Headlines: Reader App
Read your favourite sites
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Headlines is an app that allows you to follow websites and read the latest content in an ad-free reader that is designed to let you focus on reading. It’s the best way to keep up with the content you love to read online, like news sites, blogs, newsletters, and more.
Break free of the algorithm with Headlines, which gives you a chronological feed of the latest content from the sites you follow.
FEATURES:
- Follow sites just like you follow people on social media
- Beautiful ad-free reader designed to help you focus on reading
- Add anything to your saved list to read later, including webpages from the Safari extension
- Organize your content into collections, including sites, articles, and links from around the web. Great for organizing content around a given topic!
- Saved list reminders: get reminded to read your saved list daily - no more adding and forgetting!
- News Flash: Stay updated throughout the day with notifications that summarize what’s happening across the sites you follow.
- Powerful reading tools: enhance your reading experience with tools like Summarize (generate summaries), Expand (which finds the full content of an article when only a summary is shown), highlighter, and note -taking
- Discover: find new content by exploring tags, featured sites, and suggestions based on your interests
- Available on the web and iOS! Experience the full-featured web app on your desktop or from anywhere, and use browser extensions to automatically find feeds as you browse the web
Headlines is free to use, with reasonable limits that are lifted with a subscription to Headlines Pro.
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more Reminder: Headlines Pro is on summer sale! Get a year of Pro for just $20, all summer long.
- NEW: Introducing Routines. Configure your daily reading time as a routine, and Headlines will notify you when it's time to sit down to read your saved list. Routines are free for all users, and can be configured from Settings.
- NEW: Introducing Smart Snooze. Headlines can now suggest that you snooze an article until your reading routine time, or until the next time you open the app if now’s not an ideal time. It can even recommend setting up a reading time routine if you tend to snooze articles for the same time every day. Much more to come for Smart Snooze!
- NEW: The app icon has been given a fancy refresh. There’s also a light option you can apply in Settings > Appearance if that’s your preference!
- NEW: A brand new onboarding experience. New to Headlines? Just pick the topics you care about and we'll build your feed for you, following a handful of great sites to get you started. If you’re an experienced user of reader apps, you can onboard by importing an OPML file or manually searching for sites to follow.
- IMPROVED: The backend for the content extractor feature on the reader has been completely rewritten and should mean full content loading is much more reliable and fast. This improves everything from readability of full articles and also the quality of article summaries.
- IMPROVED: Popular articles and News Flash should both avoid showing you multiple articles about the same topic
- IMPROVED: Loading feeds that have not had new content in a while should load much faster
- Plus a ton of small fixes and polish to keep things running smooth.
1.10.0 Sep 9
Reminder: Headlines Pro is on summer sale! Get a year of Pro for just $20, all summer long.
- FIX: Fixed an issue where the site search input could hang. Sorry about that!
1.9.1 Aug 30
Reminder: Headlines Pro is on summer sale! Get a year of Pro for just $20, all summer long.
- NEW: You can now try Headlines Pro free for 30 days when you sign up, with a reminder before your trial ends.
- NEW: Tap a topic in News Flash to explore related articles, and give a thumbs up/down on summaries to help me improve them.
- IMPROVED: Library now includes Notes and Highlights alongside Collections, Sites, and Writers, and both are now searchable. Saved is now focused on Inbox and Snoozed, with your collections just a tap away as filters.
- IMPROVED: Magic links have been replaced by sign-in codes. Now you can Sign in with a six-digit code sent to your email
- IMPROVED: (Web) New articles now appear as a small notice at the top of your timeline instead of automatically refreshing, so you never lose your place while reading
- IMPROVED: (Web) The Library now uses the same card style as iOS for a more consistent look across collections, sites, and writers
- FIX: Headlines Pro subscribers who subscribed via the App Store are no longer blocked from deleting their account.
1.9.0 Aug 12
Reminder: Headlines Pro is on summer sale! Get a year of Pro for just $20, all summer long.
- FIX: This version should drastically random logout issues. Please continue to give feedback if it continues happening!
- FIX: Tapping an article from News Flash would sometimes not open the reader view
- FIX: When tapping an article within Dig Deeper, the reader view did automatically not grow to full height
Thanks for your feedback!
