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.
It’s easy and fun — and it puts you in control of your news.
Features:
* Direct feed-downloading
* Syncing via iCloud, Feedbin, Feedly, BazQux, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and FreshRSS
* Multiple accounts
* 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 6.1.8
• Improved usability of split view in iPad
• Fixed bug where you could get two refresh progress bars at the same time on iPad
• Fixed a bug where sometimes feed icons wouldn’t show up until switching screens
• Fixed crash in the starred articles widget
Ratings and Reviews
Excellent App
I don’t think I,ve written a review on an app in years. I have been using NetNewsWire on my iPad Pro for a few weeks now and it is such a good app that I just have to write about it.
I used to have NatNewsWire years ago on my Macs. That long before I got my iPad. It worked well. For some reason I got out of the habit of reading blogs regularly. Then a few weeks ago I idly thought I might like to get back into blog reading on my iPad and I had a look to see if NetNewsWire was available for it and yes, it is and it is really quite excellent. It is so fast and slick, it is an absolute joy to use.
When I used it on my Macs I had it synced so I could read on my Mac Pro and my MacBook Pro however I don’t need any sync set up with the iPad because I cam read on it anywhere.
The iPad really is perfect for blog reading and NetNewsWire works so well on it.
NetNewsWire is such a valuable app to have on your iPad!
Just needs server push notifications
It's a really nice clean app, well done.
The only issue I have is I only get push notifications for new posts when I open the app and it refreshes feeds, which makes them a little pointless. This is due to the app using local notifications, which requires background app refresh to be switched on, but fails to work at all for me even when BAR is enabled, so there is an additional bug here. Ideally the app should move to server push notifications like most other apps, which can be received predictably and without BAR needing to be enabled. I've flagged this on the GitHub bug tracker.
Open source
Finally a great open source rss reader on iOS! Fast, smooth, beautiful and minimal. Just needs iCloud sync or something (perhaps even a self hosted option) to share the feed between iOS, iPadOS and macOS so that it’s possible to leave one device pick up on another without losing your place, or just to be able to control your database of feeds from any device. That would make it perfect.
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
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Information
- Provider
- Brent Simmons
- Size
- 25.6 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 17+ Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References Unrestricted Web Access
- Copyright
- © 2002-2025 Brent Simmons
- Price
- Free