# Bulletin: RSS News Reader — Article summaries, read later

> AI-powered RSS feed reader that summarizes news articles. (iPhone/iPad app by Pixelfolio Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bulletin-rss-news-reader/id6476572500 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Pixelfolio Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1533949185)
- Category: News, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.20/5 from 185 App Store ratings · 105 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 79 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2024-02-14
- Data updated: 2026-09-14
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bulletin-rss-news-reader/id6476572500/reviews.md

## What is Bulletin?

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.

Terms of Service: https://www.pixelfolio.app/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://www.pixelfolio.app/privacy.html

## Key features

- AI-powered article summaries
- Customizable RSS feed management
- Read later functionality
- Dark mode and appearance options
- Cross-device sync with iCloud
- Home and Lock Screen widgets

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bulletin Monthly Access | $3.99 | per month |
| Bulletin Pro (1 Year) | $19.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Generous Tip | $1.99 | one-time |
| Bulletin Lifetime Access | $39.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Bulletin?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎨 Beautiful and clean UI design
- 🤖 AI-powered article summaries
- 🔄 Cross-device iCloud syncing
- 📱 Universal app across Apple ecosystem
- ➕ Ability to import custom RSS feeds
- ⚡ Frequent app updates and improvements
- 📰 Pre-configured news sources
- 🎯 Simple and intuitive interface

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 📺 Apple TV app non-functional (stuck on loading screen)
- ⌚ Apple Watch app broken (loading screen issues)
- 💰 High subscription cost for features
- 🔗 Website links fail to load properly
- 📊 Poor feed customization and organization
- 🔍 Limited search functionality
- 📝 No font size adjustment options
- 🔔 Poor notification implementation
- 🌍 Limited language support
- ⚙️ Syncing issues between devices
- 🎯 AI summaries sometimes inaccurate or misleading
- 📱 Poor iPad UI (sidebar issues)
- 🚫 Restrictive free plan (20 articles limit)
- ⏱️ Slow loading times and performance issues
- 🖼️ Missing thumbnail images for some feeds
- 🔐 App takes over .ics file handling

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when importing feeds
- App crashes when pasting URLs
- App crashes when adjusting settings
- Apple Watch app stuck on loading screen
- Apple TV app stuck on loading screen
- iCloud sync not working properly across devices
- Imported feeds not syncing to other devices
- Arabic content causes app shutdown
- Website links fail to load in watch app
- Blank screen with spinning loader on startup
- Widget not auto-refreshing
- Widget images appearing white with dark theme
- Imported feeds category structure not preserved
- Toggle switches for feed selection not working
- Add feed URL field not functional
- Thumbnail images not loading for certain feeds
- App freezes on startup without network
- Slow and inconsistent app performance
- Settings not persisting across devices
- Read status not retained across devices
- Blank screen loading issues on iPad and Mac
- Scrolling issues on Apple Vision Pro

**Most requested features**

- Font size adjustment capability
- Category customization on Apple TV
- Safari Reader view integration
- Like/dislike article feedback system
- Summary length customization
- Full article translation support
- Reel/card-based news format
- Widget auto-refresh functionality
- Search by site name or URL
- Reorder and prioritize categories
- Mark articles as read on scroll
- Swipe to next article navigation
- History section for read articles
- Granular notification customization by feed
- Hierarchical feed organization
- Bulk editing capabilities
- Text-to-speech with adjustable voices
- Top headlines view
- Full iPad screen support in portrait mode
- Brazilian Portuguese language support
- Italian language support
- Spanish language support
- Chinese and Japanese language support
- Duplicate story elimination
- Feed preference syncing via iCloud
- 7-day free trial period

## Recent user reviews (10 of 105)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bulletin-rss-news-reader/id6476572500/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Schöne App

*2026-07-16*

Sehr guter Reader mit AI Zusammenfassung. Mir fehlen nur folgende Features für das feed display: die artikelvorschau unter dem Titel auszublenden, schriftart ändern und größe einstellen und ein Card Layout, also breite Thumbnail karten mit abgerundeten ecken, die aber vertikal etwas schmaler sind, mit Text Oberlay, wo der Artikel im Thumbnail auf einem schatten overlay steht, dann wäre ich wunschlos glücklich und würde auch gerne dafür bezahlen

### 4/5 — tv

*2026-05-29*

I’m glad the tv app was finally fixed a few months ago, but — unlike its iPhone and iPad counterparts — it lacks a category section, and ONLY shows sports (ESPN and Sky Sports) news… which I care nothing about. Please implement a categories tab/section so that I can thoroughly enjoy the app.

### 5/5 — Clean and easy to use .

*2026-05-27*

Really impressed with how clean and organised this app looks. I’m not the most technical person but everything feels straightforward and easy to navigate. Love the customisation options and the overall design feels modern and polished. You can tell a lot of hard work has gone into creating it. Definitely deserves 5 stars.

### 3/5 — Apple Watch app needs options

*2026-01-30*

I tried this specifically for the Apple Watch support. Right now my RSS apps don't sync across devices so I was hoping this would work to replace them. It's very AI forward which is not what I'm interested in. On the Apple Watch, tapping an article tries to load the entire website instead of a watch-friendly reader view. Most times the website won't load at all, and so it's not possible to read the full article which defeats the purpose. I'll have to continue looking for a solution

**Developer response:** Thank you for such detailed feedback — it genuinely helps to understand how you're using the app. The Apple Watch experience is limited right now, and I hear the frustration: tapping through to a full website on the watch is far from ideal. A native reader view for watchOS is something I'd love to improve in the future.

