# Newsbite — Feeds & Fediverse together.

> Modern RSS and Fediverse news aggregator with customizable reading and smart filtering. (iPhone/iPad app by Chris Jenkins.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/newsbite/id1478566472 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Chris Jenkins](https://appshunter.io/developer/1478566471)
- Category: News, Social Networking
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 4 App Store ratings · 7 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 131 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2019-10-05
- Data updated: 2026-08-21
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/newsbite/id1478566472/reviews.md

## What is Newsbite?

A modern RSS and social feed reader for iPhone and iPad, with features to help you find the news you are interested in, and no creepy tracking or advertising:

- Add Home Screen widgets showing articles from your feeds or collections.
- Discover feeds published by your favourite news website or blog.
- Setup notifications to alert you when new articles appear in your feeds.
- Create rules to automatically like, read, tag, or hide certain articles.
- Filter articles by unread, today only, tag, or media type.
- Add articles to the reading list for later, supports Raindrop, Instapaper, and Safari Reading List.
- Automatically find the most written about topics from your feeds during the last day, week or month.
- Load the full article content for feeds that don't include the full text in the feed.
- Multiple image, audio, and video attachment playback.
- Sync your feeds and topics, plus article reads and likes using iCloud, no additional account or login needed.
- Keep articles indefinitely, even when removed from the feed.
- Choose custom font, size, spacing, alignment, and theme for reading articles.
- Supports RSS, Atom, and JSON feed formats.
- Integrates directly with Mastodon, Bluesky, Reddit, Tumblr and YouTube to show you your feeds and posts in one place.

Newsbite is free to use for up to 5 feeds, and has a premium subscription of £1.29 GBP per month to enable unlimited feeds. Prices may vary from country to country.

If you choose to subscribe, payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase.

Terms of Use: https://newsbite.app/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://newsbite.app/privacyPolicy.html

## Key features

- Home Screen widgets
- Built-in browser for feed discovery
- Customizable article filtering
- Reading list integration (Pocket, Instapaper)
- Automatic topic discovery
- Mastodon integration
- iCloud sync

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly Premium | $0.99 | per month |
| Yearly Premium | $12.99 | per year |


## Recent user reviews (7 of 7)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/newsbite/id1478566472/reviews.md

### 3/5 — 50% of a good RSS reader

*2022-11-04, version 3.0.0*

Finally got my RSS imported.
Like: Tags, rules, organisation
Missing: Can’t swipe between articles, no automatically marking as read. No automatic reader mode so I can see the full text of an article without having to manually poke around.

If this app could do those things which are fairly basic for RSS readers and especially if it was adept at displaying web comics… well now, it’d be A+ tier.

But right now it’s weirdly under feaatured.

### 5/5 — The Best RSS App!

*2022-02-09*

Blown away by this discovery. I’ve used many RSS readers, and this by far is the best. Incredibly powerful Twitter integration and Podcast player.

### 2/5 — Started out well, now fails to load feeds & crashes

*2022-01-04, version 2.5.0*

The app looked good, the layout crisp and well thought through but now it fails to load an RSS feed that every other app has no problem with, the app shows crash error messages on load and support emails go unanswered.

### 3/5 — You almost had me as a user

*2021-11-04*

Until I realized there is no way to sort article lists from oldest to new date. Why are rss developers suddenly deciding that everyone doesn’t need this feature?? Also YouTube media don’t embed or play within the app

### 5/5 — Not bad

*2021-05-27*

Довольно неплохой конкурент фидли, дизайн и количество настроек приятно удивляют

### 5/5 — Great RSS reader

*2021-01-29*

Update: The app now syncs with iCloud much more reliably after recent updates.

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Unique and well designed RSS reader. The dev is also extremely receptive to feedback. Great user experience overall.

I have had some trouble getting it to sync with iCloud, but I only rely on that as a backup of my feeds since I mostly read the news on one device.

### 5/5 — Great RSS feed reader

*2020-05-19*

Really low cost subscription offering that competes in my opinion with big name rss solutions. Dev is very responsive to inquiries and makes regular updates to this product. Thank you!

