Comparison

Inoreader vs Headlines RSS

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

Head to head
About

Inoreader

Take control of your news consumption by building a personalized feed. Follow websites, newsletters, and social media, filter out noise, and discover content. Read, listen, and organize articles with advanced automation and customization options.

Highlights
  • Personalized newsfeed creation
  • Follow websites, newsletters, and social media
  • Content discovery and collection
  • Automation tools for filtering
  • Read or listen to articles
  • Offline reading
  • Customizable layouts and themes
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Take back control of your newsfeed and filter out the noise! With Inoreader, information comes straight to you the minute it’s available. Follow your favorite websites, content creators, newsletters, and social media feeds. Discover and collect articles from across the web, share and collaborate with others. No more algorithms and editorial picks – you decide what’s important to you. Read or listen on the go, mark the essential bits and customize your view for the best experience. Use our advanced features to set up powerful automation and let Inoreader do the work! ----- “Inoreader offers a well-designed interface, good search and discovery options, and a nice set of features that are beginner-friendly and offer plenty of options for advanced users.” – WIRED “If you're feeling media burnout from overfed social feeds, Inoreader is a news tool that still sparks joy. It's a research tool, intelligence briefing portal, and social media filtration system.” – CNET “Inoreader is one of the most feature-packed free RSS readers. A great tool for power users, but it's very accessible for beginners as well.” – Zapier ----- DISCOVER AND SHARE GREAT CONTENT • Follow your favorite websites, blogs, and creators • Collect articles from across the web and save them for future reading • Subscribe to newsletters with custom emails and declutter your inbox • Explore collections curated by our team to feature the best sources • Monitor Facebook pages, Reddit feeds, and Telegram channels • Subscribe to YouTube channels and listen to podcasts • Easily distribute content across social media and messaging apps • Stay up to date with breaking news and create monitoring feeds BECOME A MINDFUL READER • Use automation tools to create rules and filter content • Enhance your reading experience with custom layouts and themes • Curate your own content with folders and tags • Annotate the essential bits and keep them forever • Highlight keywords to speed up your reading • Translate articles in your language without additional extensions • Load and keep the full content of articles without leaving the app • Listen to the news on the go with our text-to-speech feature • Download articles for offline reading • Save to Pocket, Evernote, OneNote, Google Drive, and Dropbox ----- Inoreader Pro is available with a monthly or annual subscription. You can subscribe and pay through your Apple account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renew may be turned off after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.inoreader.com/privacy_policy For questions, issues, or general feedback, you can reach us at support@inoreader.com.

About

Headlines RSS

Stay updated with your favorite news sources through this reader. It automatically categorizes feeds and offers a clean article view optimized for full content. Easily manage your subscriptions with import/export options.

Highlights
  • Automatic feed categorization
  • Optimized article view
  • Direct feed fetching
  • Color-coded feeds
  • OPML import/export
Features
Currently charting
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A morning cup of latest news from your favorite feeds, categorized automatically as Trickle, Stream and Link blogs, so you can easily choose what you want to spend your reading time for. - Nice article view, optimized for feeds with full-size content. - Does not rely on any feed aggregation services, fetches feeds directly from content providers. - Each feed has a color associated with it - makes quick skimming through the lists of articles easier. - Simple to use interface. - Can import and export subscriptions using OPML files. - Plays podcasts and other audio content in the feeds

Screenshots

Inoreader4 screens
Headlines RSS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Inoreader at Free against Headlines RSS's $1.99. Inoreader also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (4.4K vs 1). Headlines RSS's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Inoreader is free to download; Headlines RSS costs $1.99 up front. Inoreader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Headlines RSS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Inoreader holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inoreader has 4.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Inoreader's written reviews are positive against 100% of Headlines RSS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inoreader ships an update monthly, Headlines RSS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Inoreader versus Headlines RSS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInoreaderHeadlines RSS
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.7 (4.4K ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.4K — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#90 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperInnologicaonFoot IT

Customer experience

Inoreader

All ratings4,442 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews361 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral10.8%
Negative25.2%

Headlines RSS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Inoreader

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to mark articles as unread after 'mark all as read'
  • Inconsistent behavior when opening articles from notifications
  • Rendering issues with embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos)
  • Sync issues between mobile app and web version
  • Frequent crashes and freezes on certain devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved article sharing capabilities
  • Customizable font and layout options
  • Seamless integration with other apps
  • Enhanced search and filtering tools
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  • Automatic article download for offline reading

Headlines RSS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Inoreader

Subscriptions4
  • Pro plan (monthly)$8.991 Month
  • Pro plan (monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Pro plan (monthly)3 Months trial$9.991 Month
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  • Pro plan (annual)$89.991 Year
None

Headlines RSS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Inoreader free?
Inoreader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Headlines RSS free?
Headlines RSS costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Inoreader or Headlines RSS?
Inoreader is rated higher. Inoreader averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.4K ratings, while Headlines RSS averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Inoreader or Headlines RSS have ads?
Neither Inoreader nor Headlines RSS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inoreader or Headlines RSS?
Inoreader ships an update monthly, and Headlines RSS every 2 months. Most recently, Inoreader was updated on October 18, 2026 and Headlines RSS on October 15, 2026.

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