Comparison

RSS Wear vs RSS News Reader

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

Head to head
About

RSS Wear

Stay updated with your favorite news sources directly on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Easily search for topics, subscribe to feeds, and enjoy a clean reading experience with sharing options.

Highlights
  • Apple Watch support
  • Clean reading experience
  • Over 100 top RSS feeds
  • User-friendly search
  • Add new feeds
  • Sharing options
  • Drag to reorder feeds
Features
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RSS Wear lets you follow all your favourite news feeds on your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Just search for a topic that interests you, subscribe, and start reading – right on your iPhone and on your wrist. It's that simple. Rebuilt from the ground up for iOS 26 and watchOS 26, RSS Wear 2.0 has a fresh Liquid Glass design and a faster, cleaner reading experience. Features: - Apple Watch app – browse your feeds and read article summaries on your wrist, even when your iPhone isn't nearby - Clean reading experience – read articles in full and share them with one tap - Side-by-side Feeds, Articles and Reader on iPad - Search for feeds by keyword, or browse suggested topics like Tech, Design, Food, Travel and Photography - Read articles are marked with a checkmark, so you always know what's new - Articles follow your iPhone's text size setting - Drag to reorder your feeds - Landscape support - Your subscriptions and read history carry over from earlier versions

About

RSS News Reader

Create a personalized news feed from your favorite websites and blogs. Subscribe to unlimited sources and read articles offline in a clean, intuitive format. Focus on the news that matters most to you.

Highlights
  • Follow unlimited news sources
  • In-app browser
  • Forward articles via email/text
  • Share on social media
  • Offline reading
Features
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RSS News Reader is a very app available to create a personal news feed and read your favorite websites and blogs in a clean and intuitive format. You can Subscribe to as many feeds as you want and keep up on all topics and sources you care about. Free RSS News Reader is loaded with features: • Follow unlimited news sources • Open links using the in-app browser • Forward articles via email and text • Share on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn • Load feeds once and read them offline With RSS News Reader today you can focus on the news that matter most to you! At the end it is all your News. That Simple as that!.

Screenshots

RSS Wear4 screens
RSS News Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RSS Wear at 46% against RSS News Reader's 0%. RSS Wear also leads on rating (2.8 vs 1.0). RSS News Reader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

Both are free to download. RSS Wear sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RSS News Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RSS Wear holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of RSS Wear's written reviews are positive against 0% of RSS News Reader's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RSS Wear versus RSS News Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRSS WearRSS News Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (5 ratings) — better1.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperEspressoft TechnologiesAishvarya Sadasivam

Customer experience

RSS Wear

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral38.5%
Negative15.4%

RSS News Reader

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RSS Wear

One-time1
  • Unlimited RSS Feed$0.99
None

RSS News Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RSS Wear free?
RSS Wear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RSS News Reader free?
RSS News Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RSS Wear or RSS News Reader?
RSS Wear is rated higher. RSS Wear averages 2.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while RSS News Reader averages 1.0 from 3 ratings.
Do RSS Wear or RSS News Reader have ads?
Neither RSS Wear nor RSS News Reader shows ads.

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