 (8 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#117 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNobuhide UzawaAlejandro Estol

Customer experience

FLAT RSS Reader

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Corvus RSS Reader for Safari

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FLAT RSS Reader

No in-app purchases

None

Corvus RSS Reader for Safari

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FLAT RSS Reader free?
FLAT RSS Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Corvus RSS Reader for Safari free?
Corvus RSS Reader for Safari costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FLAT RSS Reader or Corvus RSS Reader for Safari?
FLAT RSS Reader is rated higher. FLAT RSS Reader averages 4.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Corvus RSS Reader for Safari averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do FLAT RSS Reader or Corvus RSS Reader for Safari have ads?
FLAT RSS Reader shows ads; Corvus RSS Reader for Safari does not.
Which is updated more often, FLAT RSS Reader or Corvus RSS Reader for Safari?
FLAT RSS Reader ships an update every 2 months, and Corvus RSS Reader for Safari every 5 days. Most recently, FLAT RSS Reader was updated on October 16, 2026 and Corvus RSS Reader for Safari on October 11, 2026.

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