## Frequently asked questions about Newsbite

### What is Newsbite?

Newsbite is a modern RSS newsreader for iPhone and iPad that aggregates feeds from various sources, including the Fediverse. It offers customizable reading experiences, smart filtering, and background updates without intrusive tracking or ads.

### Does Newsbite have ads?

No, Newsbite is ad-free, providing a clean reading experience without any advertisements.

### How much does Newsbite cost?

Newsbite is free to use for up to 5 feeds. A premium subscription is available for £0.79 GBP per month (or local equivalent) to enable notifications, saved topics, and unlimited feeds.

### What devices does Newsbite support?

Newsbite is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, supporting iOS versions from 13.4 onwards.

### How often is Newsbite updated?

The latest version of Newsbite is 3.1.7, and it was last updated on August 10, 2024. Updates are frequent to introduce new features and improve performance.

### Can I sync Newsbite across multiple devices?

Yes, Newsbite syncs your feeds, topics, and article reads/likes using iCloud. You can designate a 'Primary Device' to manage downloads and improve sync reliability across your devices.

### What subscription plans are available for Newsbite?

Newsbite offers a Monthly Premium subscription for $0.99/month and a Yearly Premium subscription for $12.99/year, both including a 1-month free trial.

### What age rating does Newsbite have?

Newsbite has an age rating of 17+, indicating mature content may be present in the news articles it displays.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.1.0 — 2026-08-14

- Choose how and when full article content loads, with faster loading overall.
- Adjust text size throughout the app, including larger accessibility sizes.
- Improved the experience on Mac and iPad.
- Made articles easier to read with better layouts and sizing.
- Restored thumbnail animations and improved image layouts.
- Added dark-mode versions of the app icons.
- See your selected app icon during setup and in What’s New.
- Smoother app startup when restoring your feeds.
- View the app version in Settings.
- Made sharing posts easier and prevented accidental dismissal while composing.
- More reliable syncing of feeds, rules, searches, and settings.
- Reduced memory use and improved app responsiveness.
- Improved migration screens and menu controls.
- Reduced unexpected app closures when the device is locked.
- Added further stability and performance improvements.

### 4.0.1 — 2026-07-17

- Added age checks before connecting to social, Reddit, and YouTube feeds.
- Made it easier to redeem Premium offer codes in Settings.
- Improved organisation of older articles by grouping them by calendar year.
- Kept collection item counts up to date after feeds refresh.
- Improved Tumblr sensitivity handling and sign-in reliability.
- Reduced background resource use and automatically pruned old backup data.
- Added the app version to the Settings footer.

### 4.0 — 2026-07-09

- Completely rebuilt and redesigned for iOS 26.
- Support for feeds from Mastodon, Bluesky, Reddit, Tumblr, YouTube, and more.
- Support for GeoRSS, can show location within an article on a map.
- Fully rebuilt social post view, with support for polls and inline media.
- New podcast playback view, with chapter list.
- Rules are now more powerful than ever, add a duration, exclude certain feeds, and apply to your feeds on the fly.

### 3.1.7 — 2024-08-10

- Additional dark mode themes 'Cool' and 'Warm', which affect all colours used throughout the app and can optionally tint image thumbnails.
- The alt text and highlighting UI in the full screen image view is now hidden by default so that the buttons don't interfere with the image.
- Multiple image attachments to an article are now shown as a small stack of thumbnails.
- Cleaned up the article summary view, removing the clutter of icons in the footer and emphasising the date published.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when scrolling to the next unread article.
- Removed an unnecessary reload of the article detail view when full content is enabled.

### 3.1.6 — 2024-07-02

- Group articles by date published, length, feed, author or tag.
- Caption text accompanying an image that is too long to fit in the box can be expanded by swiping upward on it.
- Image captions use a condensed font in order to fit more text.
- Improved compatibility with feeds that are encoded in a non-standard way, including when encountering malformed UTF8 encoding.
- YouTube links are no longer converted to inline videos, this caused formatting issues with some feeds so perhaps wasn't the best idea.
- Hidden articles are now also hidden in the favorites view.
- Tagged articles now display the tag color as a bar down the side of the article summary and can optionally apply a tint of the color to the whole article.

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-21.*