RSS Widget vs RSS Radar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable Home Screen widgets
- Today View widgets
- RSS feed display
- Configurable refresh frequency
- Multiple content display options
- Article filtering
- Dark mode support
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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).
RSS Radar
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FEED MANAGEMENT: Users can add new feeds by entering an RSS URL or selecting from a predefined list of hundreds of feeds. Feeds can also be deleted or reordered. FEED CLASSIFICATION: Group your feeds into categories and sort them. AUTOMATIC FEED UPDATES: Automatically refreshes feed articles after an user-defined interval set in the app's settings. OPML IMPORT/EXPORT: Easily manage your feeds with the new OPML import/export functionality. ARTICLE INDEXING: Indexes new articles upon reading for enhanced searchability. ADVANCED SEARCH QUERIES: Users can create multiple search queries using a Query Builder to search through content. QUERY AS FEED: Allows users to set a search query as a feed, displaying it on the main screen alongside other feeds. ALERTS AND NOTIFICATIONS: Users can designate a query as an alert and receive notifications for content of interest. CONTENT INTERACTION OPTIONS: Users can visit the original website, enter in read mode, or bookmark for later reading. READ/UNREAD TRACKING: The app tracks which articles have been read or remain unread, with options to mark them individually or in bulk. QUERY INSIGHTS: In the Queries section, alongside found articles, users can see relevance and sentiment scores. SENTIMENT ANALYSIS: Provides a Sentiment chart for individual queries, allowing for sentiment analysis. EXCEL EXPORT: Users can export query results to Excel. DATA EXPORT/IMPORT: Enables users to export all data from the RSS Radar app and import previously exported data, facilitating sharing between devices. THEME SELECTION: Light or Dark. Change font size for better reading. PRIVACY-FOCUSED: All app functionality occurs on the user's device without the intervention of cloud services, ensuring a high level of privacy and security for users' data and activities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RSS Widget at $0.99 against RSS Radar's $7.99. RSS Widget also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.2). 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
RSS Widget costs $0.99 and RSS Radar $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RSS Widget | RSS Radar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Francis Bonnin | Dejan Petrovic |
In-app purchases
RSS Widget
No in-app purchases
RSS Radar
No in-app purchases









