Headlines RSS vs Simple News Reader
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
Simple News Reader
This app offers a clean and intuitive interface for managing RSS feeds. Easily add, refresh, and browse articles, with options to save for later and a convenient night mode.
- Clean and intuitive interface
- Easy feed management
- Save articles for later
- Night mode
- Search functionality
- Share articles
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Are you looking for a nice clean designed Rss Reader with all the functions you always missed with others? Then Simple News Reader is perfect for your needs. The app makes it super easy to add feeds, refresh them, scroll through articles and even share or save them for later reading. Simple News Reader combines following functions: - A simple, intuitive and clean interface - Managing feeds, simple adding process with auto pasting from clipboard. - Convenient paging through articles - Saving articles for later reading - Nightmode for reading your favourite feeds in bed - Search feature
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Simple News Reader at Free against Headlines RSS's $1.99. Simple News Reader also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Headlines RSS's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). On 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
Simple News Reader is free to download; Headlines RSS costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Headlines RSS holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Headlines RSS ships an update every 2 months, Simple News Reader every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Headlines RSS | Simple News Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #93 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | onFoot IT | Ferdinand Hof |
Customer experience
Headlines RSS
Simple News Reader
In-app purchases
Headlines RSS
No in-app purchases
Simple News Reader
No in-app purchases
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