Flippy Reader for Feedly vs Fluent Reader Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flippy Reader for Feedly
Browse your Feedly news feeds using a card-based interface. Swipe left to mark articles as read, tap to view the full content, and swipe right to save for later. Easily reorder your news categories with a press and hold.
- Card-based news feed browsing
- Swipe left to mark as read
- Swipe right to save for later
- Tap to view full article
- Reorder news categories
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This app requires a Feedly account - Think Tinder for News Feeds Flip through your Feedly feeds with ease, using our simple, card-based layout. 1) Select your category 2) Swipe Left to Mark as Read 3) Tap to view the full article 4) Swipe Right to Save for Later 5) Press and Hold a category to re-order them Enjoy!
Fluent Reader Lite
A simple, open-source RSS client that supports various self-hosted and commercial services. It offers features like dark mode, content filtering, and article organization. Optimized for multitasking on iPad.
- Supports Fever, Google Reader, Inoreader, and Feedbin APIs
- Dark mode for UI and reading
- Configure content loading (full or webpage)
- Dedicated subscriptions tab with article titles
- Search and filter local articles
- Organize subscriptions with groups
- Two-pane view and multitasking on iPad
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Fluent Reader Lite is a simplistic, cross-platform, and open-source RSS client. The following self-hosted and commercial RSS services are supported. * Fever API (TT-RSS Fever plugin, FreshRSS, Miniflux, etc.) * Google Reader API (Bazqux Reader, The Old Reader, etc.) * Inoreader * Feedbin (official or self-hosted) Other key features include: * Dark mode for UI and reading. * Configure sources to load full content or webpage by default. * A dedicated subscriptions tab organized by latest updates with article titles. * Search for local articles or filter by read status. * Organize subscriptions with groups. * Support for two-pane view and multitasking on iPad. The following features from the desktop app are *NOT* present: * Local RSS support and source / group management. * Importing or exporting OPML files, full application data backup & restoration. * Regular expression rules that mark articles as they arrive. * Fetch articles in the background and send push notifications. * Keyboard shortcuts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fluent Reader Lite at 3.6 against Flippy Reader for Feedly's 1.0. Fluent Reader Lite also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 20 months) and review sentiment (47% vs 33%). Flippy Reader for Feedly's advantage is iOS requirement (7.1 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Fluent Reader Lite holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fluent Reader Lite has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Flippy Reader for Feedly's written reviews are positive against 47% of Fluent Reader Lite's.
Flippy Reader for Feedly ships an update every 20 months, Fluent Reader Lite every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flippy Reader for Feedly | Fluent Reader Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 47.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | +17 |
| Developer | Great Time Apps | Haoyuan Liu |
Customer experience
Flippy Reader for Feedly
Fluent Reader Lite
In-app purchases
Flippy Reader for Feedly
No in-app purchases
Fluent Reader Lite
No in-app purchases
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