Comparison

Mocast vs lire

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

Head to head
About

Mocast

This app offers a personalized podcast listening experience with advanced queue management and full show notes search. Enjoy streamlined navigation and fast streaming without downloads. It features a sleek design and a fun disco theme for podcast enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Personalized playlist queue
  • Full show notes search
  • Streamlined UI
  • Fast streaming, no downloads
  • Play history
  • Disco theme
Features
Currently charting
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Listen to podcasts how you want, when you want, with Mocast. Mocast puts podcast junkies in command of their favorite podcasts by allowing them to personalize their queue for the ultimate listening experience. Share, manage, and enjoy podcasts with the style and ease of Mocast’s sleek design. Whether you enjoy Marc Maron, Radiolab, or classic NPR releases, Mocast has a streamlined UI and solid build so you can listen to the podcasts you want faster than ever. With Mocast you can enjoy your podcasts with special features like: - Full show notes search to quickly find episodes on any topic. - Manual playlist queue so you can listen to what you want, in the order you want. - No nested levels or “Now Playing” screens to slow down getting around in the app. - Play history that keeps track of all previously listened to episodes. - Stream podcasts fast! No downloading required. - A fun disco theme! Check out Mocast for yourself. Download now and redefine the way you listen to podcasts.

About

lire

This app transforms partial RSS feeds into full-text articles, eliminating the need to click "Read more" links. It offers offline reading and syncs with various services, providing a seamless news consumption experience.

Highlights
  • Full-text RSS feed conversion
  • Offline reading of cached articles
  • Syncs with Feedly, Feedbin, and more
  • iCloud sync option
  • No need to click 'Read more' links
  • Standalone feed reader functionality
Features
Currently charting
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Love RSS feeds? So do we!! RSS feeds are a great way to follow updates on your favorite website. However, some sites set up their feeds to only show a portion of each entry, you know, to get you to click through to their actual website. We find that really annoying, and we're sure you do too. Which is why, unlike other RSS feed readers, that either push you into a browser (in-app or otherwise), or depend on third party text parsing services and require you to be online to fetch the full text of one article at a time (which makes it no different from having to click/tap through to a website), in lire, you get your favorite RSS feeds as they should've been. You don't need to click through to any website (though, you do still have the option to, if you really wanted). It takes your favorite partial feeds, does its magic, and converts them in to full feeds, so you don't have to click/tap on those annoying 'Read more' or 'Continue reading' links. Once they're cached, you don't even need to be connected to read your full-text feeds. Use as a standalone feed reader, sync with iCloud, or, sync with any of the several services: Feedly, Feedbin, FeedHQ, The Old Reader, Inoreader, BazQux Reader, Newsblur, Feed Wrangler, FreshRSS, Miniflux, Nextcloud News, Tiny Tiny RSS.

Screenshots

Mocast4 screens
lire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mocast at 5.0 against lire's 4.4. Mocast also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and price ($4.99 vs $9.99). lire's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (158 vs 2). On review sentiment, ads, monetization model 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

Mocast costs $4.99 and lire $9.99 up front. lire sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Mocast asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mocast holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: lire has 158 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Mocast's written reviews are positive against 68% of lire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mocast ships an update every 9 months, lire fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Mocast versus lire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMocastlire
Price$4.99 — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.4 (158 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better68.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2158 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#40#11 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB168 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKrueger Systems, Inc.Kunal Sood

Customer experience

Mocast

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%

lire

All ratings158 ratings
Positive81.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews180 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral13.9%
Negative17.8%

Bugs and requests

Mocast

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

lire

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Incorrect feed display
  • Articles not opening
  • Overlapping UI elements
  • Sync errors with FreshRSS and Wallabag
Show 2 more
  • Revert to old articles after sync
  • VoiceOver issues after update

Requested features

9 requests
  • Bulk unsubscribe option
  • Ability to add multiple feeds at once
  • Custom keyword filtering
  • Highlight/annotate articles
  • Embedded video support
Show 4 more
  • Automatic article categorization
  • Sharing options
  • PDF export
  • Multilingual support

In-app purchases

None

Mocast

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

lire

One-time5
  • Generous Tip$0.99
  • Massive Tip$1.99
  • Amazing Tip$4.99
Show 2 more
  • Humongous Tip$9.99
  • Stupendous Tip$19.99

Questions

Is Mocast free?
Mocast costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is lire free?
lire costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mocast or lire?
Mocast is rated higher. Mocast averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while lire averages 4.4 from 158 ratings.
Do Mocast or lire have ads?
Neither Mocast nor lire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mocast or lire?
Mocast ships an update every 9 months, and lire fortnightly. Most recently, Mocast was updated on November 6, 2026 and lire on November 7, 2026.
Which is more popular, Mocast or lire?
Mocast currently peaks at #40 in the App Store charts, and lire at #11. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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