Headlines RSS vs Bulletins
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Automatic feed categorization
- Optimized article view
- Direct feed fetching
- Color-coded feeds
- OPML import/export
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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
Bulletins
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Read your RSS feeds. On the iPad they are displayed in a magazine style format or a scrolling style format, the scrolling style format is available on the iPhone. Bulletins doesn't require any other 3rd party subscription, subscribe to feeds directly from the app and organize your feeds into folders.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Headlines RSS at $1.99 against Bulletins's $2.99. Headlines RSS also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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
Headlines RSS costs $1.99 and Bulletins $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Headlines RSS ships an update every 2 months, Bulletins every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Headlines RSS | Bulletins |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #87 — better | #146 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | onFoot IT | Guy Shaviv |
In-app purchases
Headlines RSS
No in-app purchases
Bulletins
No in-app purchases
