News Explorer

News Explorer

Newsreader with iCloud sync

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Version History of News Explorer

1.20.5

January 17, 2024

• Replaced OneSignal with a self-hosted solution. • Fixed a serious issue when running the app in ‘Designed for iPad’ modus on visionOS.

1.20.4

October 19, 2023

• Fixed a compatibility issue with iOS 17, when using the ‘Add to News Explorer’ share extension in Safari. • Fixed another compatibility issue with iOS 17, when sharing to Pocket or Instapaper via the Share Sheet. • Fixed a parsing issue with feeds without ‘lastPubDate’ and with articles dated in the future. • Fixed an issue with feed articles containing HTML without any closing tags with forward slashes. • Fixed an issue with HTML images with referrer policy sub tags.

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1.20.3

August 15, 2023

• Fixed an issue where article summaries were downloaded as main content. • Fixed a feed parser issue with self closing HTML tags.

1.20.2

August 9, 2023

• Fixed a crash caused by malformed ATOM feeds. • Fixed a crash when parsing articles ending with truncated HTML elements
. • Improved support for feeds with non standard date formats. • Restored parsing card data of Tweets. • Fixed a bug related to auto contrast.

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1.20.1

June 26, 2023

• Fixed alignment of RTL text in the article list. • Improved detection of deleted app data in CloudKit storage settings.

1.20

June 15, 2023

• Added native support for Mastodon feeds, including beautifully rendered ‘Toots’. • Replies, parent posts and cards of Mastodon posts are automatically downloaded. • Mastodon feeds can be added via the Search New Feeds or Add New Feed dialogs. • Unfortunately, Twitter integration has been removed due to recent Twitter API limitations. • Already downloaded Tweets remain available in the app and iCloud. • Improved reliability of initial sync with iCloud.

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1.11.3

October 5, 2022

• Auto high contrast when using Dark or System theme with max screen brightness. • You can now search within an article with the new ‘Find on Page’ share sheet action (iOS 16). • Restored the Print share sheet action in the Article viewer. • An iOS 16 specific crash has been fixed related to incorrectly encoded feeds.

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1.11.2

May 24, 2022

• Fixed missing sound of non-YouTube videos in Reddit feeds. • Improved resetting of the default icon in the App icon selector. • Changed default for setting 'Auto-switch themes', to prevent unexpected theme changes.

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1.11.1

May 16, 2022

• Full text search now includes the title, summary, content and reader view text. • The Reddit parser now supports search feeds. • Improved detection of videos with the Reddit parser. • Opening the website of a subreddit opens now the correct page. • Fixed a custom icon issue. • Improved handling of offline feed deletions.

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1.11

April 18, 2022

• Data snapshots speed up syncing with iCloud when syncing on a new device or one that has not been used for a while. • Standard initial syncing performance has been improved as well. • Browse through all images of a feed by using the new Slideshow context menu item in the Feeds list. • Reddit feeds are now parsed by a dedicated parser, resulting in cleaner and better looking articles. • Articles marked as Favorite are now stored forever locally and in iCloud. • New alternative app icons in the Viewing section of the preferences.

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Description of News Explorer

News Explorer is a powerful yet remarkably easy-to-use RSS, JSON, Atom and Mastodon newsreader with iCloud based synchronisation between iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. FULL iCLOUD SYNC • News Explorer syncs your RSS, JSON, Atom, YouTube, Reddit and Mastodon feeds, folder setup, news items, read statuses and favorites across all your Apple devices. • Synchronisation 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. • Built-in high speed RSS, RDF, Atom, JSON, Reddit and Mastodon feed engine. PRODUCTIVE INTERFACE • Clean, 100% native, distraction-free user interface • Article list with resizable thumbnails • Feed level option to automatically open articles in Reader view • Size, alignment and visibility of the thumbnails are adjustable. • Built-in browser for viewing inline links and other references • Themes, adaptable to your taste and mood • Widgets for Home Screen and Today View STREAMLINED READING • Use automatic Reader view to read the full version of articles in a clean and easy-to-read format • Mark items as favorite for later reading • Navigate with one tap to the original content • Timeline view shows your news articles in an attractive newspaper-like way • Full text search • Built-in image viewer to browse through all images of news articles • Share news items via email, Messages, Notes and more • Built-in support to share articles with Instapaper and Pocket EASY CONFIGURATION • Add new RSS, Atom and JSON feeds directly from Safari, using the 'Add to News Explorer' share extension • Add RSS and Mastodon feeds via the built-in search form • Support to add manually RSS, Atom, JSON, Reddit and Mastodon feeds • Dedicated YouTube channel feed support • Group your subscriptions with collapsible folders • Rename and reorder folders and feeds, using drag-and-drop • OPML import and export. USABILITY FEATURES • Article reader with adjustable title and body font settings • Global filters let you filter all feeds and related news on unread items and favorites • External keyboard support • Perform quick actions with horizontal swipes • Pull subscription list to start a sync session • App icon badge with unread articles count • Navigate to the next or previous article with animated swipe gestures CUSTOMISATION OPTIONS • You can set a default primary article view, such as Mercury Reader view, for all feeds. • The default primary view can be overruled on feed or article level. • Custom storage period for each item status (read, unread and favorite) • Syncing with iCloud can be disabled, to use only the built-in high speed RSS engine • And much more! STATE OF THE ART • Supports RSS 2.0, RDF, ATOM, JSON Feed, Reddit and Mastodon news feeds • Supports RSS feeds with HTTP digest and basic authentication • iCloud sync with CloudKit • Multiple Reader view engines • Supports RTL articles • Background app refresh • Spotlight indexing with images • Handoff support • Notifications with images • Quick Notes support 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. Universal purchase allows you to purchase News Explorer once, and then access it on all connected platforms. SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK If you have any questions or need support on News Explorer, then browse to https://betamagic.nl/support/newsexplorer/help.html or 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 or to recommend it to a friend. It helps a lot!
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News Explorer: FAQ

