# NewsBlur

> Personal RSS news reader for unlimited subscriptions and social sharing. (iPhone/iPad app by NewsBlur, Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/newsblur/id463981119 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [NewsBlur, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/463981122)
- Category: News, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 499 App Store ratings · 191 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 25 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2011-10-07
- Data updated: 2026-08-30
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/newsblur/id463981119/reviews.md

## What is NewsBlur?

NewsBlur is a personal news reader bringing people together to talk about the world. A new sound of an old instrument.

NewsBlur is popular for a reason. While also being the oldest surviving RSS news reader, it is used by many news organizations, popular blogs, editors, and individual readers to keep up with the world.

Let's talk about major features:

* Read an unlimited number of RSS subscriptions
* Offline support for stories and images
* Full text extracts the whole story and is sticky per-feed
* Gestures and long presses for feeds and stories
* Share and comment on the news with friends
* Meet new people who share the same interests
* Autoscrolling of text for hands-free reading
* Collapsible folders
* Saved stories with tagging
* Mark stories as unread
* Read by oldest/newest first
* Filter by unread/all stories
* Search for stories by feed or folder
* Send to Facebook/Twitter/Instapaper/Pocket/Evernote/email/etc
* Landscape view
* Customizable offline sync settings

You can also optionally subscribe with a NewsBlur Premium Subscription

 * Subscribe to an unlimited number of sites
 * Sites you subscribe to are updated up to 10x more often
 * Read by folder with the river of news
 * Search sites and folders
 * Save stories with searchable tags
 * Privacy options for your blurblog (shared stories)
 * Custom RSS feeds for folders and saved stories
 * Use the Text view which conveniently extracts the full original story

The subscription is auto-renewable which means that once purchased it will be auto-renewed every year until you cancel it 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Duration of the subscription is 1 year. Your iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage your Subscription and Auto-Renewal by going to your Account Settings.

You may access the privacy policy at https://www.newsblur.com/privacy, and the terms of use at https://www.newsblur.com/tos.

## Key features

- Unlimited RSS subscriptions
- Offline story and image support
- Full text story extraction
- Share and comment on news
- Meet people with shared interests
- Autoscrolling for hands-free reading
- Saved stories with tagging

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| NewsBlur Premium Subscription | $35.99 | per year |
| NewsBlur Premium Pro | $29.99 | per month |
| NewsBlur Premium Archive | $99.99 | per year |


## What do users think of NewsBlur?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast and reliable
- 👍 Excellent news reader
- 🔒 Great privacy policy
- 💡 Useful training and filtering features
- 👍 Seamless sync across devices

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes and bugs, especially on iPad
- 👎 Paywall for basic features
- 👎 Outdated and cluttered UI
- 👎 Difficult to manage feeds and folders

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crashes on launch for some users
- Incorrect feed display and article loading issues
- Syncing problems between web and mobile apps

**Most requested features**

- Customizable font sizes
- Offline reading mode
- Improved sharing options
- Ability to delete feeds and folders

## Recent user reviews (10 of 191)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/newsblur/id463981119/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Frustrating unresponsiveness to window sizes

*2026-08-16*

Window rendering is all over the place, with too many view settings that don’t react appropriately to variable window sizing in Windowed or Stage Manager modes. Ended up wrestling in a tug-of-war with the app — unable to find a decent viewing configuration — and not enjoying the experience at all.

### 5/5 — In a word:

*2026-06-25, version 14.7.0*

Superb!

### 4/5 — Buggy

*2026-06-19, version 14.7.0*

Something is breaking a feed when going into landscape and back.

### 1/5 — パスワードに長さ制限がある？

*2026-05-24*

ユーザー登録時な長さ制限を掛けている事を明示せず、制限を超えて入力しても受け入れる。
ログイン時にパスワードの長さが３０文字を超えてるって出る。 何、これ？

### 2/5 — Ruined a great app

*2026-05-22*

I had been using this app about a year, and Newsblur had become my goto news app. It was snappy, didn’t force AI slop on me, and did what I needed and nothing more. March of 2026 they redid all the gestures in a weird way and I found myself using it less. Now I open it and can’t even scroll the feed (it hangs for a few seconds so often I can’t get to the second page of stories). 

I used to try to convince friends and family this app was worth the subscription. Now I’m just impossibly frustrated and resent the makers. Won’t be renewing my subscription.

### 1/5 — Not ready for prime time

*2026-04-12*

I really wanted to like this app because I’m tired of the idiosyncrasies in the more common options. But it just doesn’t work. Tapping an article to open it fails frequently. The read/unread status of articles is a mystery. I never know what I’m going to see when I filter for unread only. I’ve even tried using the website on my phone instead of the app and it’s impossible. Nothing is size-responsive or scrollable horizontally so 80% of any page is inaccessible.

