New in 3.0: Smart Summary now reads the full article and includes citations to the source. Quotes mode shows what was quoted, word for word. Plus on-device translation.
Bulletin is a modern RSS news reader with summaries built in, so you can get through everything you follow in less time.
You choose every source, and no algorithm decides what surfaces.
Use the summary to decide what to read, then open the article in a distraction-free reader with no ads.
SMART SUMMARY, POWERED BY REAL ARTICLE CONTENT
Bulletin extracts the article before building its summary, rather than relying on the short text in an RSS feed. The result reflects what the article actually says, so you're not judging a story by its headline.
• Read a concise summary in bullet points or one sentence
• Switch to Quotes mode to read the article's key quotes, word for word
• Improve unclear or clickbait headlines with a clearer, more accurate one
• Summarise a whole feed or category, with each point citing the publication behind it. Tap to open the story
• Copy, select, or share summaries
Bulletin uses AI to summarise article content.
YOU PICK EVERY SOURCE
Start reading straight away with useful starter categories, then make Bulletin yours. Add the publications, independent writers, blogs, and specialist sites you trust. Nothing is inserted because an algorithm thinks it should be there.
• Add an RSS feed from any supported site or feed URL
• Import an existing collection with OPML, or export it when you need to
• Create, rename, hide, and organise categories around the way you follow news
• Enable, disable, or rename individual sources at any time
• Mute phrases you do not want to see in your feeds
A FOR YOU FEED, ON YOUR TERMS
For You brings your chosen categories together in one personalised feed. Nothing is ranked or promoted: it is all from sources you added.
Sort a combined feed purely by time and the sites that post twenty times a day bury the ones that post twice a week. Weaved mode keeps For You close to newest first, but never lets one source run more than twice before another gets a turn. Busy sites still appear as often, just spread out, so everything you follow gets seen.
• Weaved mode, so no single source takes over the feed
• Switch to chronological ordering whenever you prefer
• Choose which categories appear together in For You
READ THE WAY YOU WANT
A summary is a starting point. When an article deserves your attention, open it in a clean reading view that keeps the text and images while removing page ads and newsletter prompts. You can also switch to the original page at any time.
• Choose a serif or sans-serif reading font and adjust text size
• Use light, dark, or extra-dark reading styles
• Change article card size to make feeds compact or visual
• Sort feeds, show or hide unread counts, and mark articles as read in batches
SAVE IT FOR LATER
Save an article to Read Later with one action, then return when the time is right. Your sources, reading history, preferences, and Read Later list stay in sync with iCloud across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
TRANSLATE AS YOU READ
When a source is written in another language, translate its headlines, full articles and summaries entirely on your device.
WIDGETS, SIRI AND SHORTCUTS
• See recent headlines in Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
• Open Bulletin actions from Control Center or Siri
• Follow the latest headlines in a Live Activity
CLEAR ABOUT YOUR DATA
Bulletin removes tracking parameters from article URLs. Anonymous usage analytics can be turned off, and article content is not collected for analytics. Your source list remains yours.
TRY BULLETIN FREE
The free tier includes 20 opens of the distraction-free reader and 5 shared Smart Summary or headline-improvement uses. Bulletin Pro unlocks unlimited reader opens, unlimited summaries, headline improvements, and alternate app icons.
Monthly, Yearly, and Lifetime options are available, with pricing shown before purchase.
Choose your sources, read the summary, and open what matters.
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Ever since the amount of articles have been increased in conjunction with the smart summaries feature, I’ve really come to appreciate how well this app filled the void left by Artifact. Mobile version is excellent - feature rich and full of useful gestures. It needs a history section to keep track of articles I’ve clicked on. Sometimes I need to pick up where I left off!Apple Vision Pro is currently not a good experience. Whenever I’m scrolling, it will randomly jump me back to the top of the feed! Or sometimes when I'm scrolling through the feed, I will accidentally select the scroll wheel and fling my feed around. The scrolling needs to be looked into. I think there needs to be more space between controls so they don’t accidentally get selected. Anyway mostly positive experience, just needs some refinement on AVP.