Can News Explorer support iPad devices?

News Explorer is available on iPad devices.

Who released the News Explorer app?

News Explorer was launched by Ron Elemans.

What is the minimum iOS version for the News Explorer app?

News Explorer currently supports iOS 14.7 or later.

What user rating does News Explorer have?

The News Explorer app receives plenty of reviews and currently has a great user rating of 4.7.

What app category is News Explorer?

News Is The App Genre Of The News Explorer App.

Which version of News Explorer is the latest one?

1.20.5 is the newest version of News Explorer.

What date was the latest News Explorer update?

The latest News Explorer update came out on September 29, 2024.

What was the News Explorer release date?

News Explorer was first released on February 5, 2023.

What’s the age rating for the News Explorer app?

Ron Elemans: The News Explorer app may contain content unsuitable for persons under 17 years of age.

What are the languages offered by News Explorer?

The News Explorer app can be used in English.

Can I find News Explorer within Apple Arcade's selection of games?

Sorry, News Explorer is not available on Apple Arcade.

Are in-app purchases available within News Explorer?

Sorry, in-app purchases are not accessible within News Explorer.

Can I utilize News Explorer with Apple Vision Pro?

No, you cannot utilize News Explorer with Apple Vision Pro.

Are there commercial ads in News Explorer?

No, there are no commercial ads in News Explorer.

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Reviews of News Explorer

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  • best feed reader for me

    after using for a couple of months now, I think the overall functions and appearance of this reader is best suited to me than other readers. I love the design which nicely balances tailoring to individual preferences with overall appearance. It is my preferred news & feed content consumption on the ipad. The apple-orientated design principles are there in way that surpasses other cluttered and unnecessarily complex readers.
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  • Great RSS app

    This is a highly customizable and useful RSS app. Syncing works well across devices. It would be nice to have a few more theme color options, and also to be able to specify which themes to use when the system is on light or dark mode (currently the switching is rather limited between a subset of themes). There are also a few UI peculiarities:

    The back button has different text depending on the name of the currently active folder/feed: “News Explorer” with an arrow when the name is long, “Back” and an arrow when it’s medium length, and just a back arrow when the name is long. It would be nice if it were just consistently a back arrow. It would be helpful to be able to set the margin for articles as well.

    It’s also somewhat distracting when loading articles from a feed that is set to use a Reader mode because it shows the RSS content briefly while loading. Some sort of loading animation or a blank screen would be less distracting while the Reader view is loading in such cases.

    I’d appreciate an option to show the Mark as Read button. In the lower left/right of the article list (at least on iPhone).

    Overall it’s a really great RSS app, and I’m glad to have found it.
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  • Great RSS app

    This is a highly customizable and useful RSS app. Syncing works well across devices. It would be nice to have a few more theme color options, and also to be able to specify which themes to use when the system is on light or dark mode (currently the switching is rather limited between a subset of themes). There are also a few UI peculiarities (the back button has different text depending on the name of the currently active folder/feed: “News Explorer” with an arrow when the name is long, “Back” and an arrow when it’s medium length, and just a back arrow when the name is long. It would be nice if it were just consistently a back arrow. It would be helpful to be able to set the margin for articles as well. It’s also somewhat distracting when loading articles from a feed that is set to use a Reader mode because it shows the RSS content briefly while loading. Some sort of loading animation or a blank screen would be less distracting while the Reader view is loading in such cases. Overall it’s a really great RSS app, and I’m glad to have found it.
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