News Explorer 17+

Your one-stop news center

Ron Elemans

    • 4.6 • 246 Ratings
    • $9.99

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Description

News Explorer is a full-featured yet easy-to-use RSS, JSON, Atom, Reddit, YouTube, Podcast and Mastodon news reader with iCloud synchronization between Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV.

Full iCloud Sync
• News Explorer syncs your feeds, filters, folders, articles including statuses, notes and tags, across all your Apple devices.
• Synchronization is based on iCloud, so there is no need to login or to sign up into any other service, it just works out of the box.

Smart Filters
• Filter your news according your own conditions and preferences, easily accessible from the sidebar.
• Filters customizations are synced across all your devices.

Automatic Reader View
• Use automatic Reader view to download and read the full text version of truncated feed articles.
• News Explorer makes use of multiple parsers to offer the best Reader view results.

Article Comments
• Read article comments from other readers directly in the app.
• Works with RSS feeds that has comment feeds per article, YouTube feeds, Reddit feeds and HackerNews feeds.
• Also works with most feeds from websites that use Open Web comments.

Article Notes
• Add rich text notes to news, directly in the context of the article.
• Notes are synced via iCloud together with the related article.

Feed Settings
• All aspects of a feed like title, source link or icon, can be adjusted at any time in the Feed settings dialog.
• Disable the feed temporarily or permanently.
• Override app settings for syncing, downloading comments and reading articles.

Feed Prefilters
• Prevent the app from downloading articles you don’t want to see or read.
• Prefilters are synced via iCloud, and can be easily configured on feed level in the Feed settings dialog.

Article Inspector
• Inspect metadata, tags, media, notes and comments of an article in the Inspector panel.
• View and add custom tags in the Metadata panel.
• Browse and download media, including podcasts, in the Media panel.

Article Tags
• Article categories of RSS articles are displayed in the Inspector panel as tags.
• Can be extended with your own tags.
• Custom tags are easily recognizable, and are synced via iCloud.
• Tags can be used as conditions in filters.

Local Account
• Add feeds to News Explorer that only exists on your device by activating the Local account option.
• The local account option can be used in addition to or instead of syncing with iCloud.

Reading Features
• Mark items as favorite for later reading.
• Navigate with one click to the original content.
• Full keyboard navigation.
• Full text search in the List and Timeline view.
• Mark as read while scrolling as option.
• Image viewer to browse through all images of articles or feeds.
• Built-in support to share articles with Instapaper or Pocket.
• Share news items via Email, Messages and other sharing services.

Configuration Features
• Countless settings to tweak layout, fonts, behaviors and more.
• Import and export feeds via OPML.
• Add new feeds via the Search new feeds dialog or special Add feed dialogs.
• Organize your feeds by assigning them to folders.
• Multiple themes, tint colors and app icons.

System Features
• Option to index articles with Spotlight.
• Handover articles between iOS, iPadOS and macOS.
• Local notifications for feeds selected in the Feeds Manager.
• Widgets: with adjustable sources and font settings.

Multi Platform
You only need to buy two apps to cover all Apple platforms:
• News Explorer for Mac is available on the Mac App Store.
• News Explorer for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV is a universal purchase app, available on the App Store of the mentioned devices. On visionOS you can use the iPadOS edition of News Explorer.

Support
News Explorer has an extensive help page on https://betamagic.nl/support/newsexplorer/help.html. If you still have questions or need support, email us at support@betamagic.nl.

If you like News Explorer then feel free to leave a review or a rating in the App Store, it helps a lot!

What’s New

Version 2.0.3

• Bug fixes.
• Articles in Timeline view can now be opened, automatically scrolled and closed by clicking on the spacebar.
• Improved VoiceOver support in Feed settings dialog.

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5
246 Ratings

246 Ratings

rgrgeo ,

The BEST RSS and News Reader

Just discovered News Explorer and I am completely impressed. I have tried many news agregation apps and RSS readers and this one does everything you could want in addtion to offering a beautiful UI and reader display. It is very customizable and syncs beautifully with IOS (which intergrates it’s own settings with the IOS settings framework, brilliant). The search option offers multiple related feeds and sites that you can add all at once, making setup quick and easy . I do wsh there was more control with noitfications, currently I have them turned of because they were flooding my devices unlimited, however, this is just a minor wish. Overall, the great user experience and detailed contro options makes this truly the BEST application of it’s kind that I have found so far.

DJ Asson ,

Best RSS reader

I've been using News Explorer on iOS since March 2018 and watched it grow. At first, it was missing some nice features, but the developer really put time into the project and it shows. It's been my only RSS reader for over a year on my iPhone & iPad.

I finally decided to check it out on my mac. I didn't think I needed it on there as normally I'm checking my feeds on the go. But, it is AMAZING. I've added some longer form & image feeds to my news reading and seeing it on a bigger screen makes a ton of difference. I still use it across all my devices, and the syncing works great via iCloud.

A great app that the developer should be proud of.

LumpyJr. ,

Hands Down, the BEST RSS READER!

I've tried every RSS reader on the face of the earth and, in the end, I was always disappointed with something. Then, I discovered News Explorer and it is, by far, the best. Among other things, I was looking for an app that would (1) automatically download the full article images, (2) provide an incredibly beautiful user interface (fonts, spacing, margins, images, etc.) and (3) sync with ICloud. News Explorer does all of that... and much more. Do yourself a favor and get this app. News Explorer should be the number one RSS reader in the app store!

App Privacy

The developer, Ron Elemans, 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:

  • Diagnostics

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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