FLAT RSS Reader vs Linkpack
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.
Linkpack
Save, organize, and share web links with ease. Read articles offline with a clean view, and even have content narrated. Syncs with Dropbox for desktop access and generates shareable web pages for your link collections.
- Save links for later
- Organize links into collections
- Read articles with Readability view
- Content narration for on-the-go listening
- Dropbox sync for desktop access
- Generate shareable web pages for link collections
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With Linkpack, you can save your links for later, read them, organize them into Linkpacks and share those with the world. Your links are always in sync between the app and your Dropbox account, meaning you can use your Mac or PC to organize them as files and folders. You can also add links using the iOS or the Chrome extensions. Read your links using Readability view and let Linkpack track your progress, so that you can continue from where you left off. You can even enable narration and have the content read back to you while you are on the move. Finally, if you want to share a Linkpack with the world, the app will generate a unique URL that displays all the links in a beautiful page!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FLAT RSS Reader at none against Linkpack's 1. Linkpack's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (61% vs 50%). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Linkpack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FLAT RSS Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for FLAT RSS Reader against 4.3 for Linkpack. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 33 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of FLAT RSS Reader's written reviews are positive against 61% of Linkpack's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FLAT RSS Reader | Linkpack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8 ratings) — better | 4.3 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 61.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nobuhide Uzawa | PZ Mobile Limited |
Customer experience
FLAT RSS Reader
Linkpack
In-app purchases
FLAT RSS Reader
No in-app purchases
Linkpack
- Linkpack PRO$1.99
