Comparison

RSS Wear vs Feedlane

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

Feedlane

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Feedlane is a fast, focused RSS reader for everyone who wants to follow their favorite sites, blogs, and news sources in one calm, clutter-free place — in sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and the web. Add any feed by URL, bring your subscriptions along as OPML, or discover new sources by category. Feedlane loads instantly from your device and syncs quietly in the background, so your feeds, read state, and bookmarks are always up to date — in the app, in your browser, and in any third-party reader that speaks the Fever or Google Reader API. Truncated feeds can be loaded in full, and summaries are generated right on your device. FOLLOW WHAT MATTERS • Subscribe to any RSS or Atom feed by URL • Discover feeds by category and search • Import and export OPML at any time • Organize feeds into folders and reorder them your way • Unread counts per feed and per folder A CALM READING EXPERIENCE • Clean, readable article view with large, comfortable typography • Filter by unread, read, or bookmarked • Swipe to mark read/unread or bookmark • Scroll to mark as read: articles clear themselves as you move past them • Mark all as read for a feed, a folder, or everything at once • Save articles to reading lists for later • Open in Safari or share anywhere FULL ARTICLES AND ON-DEVICE SUMMARIES • Fetch the full text of truncated feeds — on any article, with one tap • AI summaries generated entirely on your device • Nothing is sent to a server, no third-party AI, no exceptions • Switch it on for everything, or decide per article READ ANYWHERE, ON ANY DEVICE • Full web version — open your feeds in any browser, nothing to install • Fever API and Google Reader API support: use the third-party reader you already like, on whatever device you have at hand • Read state, bookmarks, and subscriptions stay in sync in both directions • Your data is portable — no lock-in, ever ALWAYS IN SYNC, EVEN OFFLINE • Your feeds and read state sync across every device and client • Offline-first: articles are there instantly, no spinners • Full-text search across your articles DESIGNED FOR APPLE • Built with SwiftUI and the Liquid Glass design language • Themes for every setting: Light, Dark, true OLED Black, Sepia, and more • One universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Keyboard shortcuts and pointer support on iPad and Mac Feedlane requires a Feedlane account. FEEDLANE PREMIUM Unlock up to 200 feeds and all premium features with a Feedlane Premium subscription. The price is shown in the app before you purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://feedlane.app/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://feedlane.app/en/privacy

Screenshots

RSS Wear4 screens
Feedlane4 screens

Verdict

The call

RSS Wear and Feedlane are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 and Feedlane sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RSS Wear ships an update every 2 months, Feedlane every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
RSS Wear versus Feedlane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRSS WearFeedlane
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB9 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperEspressoft TechnologiesSimon Gotz

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RSS Wear

One-time1
  • Unlimited RSS Feed$0.99
1 purchases

Feedlane

Subscriptions1
  • Feedlane Premium$2.991 Month

Questions

Is RSS Wear free?
RSS Wear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Feedlane free?
Feedlane is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RSS Wear or Feedlane have ads?
Neither RSS Wear nor Feedlane shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RSS Wear or Feedlane?
RSS Wear ships an update every 2 months, and Feedlane every 5 weeks. Most recently, RSS Wear was updated on October 5, 2026 and Feedlane on October 12, 2026.

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