News Explorer User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience79.3% of reviews
Neutral7.9% of reviews
Negative experience12.9% of reviews

~ Based on 280 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is News Explorer Safe?

News Explorer appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for News Explorer is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 640 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
3.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 640 App Store ratings for News Explorer.

Is News Explorer Legit?

News Explorer appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for News Explorer is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Une application parfaite

Je cherchais une application de remplacement de Newsify et surtout mettre fin à un abonnement mensuel ou annuel. Et je suis tombé sur NetNewsWire et News Explorer, elles se ressemblent presque comme 2 gouttes d’eau sauf que l’autre est gratuite mais manque de fonctionnalités et surtout n’affiche pas de miniature des articles pour être attiré à lire un article chose que News Explorer permet et on peut même customiser les miniatures le nombres de lignes affichés avant d’ouvrir etc…il ne lui manque plus qu’un moteur de traduction intégré ou un raccourci vers Gemini pour le faire par exemple et l’application sera parfaite
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Ein sehr solider RSS Reader

Ich würde mir noch wünschen, dass man die Eckenabrundungen von Thumbnails einstellen und die untere Leiste mit dem Burger, Kreis und Stern, in der Artikelansicht ausblenden kann

Heftige Verzögerung seit letztem Update + Problem auf iPad mini.

1. Beim tippen auf einen meiner Nachrichten-Feeds dauert es einen kurzen Moment bis die Liste der vorliegenden Artikel letztendlich geöffnet wird. Das stört im Alltag ungemein, vor allem weil mein iPhone 15 Pro Max ansonsten sehr reaktionsschnell ist.

2. Auf meinem iPad mini 7 (A17 Pro) macht News Explorer im Hochformat noch immer Schwierigkeiten, da man nicht bis zur Hauptansicht mit den Ordnern zurückkehren kann (in dem man z. B. von links nach rechts wischt oder oben links auf zurück tippt), sondern nur bis zur Artikelliste des aktuellen Feeds. Ich kann also keine andere Quelle für die Artikel wählen, sondern muss dafür das iPad zuerst einmal in das Querformat bringen. Gerade als Reader eignet sich das iPad Mini hervorragend, aber leider nicht mit News Explorer.
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Love Apple TV Support

Excellent RSS reader that supports the entire Apple ecosystem. The Apple TV app is a standout feature and something no other RSS app offers, which I use for YouTube feeds. I’d love to see Top Shelf support added in a future update.

Great app, but one problem

It’s the perfect app, but one thing I wish it did: if I try to add a specific YouTube channel to this newsreader, it cannot find the YouTube channel sometimes. I type in the exact channel name, and it brings me to some other YouTube channel or says the channel doesn’t exist. I wish it would let me add whatever YouTube channel I want
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It’s a great app

The best bang-for-the-buck rss reader IMO. Not so modern in looks but for sure UI/UX paradigms are great. Feature set is complete and it provides much more functionality and flexibility than most of the competition. It even renders comments that people left for the article.

If only iCloud sync could be faster, but that’s a price you pay I guess for not paying another subscription for a RSS sync service.

The only thing I personally miss is footnotes inline rendering. Good example of this can be seen in NetNewsWire app.
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Very nice

Lots of useful features, especially the full text retrieval. Would love to see a dedicated “read later” feed in a future update.

Needs read later share

A missing feature in this app is ability to share an article to it as a read later feature. It also needs some basic AI functionality such as summarizing an article which can use the built-in device AI or possibly my own, LLM.

La plus complète et innovante

Cette version 2 est plus que parfaite pour moi :
Tags, notes, dossiers intelligents, filtres, galeries photos, réglages avancés des flux, intégration avec Raccourcis, gestion temporelle des flux, galeries d’images…

En intégrant désormais la possibilité d’effacement des articles anciens selon des périodes définies, j’avoue que presque toutes les demandes que j’ai faites depuis plusieurs années ont été réalisées !
Bravo aux développeurs pour leur écoute.

Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas cette application, elle ringardise toutes les autres applications de RSS et il faut savoir que certaines fonctionnalités avancées passent par des « appuis longs » sur des boutons ou sur les intitulés des flux.