Developer Response
Hi there,Thank you for the very kind and constructive feedback! I will take onboard the suggestions for improvements and make the app even better.Thanks,Shihab
No font size options
BobYourUncle
So tired of text-centric apps such as this where all you do is read text and yet there is NO WAY to change the font size of the article text, even using iOS app-specific font size feature. What is the deal with these devs? It’s like making a car without the ability to adjust the seats. Unbelievable. Navigation from the tiny text article view is horrible. No way to swipe to next article or even dismiss the pop-up view. No easy way to mark articles as read. No mark read on scroll. This is just horrible… go check out other apps like Inoreader or Readkit and copy their main reading features. Then build off of that with your AI. Add more voice options. The default iOS voice is unbearable. Also your price is too high for what this offers. I like the idea of this which is why I care to leave such a review and it’s a great start to something amazing. It is just unusable… for me. Main gripes are above. Fix the problems and I’ll change this to a glowing 5 star review. UPDATE TO YOUR RESPONSE: No, you can’t. It does not change article font size which was my point.
Developer Response
Hi there, Thank you for the constructive feedback. You can change font sizes via system settings. Voice options have also been tweaked to be more natural.Thanks, Shihab
Clear potential…but still has a long way to go.
Wicker Park
I love the idea behind this app. The care and attention to the UX is clear. Appreciate push notifications, iCloud syncing, and the full Apple ecosystem support.If you want a basic “already configured”news/RSS app, Bulletin fits the bill. Which leads to what’s missing…It’s missing some critical things for long-time RSS users though:* Yes, you can import in your own OPML feeds, but organizing them and essentially wiping the slate clean to just bring my familiar feeds in my own organization style…that’s a daunting process. So much so, that I gave up for now.* It doesn’t appear to offer options to use Postlight or Readability to parse/extract articles from feeds that only provide headlines, but admittedly I only tested a couple of feeds with this.* Customizing notifications in a more granular way by feed, number of topics, or keywords would be a lovely addition.* Hierarchical sorting beyond a single category.* Customizing the sidebar area.This is an opinionated app…I love that about it. It’s just not quite my aesthetic. Longtime users of Reeder or News Explorer are going to enjoy the UX, long for the AI summarization features that come natively here, but struggle to embrace a paradigm that wants you to do things the Bulletin way instead of the way you’ve become accustomed to in other RSS apps. That’s not a bad thing, but I do long for significantly more customization features in feed organization, hierarchy, parsing, update times, and a “just start from a clean slate and import my stuff and don’t add anything to it” option. I’d happily spend money on this app if it evolves in that direction. For now…I will envy some of the summarization features but go back to my trusted long-time RSS apps.
Developer Response
Hi there,Thank you for the kind and constructive feedback. I shall take all this feedback onboard and work towards improving the app even further. These are great ideas that I hope to implement soon.Thanks,Shihab
Do not buy
TrevorO.
The app on the mac does not have 1/3 of the settings options. The app on ips is low to update and does not retain the read status of articles. The list goes on. If you know the history of this developer with apps such as Planny, (abandoned then sold along with many apps on his website) Aviary, (abandoned then replaced with Aviary 2). You will not trust the developer to continue the development of this app. Think about this, how will they pay for yhe AI features over time if someone purchases a lifetime subscription? The answer can be found in their prior work. Save your money and use feeeed.
Developer Response
Hi there, Thank you for the constructive feedback. I have proved time and time again that I frequently update my apps with excellent useful features (sometimes multiple times a day).Thanks, Shihab
Bulletin 3.0 includes:
• Redesigned iPad and Mac apps built around native sidebars and a three-column layout, and the whole app refreshed for Liquid Glass
• Weaved mode for For You blends your categories into one balanced stream so a busy source cannot crowd the others out, or switch to chronological whenever you prefer
• Smart Summary now reads the whole article rather than the short excerpt in the feed, so it catches the detail further down the page
• Citations in feed and category summaries, naming the publication behind each point. Tap one to open the story
• Quotes, a summary format that pulls the article's key quotes word for word, in the order they appear
• Improve Headline, formerly Improve Title, rewrites a vague or clickbait headline so it says what the story is actually about
• Translation now runs on device, covering headlines, full articles and summaries, and translates progressively as you read
• Siri and Shortcuts: open a feed, category or article by name, or summarise an article. Saved and recently fetched articles appear in Spotlight, and Shortcuts can filter them by source, date or Read Later status
• The Summarize Article and Open in Reader actions accept a URL, so a Shortcut you build can send an article from Safari's share sheet straight into Bulletin
• One configurable Control Center control that opens any category, replacing the eight fixed ones
This release also brings an upgraded AI model behind Smart Summary, Quotes and Improve Headline, a redesigned article context menu, smoother animations, more efficient feed image loading, and more reliable recovery of feeds and settings when reinstalling or restoring from a backup, plus fixes across the app.
Version 3.0.2
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