Here’s hoping the developers decide to take their software more seriously.

**Developer response:** Are you sure you’re using NewsBlur? This is mature software used by thousands every day. None of this tracks. I’d love to fix anything that’s wrong but I suspect this review is not made in good faith.

### 3/5 — New swipe changes on iOS are a regression

*2026-03-24*

I am disappointed in the new swipe changes in the iOS version of the app. They can be adjusted, but not back to the original swipe behavior. This is a significant part of my reader workflow. I still enjoy using the web app and I think the subscription price is still a great value, but the gestures are an incredibly annoying pain point.

### 2/5 — Used to be good

*2026-03-14, version 14.1*

UI update changed all of the gestures from things I used to things I don’t use with no option to go back. Also the iPad interface now feels weird and awkward. Like the developers done really use an iPad.  I’ll be looking around for a new reader. Maybe I’ll just vibe code one.

### 5/5 — Reliable

*2026-03-10*

I’ve been with NewsBlur for a few years. Periodically I’ll try Inoreader, but I stay with NewsBlur. Great value and Sam and team are very responsive.

### 4/5 — Good first version

*2026-03-08, version 13.1.11*

Where is version 14?

## Frequently asked questions about NewsBlur

### What does NewsBlur do?

NewsBlur is a personal news reader that allows you to subscribe to an unlimited number of RSS feeds. It helps you stay updated with content from various sources, share stories with friends, and connect with others who have similar interests.

### What are the key features of NewsBlur?

Key features include reading an unlimited number of RSS subscriptions, offline support for stories and images, full text extraction of articles, sharing and commenting on news with friends, and autoscrolling for hands-free reading. It also offers saved stories with tagging and customizable reading settings.

### How much does NewsBlur cost?

NewsBlur offers a freemium model. While you can use many features for free, a NewsBlur Premium Subscription unlocks additional benefits such as unlimited site subscriptions, more frequent site updates, advanced search, and enhanced privacy options. The subscription is auto-renewable annually.

### Can I use NewsBlur offline?

Yes, NewsBlur provides offline support for stories and images. You can customize your offline sync settings to ensure you have access to your content even without an internet connection.

### How can I share news with friends using NewsBlur?

NewsBlur allows you to share and comment on the news with your friends directly within the app. You can also send stories to various other platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instapaper, Pocket, Evernote, or via email.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 14.7.1 — 2026-08-28

- Updated Ask AI with Claude Sonnet 5, GPT-5.6 Luna, Gemini 3.6 Flash, and Grok 4.6.
- Fixed story navigation and scrolling reliability.
- Fixed the Interactions activity screen getting stuck while loading.

### 14.7.0 — 2026-06-16

- Added pull-up navigation: pull up past the last story in a feed to jump straight to the next feed with unread stories. A control fades in as you pull and can also be tapped directly. (iOS)
- Premium custom app icons can now be pinned to their light or dark version instead of always following your system theme.
- Added two trending story sections to the sites list: Widely Read Stories, which collects stories that multiple NewsBlur readers have spent meaningful time reading over the past week, and Long Reads, which ranks stories by average reading time to surface longer, deeper articles.
- Both trending sections can be added to the dashboard as story lists.
- Trained intelligence classifiers apply to trending stories, so title, author, tag, and text training carries through with the usual green and red scoring.
- Added preferences to show or hide Widely Read Stories and Long Reads in the sites list.
- Fixed an iPad issue where rotating back to portrait while reading a story could return you to the site list instead of keeping the story on screen.

### 14.6.0 — 2026-05-11

- Added a premium app icon chooser on iOS, with 12 color flavors and matching light and dark previews.
- Fixed an iOS orientation issue where returning to portrait while reading a story could take you back to the site list instead of keeping the story open.

### 14.5.4 — 2026-05-03

- Added author pattern matching to the Intelligence Trainer.
- Fixed the Interactions dialog so Interactions and Your Activities load normally again.
- Fixed story detail author and tag training taps so they cycle through like, dislike, and neutral.
- Fixed a crash when deleting a site with no active folder selected.

### 14.5.3 — 2026-04-27

- Mark-as-read: removed the per-site override.
- Mark-as-read: fixed a migration that wasn't running.
- Mark-as-read: story cards now dim live as you read.
- Fixed a crash when deleting a site.
- Fixed story text classifier thumbs stacking up when rerun.
- Fixed cycling through tag and author classifiers in the story detail trainer.
- Fixed OPML export encoding declaration to UTF-8.

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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 2026-08-30.*