1.8.3 Jul 25
Reminder: Headlines Pro is on summer sale! Get a year of Pro for just $20, all summer long.
- FIX: A few small bug fixes to keep things running smoothly. Thanks for your feedback!
1.8.2 Jul 21
Reminder: Headlines Pro is on summer sale! Get a year of Pro for just $20, all summer long.
- FIX: Fixes an issue where searching for sites from the Discover tab could result in an empty, white screen. Sorry about that!
1.8.1 Jul 16
Reminder: Headlines Pro is on summer sale! Get a year of Pro for just $20, all summer long.
- NEW: Detox Mode lets you take a break from selected topics and sources without unfollowing them. Need a break from politics? Set up some rules for content you don’t want to see, then switch it on whenever you want a calmer feed.
- NEW: Snooze any article for later. Not ready to read something right now? Snooze it by selecting a date and time, and receive a notification when it’s time to read.
- IMPROVED: Search now better understands whether you’re looking for a feed or a topic, making it easier to find what you want.
- IMPROVED: Long press an article in a list to quickly access its reader actions without opening it first.
- FIX: A ton of small performance and bug fixes to keep things running smooth and stable.
NOTE: iOS 18 is no longer supported. Please update to iOS 26 to continue using Headlines.
1.8.0 Jul 15
Summer sale! Get a year of Headlines Pro for just $20 all summer long.
- NEW: News Flash has a fresh full-screen design with richer imagery, smoother vertical swiping, and clearer progress through each edition.
- NEW: More content is now included in your News Flash editions, such as popular articles that are relevant to you. Now it’s even easier to stay on top of what’s going on in your world!
- NEW: News Flash now shows all your editions at once, so you can look back on what already arrived and what’s still upcoming in your day.
- NEW: You can now change the times you wish to receive News Flash editions. Rather receive the evening edition at 9pm? Easily change this in settings.
- NEW: On web, there’s now an add button that’s accessible in the navigation sidebar that allows you to quickly add content to Headlines from anywhere.
- IMPROVED: The Discover tab now shows an add button that allows you to quickly add feeds, import feeds, and create collections
- FIX: Layout issues have been addressed on iPad. Expect some more improvements to iPadOS support in upcoming releases!
- FIX: Lots of improvements to the feed crawler, so you should see more reliability in your feeds (especially Reddit feeds!)
- FIX: A ton of small performance and bug fixes to keep things running smooth and stable.
NOTE: This will be the last major version of Headlines that supports iOS 18. Ensure your device is up to date to keep using the app!
1.7.0 Jun 21
- FIX: The app would crash when viewing an article that contains audio, such as a podcast episode. Thanks for reporting this!
1.6.3 May 31
Some behind-the-scenes work and a bug fix.
- FIX: Improve error message when the full article content could not be loaded in the reader.
1.6.2 May 26
NEW: You can now configure sites and topics for a collection’s feed while creating the collection as well as collection settings. Thanks for your feedback on this!
1.6.1 May 24
- NEW: The Saved tab has been given an overhaul. The default view is Inbox, but you can also switch between your collections to view the articles and links you’ve saved. You now have one place for all your saved content!
- NEW: Collections are now free for everyone. No Headlines Pro subscription is needed to create and organize your reading. If you had disabled collections because you exceeded your limit, they’ve been unlocked.
- NEW: Dynamic collection feeds. You can now configure collection feeds to be automatically sourced with sites that match topics you select. Configure this from your collection settings.
- NEW: You can now search Writers in your Library, just like you could already do for Sites and Collections.
- NEW: On web, there is now a Classic layout setting that gives you a familiar two-pane layout, which should look familiar if you use the iPadOS app, or have used other reader apps. Let me know what you think!
- IMPROVED: Collections, sites, and writers have a new, consistent visual style in the library. Looking much snazzier, if I do say so myself.
- FIX: Articles in your Saved list and collections now sort by when you saved them — so your most recently saved articles always appear at the top.
1.6.0 May 21
This version contains a small change under the hood. Keep an eye out for more updates soon!
In case you missed what's new in 1.5.0:
- NEW: Navigation improvements make it easier than ever to get around the app. The new Library tab brings Sites, Writers, and Collections together in one place, making it easy to find all your content in Headlines.
