NetNewsWire: RSS Reader 17+
More news, less junk. Faster.
Brent Simmons
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- Free
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Description
It’s like podcasts, but for reading.
NetNewsWire is a free and open source RSS reader. It’s fast, stable, and accessible.
NetNewsWire shows you articles from your favorite blogs and news sites — and keeps track of what you’ve read.
If you’ve been going from page to page in your browser looking for new articles to read, let NetNewsWire bring them to you instead.
Take back control of your news. And have fun doing it!
Features:
* Direct feed-downloading
* Syncing via iCloud, Feedbin, Feedly, BazQux, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and FreshRSS
* Multiple accounts
* Dark Mode
* Custom article themes
* Reader view
* Share sheet
* Starred articles
* All Unread and Today smart feeds
* Folders
* Importing and exporting OPML feed lists
* Background refreshing
* Searching
* Hiding read articles
* Timeline customization
* Keyboard shortcuts
* Context menus
* Home screen widgets for today, unread, and starred articles
* Share extension
What’s New
Version 6.1.4
We’ve removed the Extensions section from the settings screen — along with the rest of the Reddit API code.
Removing this code has the nice side effect of providing some small performance enhancements, though probably too small to be noticeable.
Ratings and Reviews
Great app… definitely 5 stars
Two years ago, I wrote this as my review:
“It’s good, but the lack of iCloud sync really holds it back. With all the tracking and personal data going who knows where, I just don’t feel comfortable using any third party sync service other than iCloud. If the added it I’d be all in. For now, I’m back to a different RSS reader that does support iCloud sync.”
Today I realised I’d written it as I had completely forgotten I did. I should’ve updated this. They added iCloud sync a while ago and NetNewsWire has been on my Home Screen since then and it’s one of my most used apps. I love it.
An excellent, lightweight alternative to Feedly et al.
Wonderfully designed specifically for macOS and iOS only, this app is a wonderful, clean, fast, and completely free alternative to Feedly and the other subscription-filled RSS readers out there. It may lack a few features compared to some of those competitors, but it makes up for it with its exceptional execution of its singular focus.
The only thing I really miss is image thumbnails for articles. If they add that in the future, NetNewsWire will be the ultimate RSS app for me.
Finally, an clean-looking app that just works
It's certainly the modern rage to have an app look exactly as it was planned on paper, but that often ends up bogging down us users with an unusable UI, a huge app download, and other eye-rolling triggers.
My goodness, what an absolute pleasure this app is to use. I just... want... to read... news. And that's what it lets you do... for free!
Thank you, thank you, THANK you.
App Privacy
The developer, Brent Simmons, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Brent Simmons
- Size
- 16.7 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.4 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 17+ Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco or Drug Use or References Unrestricted Web Access
- Copyright
- © 2002-2023 Brent Simmons
- Price
- Free