Comparison

RSS Widget vs Pharo Previewer

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

Head to head
About

RSS Widget

Customize your device's Home screen and Today view with custom widgets. Display RSS feeds in a visually appealing and configurable manner, with options for refresh frequency, content layout, and article filtering. Easily access your information and actions from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Customizable Home Screen widgets
  • Today View widgets
  • RSS feed display
  • Configurable refresh frequency
  • Multiple content display options
  • Article filtering
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Home screen and the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each RSS widget allows you to view any RSS feed in a pleasant and highly customizable way. The refresh frequency can be chosen (from every 5 minutes to every day). You can choose to display the content as a beautiful image with an overlayed text, or as an article with an icon, and the associated text. Articles without an image can be filtered. You can define the number of articles to display in a single widget (from 1 to 6). If necessary, you can also choose the first article to be displayed. Decide to hide or show the image, title, abstract, content and author. Different visual parameters can be changed (such as font name, font size and the different colors). Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. In Today view: You can add as many widgets as you want and they will be displayed in up to 3 different lists. Those same lists will be available in the Today view and in the application (although it is possible, if you want, to hide some widgets in the Today view). To avoid overloading the Today view, when too many widgets are displayed, an intuitive control will allow you to navigate from one widget to another. Even if the main purpose of the app is to view the widgets in the Today view, it can also be very handy to view them directly in the application (a long press on a widget in the Today view will open it directly in the main application).

About

Pharo Previewer

This tool allows you to preview changes to your business's native app in real time before publishing. It helps ensure your app has an attractive design and is accessible, especially for users with visual impairments.

Highlights
  • Real-time preview of app changes
  • Accessible design for visual impairments
  • Upload content, descriptions, and translations
  • Include images, videos, and links
  • Interactive maps and location-based notifications
  • Build 100% native apps
Features
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You can contribute to creating a world that is more accessible to everyone by providing the information about your business through PharoSuite. Take advantage of the tools provided by the suite and build your own 100% native app, with an attractive design, smart interaction and completely accessible to people with visual impairments. Upload contents, descriptions, translations, images, videos, links, interactive maps. Choose the most appropriate location system to notify your users about contents close to them. Use PharoPreviewer to preview in advance and check whether the changes are as you expect, before publishing them in the final app for your users.

Screenshots

RSS Widget4 screens
Pharo Previewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pharo Previewer at Free against RSS Widget's $0.99. Pharo Previewer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). RSS Widget's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On update cadence, ads, 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

Pharo Previewer is free to download; RSS Widget costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pharo Previewer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RSS Widget has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RSS Widget versus Pharo Previewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRSS WidgetPharo Previewer
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB32 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFrancis BonninITCares s.r.l.

Customer experience

RSS Widget

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Pharo Previewer

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

In-app purchases

None

RSS Widget

No in-app purchases

None

Pharo Previewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RSS Widget free?
RSS Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pharo Previewer free?
Pharo Previewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RSS Widget or Pharo Previewer?
Pharo Previewer is rated higher. RSS Widget averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Pharo Previewer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do RSS Widget or Pharo Previewer have ads?
Neither RSS Widget nor Pharo Previewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RSS Widget or Pharo Previewer?
RSS Widget ships an update every 3 months, and Pharo Previewer every 3 months. Most recently, RSS Widget was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pharo Previewer on October 25, 2026.

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