- NEW: Free users can now try out the Notes feature before upgrading. Now you can give all the pro features a try before you subscribe!
- NEW: The onboarding experience has been completely revamped with a bigger focus on tailoring the app to your interests and getting the most out of Headlines features.
- IMPROVED: Feed importing has been overhauled from the ground up to be more reliable and support larger files.
- IMPROVED: Feed import will now continue while the app is in the background, and the import status is now viewable while an import is progress.
- IMPROVED: You can now also start an import from the Files app on your device.
- IMPROVED: Site search should be more reliable, and site artwork now appears more consistently across Headlines.
- IMPROVED: Article summaries. Instead of bullet point summaries, you now get a short blurb that extract only the important bits. Summaries so much easier to read, and are generated much faster too!
- IMPROVED: The News Flash icon on your Home tab now shows an indicator when a fresh edition is waiting.
1.5.1 May 7
- NEW: Navigation improvements make it easier than ever to get around the app. The new Library tab brings Sites, Writers, and Collections together in one place, making it easy to find all your content in Headlines.
- NEW: Free users can now try out the Notes feature before upgrading. Now you can give all the pro features a try before you subscribe!
- NEW: The onboarding experience has been completely revamped with a bigger focus on tailoring the app to your interests and getting the most out of Headlines features.
- IMPROVED: Feed importing has been overhauled from the ground up to be more reliable and support larger files.
- IMPROVED: Feed import will now continue while the app is in the background, and the import status is now viewable while an import is progress.
- IMPROVED: You can now also start an import from the Files app on your device.
- IMPROVED: Site search should be more reliable, and site artwork now appears more consistently across Headlines.
- IMPROVED: Article summaries Instead of bullet point summaries, you now get you a short blurb that extract only the important bits. Summaries so much easier to read, and are generated much faster too!
- IMPROVED: The News Flash icon on your Home tab now shows an indicator when a fresh edition is waiting.
1.5.0 Apr 30
Includes a bug fix that should help address cases where users could be logged out of their account unexpectedly.
In case you missed what's new in the last release:
- NEW: Reader display settings! You can now change the font and text size, including font options for readers with low vision and dyslexia.
- NEW: Tap any image in an article to open it full-screen, then pinch to zoom for a closer look.
- NEW: Writer photos now appear throughout Headlines when available, giving a more personal touch to the stories you read.
- IMPROVED: Article content now loads significantly faster when tapping into articles from a list.
- IMPROVED: Feed import performance has been drastically improved. It’s now much more ready for your large import files!
- IMPROVED: There are nice little bits of visual polish added in various places throughout the app to keep things looking fresh.
- FIX: News Flash edition summaries should have improved tags so you can reliably dig deeper into the topic.
- FIX: Fixed an onboarding issue where an empty suggested sites step could be shown instead of finishing setup.
- FIX: OPML export could previously include non-RSS sources like newsletters, but now we ensure it only includes importable feeds.
- Tons of work behind the scenes to set the stage for further improvements. Stay tuned!
1.4.2 Apr 4
Fixes an issue where site followed state was not accurately reflected, and a small UI tweak on the intro screen.
In case you missed what's new in the last release:
- NEW: Reader display settings! You can now change the font and text size, including font options for readers with low vision and dyslexia.
- NEW: Tap any image in an article to open it full-screen, then pinch to zoom for a closer look.
- NEW: Writer photos now appear throughout Headlines when available, giving a more personal touch to the stories you read.
- IMPROVED: Article content now loads significantly faster when tapping into articles from a list.
- IMPROVED: Feed import performance has been drastically improved. It’s now much more ready for your large import files!
- IMPROVED: There are nice little bits of visual polish added in various places throughout the app to keep things looking fresh.
- FIX: News Flash edition summaries should have improved tags so you can reliably dig deeper into the topic.
- FIX: Fixed an onboarding issue where an empty suggested sites step could be shown instead of finishing setup.
- FIX: OPML export could previously include non-RSS sources like newsletters, but now we ensure it only includes importable feeds.
- Tons of work behind the scenes to set the stage for further improvements. Stay tuned!
1.4.1 Mar 30
- NEW: Reader display settings are now easier to reach while you read, and expanding an article feels more natural with a new inline “Show More” control right in the reader.