A noter que c’est aussi une des rares applications RSS qui fonctionne sur Apple TV (avec malheureusement de grosses limites inhérentes à TVOs).
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Won’t accept url

I really want to like this app, however, it will not accept my self-hosted URL while other apps will. NE states it is an invalid URL. I then logged into the RSS feed on Safari and attempted to use the ‘add to news explorer’ extension, but that is nowhere to be found. There is a News Explorer button under ‘more’ that takes me to NE, but doesn’t load the feed. The extension also does not show up in Safari as available or needing enabled.
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Response from developer

Please contact support@betamagic.nl with more details about your self-hosted URL. Regarding the 'Add to News Explorer' share menu item: When this is not visible, then it can be made visible via the 'Edit Extensions' menu item in the share menu.

Besser geht nicht

Habe schon mehrere RSS Reader getestet, bin richtig überrascht wie gut dieser hier funktioniert! Zusätzlich habe ich auch noch meine Podcast hier laufen, bin begeistert.
Die Synchronisation zwischen meinen Geräten ist auch problemlos. Kann die App einfach nur weiterempfehlen.

Finally, a worthy contender

I’ve been looking everywhere and trying so many different RSS reader apps. I’ve been on a quest to replace Inoreader since the price went up. It’s a great tool, but it’s just not worth that much to me. I don’t need all of the fancy bells and whistles they’ve added to it. I don’t need the AI. What News Explorer gives me is the right balance of features and functionality that work for me on all of my devices. It’s been a great tool for me. The interface is great. I’m so glad I found this!
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Mega

mittlerweile läuft alles wunderbar, möchte den Reader nicht missen. Das Feeds nicht angezeigt wurden lag wohl eher am Anwender als an der App 😉

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Gefällt mir gut, aber

- Feeds verschwinden einfach.

Bitte fixen! Dann gibt’s auch mehr Punkte.

Anyone use us on an iPad?

The experience is awful. It constantly opens up to a black screen. I have to kill the app and then it still opens up to a black screen. I guess eventually it’ll come back. I don’t know how anyone uses this on an iPad.

Best for Me

Ron, thank you for the great app…

Wonderful RSS app

Rich functionality, near flawless iCloud sync, no intermediary RSS service required. Full screen video playback, smart filters. Everything I want from an RSS app (at last) without gimmicks. The developer is a great guy, so responsive, helpful and friendly.

News Explorer

Stavo cercando un'app news reader che facesse al caso mio. Ne ho provate un paio gratuite, ottime, ma una era fin troppo minimalista (NetNewsWire) e l'altra sì bellissima a vedersi ma un po' dispersiva per le mie esigenze (feeeed). Non mi piace troppo usare app con abbonamento, quindi ne ho cercata una premium e la prima che trovato è stata News Explorer. Felicissimo dell'acquisto, è personalizzabile anche nei dettagli, ma senza il rischio di impazzire in decine di menù e sottomenù. Semplicemente perfetta.
I was looking for a news reader app that really suited me. I tried a couple of free ones—both excellent—but one was a bit too minimalist (NetNewsWire), while the other was gorgeous to look at but a little too scattered for my needs (feeeed). I’m not a big fan of subscription‑based apps, so I went looking for a premium one instead, and the first I found was News Explorer. I’m thrilled with the purchase: it’s customizable down to the smallest details, without the risk of getting lost in dozens of menus and submenus. Simply perfect.
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Peut-être la meilleure application pour se tenir informé

J’adore News Explorer. Parmi toutes celles que j’ai essayé, c’est probablement ma préférée. L’application est très réussie et n’impose pas d’abonnement. Je lui mettrai cinq étoiles dès qu’elle sera passée au Liquid Glass.

Best RSS feed app!

This app is worth every penny!
In case any of you reading are wondering this app does have pip mode for youtube videos.

Works wonderfully.
Built in reader mode,

Great but for God’s sake, please change the next story button to the right side.

I just downloaded this on my Mac and phone. I absolutely love it except for one issue. I’m right handed and when I hold my gigantic iPhone, I can’t use my right thumb to reach all the way across to the left side to hit up and down to show next or previous stories. It would be amazing if you could build in the ability to switch that based on whether you’re right handed or left-handed. Otherwise, this is the one app that stole me away from Reeder Classic ❤️😵‍💫
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Response from developer

Perhaps the easiest way to navigate to the next article in the article viewer is by swiping horizontally from right to left.