### 5/5 — WOW!!! 🤯

*2026-01-19*

I’m honestly flabbergasted that this app actually got an update… and, not just that, multiple updates in the past week. honestly, I’m shocked! After over a year with no updates, and not a word from the developer – after reaching out multiple times – I’m glad to see some great work has been put into it.

The only thing I would like to see implemented is the category functionality on tv as it is on iPhone and iPad; there were a few categories I don’t really care about, and would like to remove them from my feed/summary. Also, the Watch app stays stuck on the loading screen.


Other than that, I have really been enjoying this app… and glad I kept it on my devices.

### 3/5 — French

*2026-01-18*

Add translation please

**Developer response:** Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback — French localization is something I want to add, and hearing it requested directly makes it a real priority. I appreciate your patience in the meantime.

### 2/5 — Nur auf Englisch

*2026-01-08*

Keine Internationalisierung, keine deutsche Benutzeroberfläche oder Content

**Developer response:** Danke für das offene Feedback – es ist absolut nachvollziehbar, dass eine fehlende deutsche Benutzeroberfläche die Nutzung von Bulletin erschwert. Eine Lokalisierung ist für die Zukunft geplant, und Rückmeldungen wie deine helfen dabei, die richtigen Prioritäten zu setzen. Ich hoffe, Bulletin kann dich irgendwann in deiner Sprache begrüßen.

### 1/5 — Crashes Regularly

*2025-07-24*

Imported my feeds and app crashes. Cant see anything else on app. Needs a massive fix.

**Developer response:** Really sorry this happened — crashing on import is a frustrating way to experience Bulletin, and I completely understand the 1-star. This issue has now been fixed in the latest update, so please give it another try after updating. If anything else feels off, reach out directly through the support link in the App Store listing.

### 1/5 — Refund

*2025-07-09, version 1.1.5*

This app is a rip off and it shouldn’t be on apple‘s App Store. Why pay for a news app when you can get it for free? I want my money refunded back. If I don’t get it refunded back I’m gonna report this app as a scam

### 2/5 — Good idea, badly implemented

*2025-06-26, version 1.1.4*

Bugs and flawed dated UI makes it hard to navigate and enjoy. Subscription is way too expensive for what it offers (i.e. AI summary is avail for free in other apps).

## Frequently asked questions about Bulletin

### What does Bulletin: AI News Reader do?

Bulletin uses artificial intelligence to summarize news articles from your chosen RSS feeds. This allows you to quickly understand the main points of articles without having to read them in full, saving you time and reducing information overload. It also offers features to organize your feeds and save articles for later.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include instant AI summaries of articles, the ability to add and organize custom RSS feeds, a 'read later' function, and a premium experience with customization options like dark mode and adjustable text sizes. It also integrates with Apple devices through widgets and Siri Shortcuts.

### Is Bulletin: AI News Reader free to use?

The app is free to download and use, offering core functionality for summarizing news and managing feeds. There are in-app purchases available for a premium experience, which likely unlock advanced customization or additional features beyond the basic offering.

### What devices is Bulletin: AI News Reader compatible with?

This app is built for the Apple ecosystem and is compatible with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. It offers seamless syncing across all your Apple devices via iCloud.

### How can I use this app to manage my news consumption?

You can add RSS feeds from any blog or news site you follow, or choose from pre-configured categories. The AI summaries help you quickly digest content, and you can organize feeds into custom categories. The 'read later' feature allows you to save articles for when you have more time.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.0.2 — 2026-09-12

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.

### 3.0 — 2026-09-12

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.

### 2.2.0 — 2026-08-21

Bulletin 2.2 includes:

• A redesigned iPad and Mac experience with native sidebars
• Customizable swipe actions in either direction
• Quick card-style switching from your feed
• Selectable Smart Summary text
• New Design and Food starter categories for new users
• Optional unread article counts
• Saved articles kept exclusively in Read Later

This release also improves iCloud Sync, feed loading, and translation, with fixes throughout the app.

### 2.1.2 — 2026-05-29

Redesigned Smart Summary, Settings, Manage Feeds, and iOS 26 Liquid Glass styling throughout.

New in this version:
- Translate full articles and Smart Summaries into any supported language
- Save to Read Later button in the reader
- YouTube and ESPN video poster playback
- New context menu options for managing feeds
- Option to confirm before marking articles as read

Bug fixes and performance improvements including faster feed loading, smoother scrolling, and improved website parsing for the reader view.

### 2.1.1 — 2026-05-26

Redesigned Smart Summary, Settings, Manage Feeds, and iOS 26 Liquid Glass styling throughout.

New in this version:
- Translate full articles and Smart Summaries into any supported language
- Save to Read Later button in the reader
- YouTube and ESPN video poster playback
- New context menu options for managing feeds
- Option to confirm before marking articles as read

Bug fixes and performance improvements including faster feed loading, smoother scrolling, and improved website parsing for the reader view.

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