- NEW: Tap any image in an article to open it full-screen, then pinch to zoom for a closer look.
- NEW: Writer photos now appear throughout Headlines when available, giving a more personal touch to the stories you read.
- IMPROVED: Article content now loads significantly faster when tapping into articles from a list.
- IMPROVED: Feed import performance has been drastically improved. It’s now much more ready for your large import files!
- IMPROVED: There are nice little bits of visual polish added in various places throughout the app to keep things looking fresh.
- FIX: News Flash edition summaries should have improved tags so you can reliably dig deeper into the topic.
- FIX: Fixed an onboarding issue where an empty suggested sites step could be shown instead of finishing setup.
- FIX: OPML export could previously include non-RSS sources like newsletters, but now we ensure it only includes importable feeds.
- Tons of work behind the scenes to set the stage for more new features and improvements. Stay tuned!
1.4.0 Mar 25
Small bug fix to prevent duplicate alerts when the session expires.
In case you missed it, included in the last release:
- NEW: Highlights! You can now highlight text while reading any article. It’s as simple as selecting any text in the reader, tap Highlight. Your highlights accessible from the new Highlights section in the Saved tab across iOS and the web.
- NEW: The Saved tab now brings Articles, Notes, and Highlights together in one place. The standalone Notebook is no longer — everything you've saved now lives in the Saved tab.
- IMPROVED: Article summaries now stream in progressively, so you can start reading key takeaways right away instead of waiting for the full summary to load.
- IMPROVED: After saving an article, you can now instantly organize it into a collection — no extra steps to keep your saved list tidy.
- FIX: Fixed an issue where the Share Extension could show a blank sheet when saving from outside of the Safari browser.
- FIX: Fixed an issue where expanding an article's content could leave you with a broken reader. The app now falls back gracefully to the original article and lets you know what happened.
- FIX: Some favicons did not appear as expected beside the site name. This was reworked to support more types of favicons and generally handling these better.
- Web: Article links can now be shared with anyone — even people without a Headlines account can read them.
- Web: Dig Deeper is now available in News Flash on the web, letting you explore related research directly from your daily briefing.
- A ton of performance improvements. Specifically should notice reading articles for a specific site and viewing your collection feed is much snappier.
1.3.2 Mar 16
A small update to fix a UI issue. As always, your feedback is welcome!
In case you missed it, included in the last release:
- NEW: Highlights! You can now highlight text while reading any article. It’s as simple as selecting any text in the reader, tap Highlight. Your highlights accessible from the new Highlights section in the Saved tab across iOS and the web.
- NEW: The Saved tab now brings Articles, Notes, and Highlights together in one place. The standalone Notebook is no longer — everything you've saved now lives in the Saved tab.
- IMPROVED: Article summaries now stream in progressively, so you can start reading key takeaways right away instead of waiting for the full summary to load.
- IMPROVED: After saving an article, you can now instantly organize it into a collection — no extra steps to keep your saved list tidy.
- FIX: Fixed an issue where the Share Extension could show a blank sheet when saving from outside of the Safari browser.
- FIX: Fixed an issue where expanding an article's content could leave you with a broken reader. The app now falls back gracefully to the original article and lets you know what happened.
- FIX: Some favicons did not appear as expected beside the site name. This was reworked to support more types of favicons and generally handling these better.
- Web: Article links can now be shared with anyone — even people without a Headlines account can read them.
- Web: Dig Deeper is now available in News Flash on the web, letting you explore related research directly from your daily briefing.
- A ton of performance improvements. Specifically should notice reading articles for a specific site and viewing your collection feed is much snappier.
1.3.1 Mar 11
- NEW: Highlights! You can now highlight text while reading any article. It’s as simple as selecting any text in the reader, tap Highlight. Your highlights accessible from the new Highlights section in the Saved tab across iOS and the web.
- NEW: The Saved tab now brings Articles, Notes, and Highlights together in one place. The standalone Notebook is no longer — everything you've saved now lives in the Saved tab.
- IMPROVED: Article summaries now stream in progressively, so you can start reading key takeaways right away instead of waiting for the full summary to load.
- IMPROVED: After saving an article, you can now instantly organize it into a collection — no extra steps to keep your saved list tidy.
