Selby Times vs Heartfeed RSS Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Selby Times
Access local news, sports, and business updates from the Selby area. Purchase individual issues or subscribe for continuous access. Protect your purchases with an account.
- Local news access
- Sporting updates
- Business news
- Purchase current and back issues
- Subscription options
- Account protection for purchases
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The Selby Times has been delivering locally-produced, reliable news since 1860. Our app gives you access to all the latest news from Selby area, as well as sport, business updates and much more. ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx
Heartfeed RSS Reader
This app offers an efficient, no-nonsense way to read news from RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds without requiring account setup or server reliance. It features a compact grid view, background feed refreshing, and seamless syncing across iOS devices via iCloud.
- Compact grid view for feeds
- Internal browser with content blocker support
- Automatic iCloud sync for feeds and read status
- Quick pick list for selecting news items
- Background feed refresh and caching
- Bookmark management with iCloud sync
- Night mode theme
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Do you want to read your news using RSS/Atom/JSON feeds in the most efficient, no-nonsense way, and with no requirement to setup an app-specific user account or relying on a server? If you do, Heartfeed might be the app for you. Features: - A compact grid view for your feeds, making it easy to check all of them at once - When reading news in the internal browser, full support of your configured content blockers, saved passwords, etc. - Automatic synching of subscribed feeds and read status between iOS devices (requires an iCloud account) - Quick pick list: Easily select which news items from different feeds you want to read - Background refresh of feeds: Some feeds refresh often and you then risk missing news in case the app is not used frequently. Background refresh, together with caching of the last 50 news items in each feed, prevents this from happening - Bookmarks, including reading them from either inside Heartfeed or from any iOS or macOS browser (requires an iCloud account) - Night mode theme - Subscribing to feeds from the current Heartfeed top list, from files, or directly from the web - Full support for split views and multi-tasking on iPads - No tracking of usage or personal data; optionally, you can anonymously share which feeds you subscribe to for improving the builtin top list of recommended feeds The app is 100% free and without ads. If you want to tip me somethings as thanks for the app, you can do so within the settings. I hope you'll enjoy using Heartfeed!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Heartfeed RSS Reader at 89% against Selby Times's 0%. Heartfeed RSS Reader also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 31 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Selby Times's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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. Selby Times sells 40 one-off in-app purchases and Heartfeed RSS Reader sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Selby Times ships an update every 31 months, Heartfeed RSS Reader every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.
| Parameter | Selby Times | Heartfeed RSS Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (90 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 89.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 90 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Chronicle Publications Ltd | Ozymandias |
Customer experience
Selby Times
Heartfeed RSS Reader
Bugs and requests
Selby Times
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Heartfeed RSS Reader
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes on launch
- Crashes after adding feeds
- Multiple crashes during normal usage
- App fails to start after recent updates
- iCloud syncing issues (requires troubleshooting)
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- Bright reader screen conflicts with dark mode setting
Requested features
13 requests- Search functionality with highlighting across feeds
- Individual mark-as-read buttons per feed
- Thumbnail images in grid view
- Apple Watch app support
- Offline reading capability
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- Multi-language support including RTL scripts
- Integration with Feedly and other accounts
- Preserve feed groups on OPML import
- Dark mode for reader screen
- Feed discovery page with popular feeds index
- Ability to save/bookmark articles
- Variable font sizes in grid view
- Apple News+ integration
In-app purchases
Selby Times
- Thursday, Decem... (id:730827)$0.99
- Thursday, Decem... (id:730825)$0.99
- Thursday, May 5th (id:730824)$0.99
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- Thursday, April... (id:730823)$0.99
- Thursday, Augus... (id:730846)$0.99
- Thursday, Septe... (id:730842)$0.99
- Thursday, Octob... (id:730834)$0.99
- Thursday, Septe... (id:730840)$0.99
- Thursday, April... (id:730822)$0.99
- Thursday, March... (id:730820)$0.99
- November 7th 2024 (pp:1010272)$0.99
- November 21st ... (pp:1010262)$0.99
- October 24th 2024 (pp:1010282)$0.99
- December 19th ... (pp:1010242)$0.99
- December 26th ... (pp:1010237)$0.99
- November 14th ... (pp:1010267)$0.99
- November 28th ... (pp:1010257)$0.99
- December 5th 2024 (pp:1010252)$0.99
- October 31st 2024 (pp:1010277)$0.99
- December 12th ... (pp:1010247)$0.99
- May 7th 2026 (pp:1133748)$0.99
- May 28th 2026 (pp:1133754)$0.99
- June 4th 2026 (pp:1133756)$0.99
- June 11th 2026 (pp:1133758)$0.99
- April 23rd 2026 (pp:1133744)$0.99
- April 30th 2026 (pp:1133746)$0.99
- May 21st 2026 (pp:1133752)$0.99
- June 18th 2026 (pp:1133760)$0.99
- January 8th 2026 (pp:1133762)$0.99
- May 14th 2026 (pp:1133750)$0.99
- August 14th 2025 (pp:1112722)$0.99
- January 16th 2025 (pp:1112652)$0.99
- January 23rd 2025 (pp:1112650)$0.99
- February 27th ... (pp:1112640)$0.99
- February 6th 2025 (pp:1112646)$0.99
- February 13th ... (pp:1112644)$0.99
- December 31st ... (pp:1112656)$0.99
- February 20th ... (pp:1112642)$0.99
- January 9th 2025 (pp:1112654)$0.99
- January 30th 2025 (pp:1112648)$0.99
Heartfeed RSS Reader
- Tipping the developer$0.99
- Unlimited feeds$2.99
- Tipping the developer$2.99
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- Even more tip to the developer$9.99
- Maximum tip to the developer$24.99
Questions
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