Simple News Reader vs RoSSie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
RoSSie
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Rossie is a simple and clean RSS feed reader. It allows you to save and read multiple RSS feeds! Now also with Dark Mode!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RoSSie at every 3 months against Simple News Reader's every 9 months. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simple News Reader ships an update every 9 months, RoSSie every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple News Reader | RoSSie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ferdinand Hof | Anja Stricker |
In-app purchases
Simple News Reader
No in-app purchases
RoSSie
No in-app purchases
