RSS Wear vs Manatee Herald
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Apple Watch support
- Clean reading experience
- Over 100 top RSS feeds
- User-friendly search
- Add new feeds
- Sharing options
- Drag to reorder feeds
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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
Manatee Herald
Access local news for free with breaking news alerts and curated content from various sources. Browse headlines, read summaries, and dive deeper into stories that interest you. Share articles easily to social media.
- Top Stories and search
- Breaking news alerts
- Manage alert settings
- Local news coverage
- Share to social media
- Bite-sized summaries
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Fair, Balanced, and Free... Access local news for Free! Use this app to improve your mobile experience with features like: -Top Stories and search. -Stay informed of breaking news with alerts. -Manage your alert settings. -Local news you are looking for. -Share to social media straight from the app. We display curated news from various sources, but we are also a locally owned business that is dedicated to bringing you local news on a variety of topics – important, entertainment, sports, politics, and business-related stories. Our model is to leverage technology to bring you fresh content that reflects our community. The stories shared here are from a variety of sources which is important when getting your news, yet conveniently in one place and in a format and size meant to be consumed in bite-sized pieces. Browse the stories, consume the summaries and headlines, and when you find one that really fits your appetite, click on it for more. Use the app for a superior user experience!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Manatee Herald at 100% against RSS Wear's 46%. Manatee Herald also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. RSS Wear sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Manatee Herald asks for nothing beyond the download.
Manatee Herald holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of RSS Wear's written reviews are positive against 100% of Manatee Herald's.
RSS Wear ships an update every 2 months, Manatee Herald monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RSS Wear | Manatee Herald |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Espressoft Technologies | Quote Rocket, LLC |
Customer experience
RSS Wear
Manatee Herald
In-app purchases
RSS Wear
- Unlimited RSS Feed$0.99
Manatee Herald
No in-app purchases