- FIX: Fixed an issue where the Share Extension could show a blank sheet when saving from outside of the Safari browser.
- FIX: Fixed an issue where expanding an article's content could leave you with a broken reader. The app now falls back gracefully to the original article and lets you know what happened.
- FIX: Some favicons did not appear as expected beside the site name. This was reworked to support more types of favicons and generally handling these better.
- Web: Article links can now be shared with anyone — even people without a Headlines account can read them.
- Web: Dig Deeper is now available in News Flash on the web, letting you explore related research directly from your daily briefing.
- A ton of performance improvements. Specifically should notice reading articles for a specific site and viewing your collection feed is much snappier.
1.3.0 Mar 9
- NEW: Free users can now try out some Headlines Pro features. You can generate up to 2 article summaries, and you now also get a free day of News Flash as a trial. Less paywalls, more exploration!
- NEW: Notification settings. You can now toggle specific notifications on/off. Don’t want to be reminded about your ever-growing saved list? Turn off the notifications you don’t want to receive.
- NEW: Added a link to the web app in Settings so you can enjoy Headlines anywhere, not just on your iOS/iPadOS device!
- Plus: various bug fixes, UI tweaks and general improvements to keep things humming along.
1.2.0 Feb 9
Just a few minor bug fixes after releasing the bigger update last week. More exciting updates soon!
1.1.1 Jan 19
Back at you with a few updates I'm really excited about. Look forward to even more coming your way soon!
- NEW: Introducing Pins. You can now pin any site, collection, or tag to the top of the Home tab for quick access
- NEW: Long Reads feed. Headlines Pro users can now access a new feed from your Home tab that will show you articles that take 5+ minutes to read. Access it from the Home tab by tapping the Timeline button in the navigation title and choose "Long Reads"
- NEW: The saved list is now grouped by date to match the web app, making it easier to visually scan and manage your saved articles
- IMPROVED: News Flash summaries should now be much less vague and more centred around specific stories for each topic
- IMPROVED: Article summaries should be more concise while ensuring the important details are included
- Fixes an issue where the News Flash sheet was dismissed when tapping on a link within an article
- Fixes an issue where the clear button did not always appear when viewing the saved list
- Fixes an issue where the learn more button on the saved list's empty state did not correctly link to the relevant help article
1.1.0 Jan 15
Small one to fix a reader display issue on iPad. Happy New Year!
1.0.4 12/31/2025
Here's a nice bug fix and performance improvements update to tide you over for the holidays while I work on some awesome new features for the new year:
- Bug fix: Fixes an issue where the focus bar may not be displayed on the reader view in some conditions. This meant you could not tap to navigate between paragraphs in an article, and the green border displayed on the left of the currently focused paragraph was not visible. It's fixed now!
- Various performance improvements to make sure things load nice and smooth, especially when reading
Happy holidays, and happy new year!
1.0.3 12/23/2025
Reminder: Headlines Pro is on summer sale! Get a year of Pro for just $20, all summer long.
- NEW: Introducing Routines. Configure your daily reading time as a routine, and Headlines will notify you when it's time to sit down to read your saved list. Routines are free for all users, and can be configured from Settings.
- NEW: Introducing Smart Snooze. Headlines can now suggest that you snooze an article until your reading routine time, or until the next time you open the app if now’s not an ideal time. It can even recommend setting up a reading time routine if you tend to snooze articles for the same time every day. Much more to come for Smart Snooze!
- NEW: The app icon has been given a fancy refresh. There’s also a light option you can apply in Settings > Appearance if that’s your preference!
- NEW: A brand new onboarding experience. New to Headlines? Just pick the topics you care about and we'll build your feed for you, following a handful of great sites to get you started. If you’re an experienced user of reader apps, you can onboard by importing an OPML file or manually searching for sites to follow.
- IMPROVED: The backend for the content extractor feature on the reader has been completely rewritten and should mean full content loading is much more reliable and fast. This improves everything from readability of full articles and also the quality of article summaries.
- IMPROVED: Popular articles and News Flash should both avoid showing you multiple articles about the same topic
- IMPROVED: Loading feeds that have not had new content in a while should load much faster
- Plus a ton of small fixes and polish to keep things running smooth.
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