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Ferry
A free iPhone, iPad and Mac RSS reader that ranks stories by how many outlets are covering them instead of by arrival time.
App Store version 1.16.2 released 2026-10-19 (iTunes lookup); Show HN 2026-10-15. (checked 2026-10-25)
In RSS readers
Where it stands apart
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? partly (some features need the maker's servers) (5% of 19 others)
- What decides which items you see first? votes, coverage counts, or social signals (11% of 19 others)
- How does it mainly sync your reading between devices or apps? it signs in to another reader service (FreshRSS, Feedbin, Inoreader, etc.) (11% of 19 others)
- Can you move your subscriptions in and out with OPML? import only (7% of 15 others)
- Where do you mainly use it? native app (Mac, iPhone, iPad) (21% of 19 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (95% of 19 others)
- How is the main thing licensed? proprietary or closed source (58% of 19 others)
- Who is it for? non-developers (79% of 19 others)
- What does a regular reader pay? nothing, and no ads (50% of 18 others)
- Is reading private, or shared with other readers? private (63% of 19 others)
- Does the maker collect analytics on how you read? no, it says it collects none (50% of 18 others)
- Where do you mainly read the article itself? in its own clean reader view (63% of 19 others)
Nearest neighbors
- NetNewsWire 65% of 17 shared answers match
- Lettura 63% of 16 shared answers match
- Gotcha RSS Feed 59% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | proprietary or closed source | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | individual side project, no revenue Free on the App Store with no paid tier described; individual seller. Revenue model not stated. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | stands apart partly (some features need the maker's servers) Fetches your feeds directly, but the day's coverage ranking comes from Ferry's server. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account 'No account to create and no identifier of any kind.' | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | non-developers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | RSS, Atom, or JSON Feed RSS reader; FreshRSS sync and OPML import are secondary. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does a reader put into it? | feeds or sites to follow | source 2026-10-26 |
| What decides which items you see first? | stands apart votes, coverage counts, or social signals 'Ranks by how widely each story is being covered'; the ranking is the same for everybody. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What's the most AI does to what you read? (pick the first that applies) | only optional AI extras (summaries, tags, or questions you ask for) On iPhones with Apple Intelligence it can sum up where coverage agrees, on device; ranking is by coverage counts, not AI. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does it mainly sync your reading between devices or apps? | stands apart it signs in to another reader service (FreshRSS, Feedbin, Inoreader, etc.) Signs in to FreshRSS; Inoreader, BazQux and The Old Reader 'coming soon'. iCloud for smart folders. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can you move your subscriptions in and out with OPML? | stands apart import only 'Import an OPML file'; export not mentioned. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you mainly use it? | stands apart native app (Mac, iPhone, iPad) | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does a regular reader pay? | nothing, and no ads | source 2026-10-26 |
| Is reading private, or shared with other readers? | private | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does the maker collect analytics on how you read? | no, it says it collects none Server knows only the device type that asked; nothing profiled. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you mainly read the article itself? | in its own clean reader view 'The reader shows the article's own text'; prefetches full text for offline. | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- Web page · apps.apple.com/us/app/ferry-news-rss-reader/id6799505775 · read 2026-10-25
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