# Newsletter Reader by Meco — user reviews

> 95 indexed App Store user reviews of Newsletter Reader by Meco by Meco Limited, rated 4.70/5 from 614 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/newsletter-reader-by-meco/id1505542541/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/newsletter-reader-by-meco/id1505542541.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 506 · 4★ 59 · 3★ 20 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 15

## What do users think of Newsletter Reader by Meco?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Efficient newsletter organization
- 👍 Clean and intuitive UI
- 🔒 Privacy-focused approach
- 💡 Helpful for managing newsletter overload

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Limited functionality (e.g., no reply option)
- 💰 Expensive subscription model
- 🔧 Inconsistent performance and reliability

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Inability to remove unwanted newsletters
- Gmail account connection issues
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
- Disappearing newsletters and data loss

**Most requested features**

- Text-to-speech functionality
- Advanced filtering and sorting options
- Improved dark mode experience
- Better integration with other email providers

## Newest reviews (16 of 95)

### 2/5 — Traded one cluttered inbox for another

*2026-03-05*

No ability to hide or remove newsletters once they’re added seems like a critical feature for something that claims to help organize your inbox. I’m stuck with 12 different bitcoin newsletters and more that I didn’t even sign up for. Jumping to Matter app after trying this for a couple weeks. Good idea, needs some work.

### 2/5 — Absolute trash on MacOS

*2026-01-02, version 6.2.0*

Doesn’t work…error messages all the time.

### 4/5 — Awesome reader

*2025-09-04, version 6.0.2*

Best reader app for email newsletters I’ve tried.

Only 4 stars cause there is no true dark mode. The existing dark mode reformats the newsletter in often incorrect ways.

### 3/5 — Teething problems

*2025-06-12*

I really like this app but it really struggles with consistency. Sometimes the emails are there and sometimes they aren’t.

**Developer response:** Thanks for letting us know about the consistency issues. This is not the experience we want for you. It sounds like there may be a sync problem with your connected mailbox.

Often this can be fixed by going to Meco Settings → Connected Mailboxes → Select your mailbox → Resync. If the problem continues, please email us at team@meco.app so we can investigate and get everything running smoothly for you.

Thanks,
Sean
Meco Cofounder

### 4/5 — Solved: Newsletter OVERLOAD

*2025-04-07*

I receive almost 30 newsletters in my Inbox and I can't keep up. Thankfully Meco now creates me a Daily Brief - a podcast based on 20 newsletters I gave it. 

App is still a bit buggy but it sounds like they are working out the kinks as the app is still fairly new this is understandable. 

Thank you Meco and Sean

**Developer response:** Hey royalty97,

Really sorry you're not receiving your Daily Brief - sounds like you should have enough content available so we'll investigate why this is happening and get this sorted for you.

Can you please drop us a message at team@meco.app and tell us your account email so we can see exactly what is happening here.

Apologies again for the frustration
Sean

### 3/5 — Great design, often crashes

*2025-04-06*

I love this app for its interface and clean design. It makes organizing and reading newsletters a breeze. The Gmail integration works flawlessly. However, the app crashes so often that it’s difficult to use at certain points. I am getting consistent crashes after reading one to two newsletters.

**Developer response:** Hey nlooney,

So happy you like the interface and design!

Can you send us an email (team@meco.app) so we can make sure to solve the crashing issue for you. 

Thanks, 
Sean

### 3/5 — Great concept but I’m not convinced

*2025-03-18*

I’ve been using this app for quite some time and I’m just not convinced that this is the way to go for newsletters, nor that this is the app to do it. There are bugs in the iPadOS version (random crashes, crashes when swiping many emails in a row, inability to send back to GMail random senders) that have been there for as long as I’ve been using it. Lots of new functionality apparently, but I feel like (as is normal) features are being prioritized in order to sell Pro versions. Not to mention it’s really slow while importing all of the new messages every time because it doesn’t do that unless the app is open. I’m also not convinced that off-loading all of my newsletters to another app is all that productive. I’ve just become more ruthless about unsubscribing to ones that don’t provide value. Every time I open Meco I spend most of the time swiping things to delete them. That the app crashes when I do this doesn’t help the experience. I’ll probably come back to this in a few months and try again, but for now it’s not for me.

**Developer response:** Hey kgs987,

Thanks for taking the time to leave your detailed thoughts on the app, it really helps us improve. 

Sorry you experienced some bugs! If you ping us an emails at team@meco.app - we can look into them and get them fixed for you. We are working hard on both PRO and free features, and trying to keep a good balance of making some amazing features for everyone while ensuring we have a sustainable business.

Really appreciate you giving Meco a try, and we hope things feel smoother if you decide to come back in the future. If you’ve got more feedback or ideas in the meantime, we’d love to hear them.

Thanks again,
Sean

### 4/5 — They will charge you even if you cancel the trial

*2025-03-08*

Title says it. Super annoying. You signed up for the free trial and then cancel it and they still charge you for the annual membership. Of course there's no customer service number to reach out to you and you have to go through Apple's system and just cross your fingers that they'll feel sorry for you.

**Developer response:** Hello! Please reach out to us at team@meco.app. While refunds and trial management are handled by Apple, we’ll do our best to assist you if you get in touch.

### 2/5 — Does not work

*2025-03-08, version 5.9.0*

Will no longer open even after latest update. Technical difficulties error pop-up - when will this be resolved?

### 2/5 — Crashes a lot currently

*2025-01-30*

Great idea. I would like this to work and be usable. But currently it crashes a lot on me. New iPad Mini A17 with latest iOS

### 4/5 — Amazing for newsletter

*2025-01-08*

Clean, easy to setup - tags,groups (a must have)

### 2/5 — Slow and Buggy

*2024-12-18, version 5.2.0*

I subscribed so my daily news sources would all be in one place, but they always take several minutes to load and the app crashes often.

### 2/5 — Too buggy

*2024-12-05, version 5.2.0*

Great in concept but doesn’t really make it easier to get through my newsletters mainly because it crashes/closes regularly. The app remains visible in the app switcher it just exits out to the Home Screen. Way too frequently.

### 4/5 — Good

*2024-11-27*

Performance of the app matters a lot for reading and it’s slow for my taste. Otherwise good concept. I have high hopes.

Update: I am improving my rating because the team and customer support is very good. They keep following up and try to help. Give the app a try.

### 4/5 — Would love Text-To-Speech

*2024-11-26, version 5.2.0*

To make this ideal, and therefore worth paying for, I would love an option to have the newsletters narrated and able to be arranged in an automatic queue.

### 3/5 — Gmail connection

*2024-10-23, version 5.1.3*

With the last update I have to reconnect gmail each time I open the app. I followed the instructions in the FAQ and contacted support.  Sent 2 emails and never heard back. I like the app but support needs to be responsive to paid users.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Not free

*2026-03-03, version 6.2.1*

Requires money but doesn’t disclose up front.

### 1/5 — Lousy Support

*2025-11-22, version 6.1.0*

Accidentally bought this thing during the test notified them ask for my money back they blithely told me to get my refund from Apple.

Apple of course, says to get it back from Meco. 

Then Meco deleted my account even though they’ve been paid for a full year.  So now I have no access to use the app and they refuse to refund my money.  

Steer clear of these guys.  I am going to report this app and their lousy, smerking “not our problem” support team to everybody…

### 1/5 — Paid af and nothing free

*2025-08-09*

Fully paid app. Took my whole gmail data and not even allowing to delete it

**Developer response:** Hi priyanshjain301,

Meco is not fully paid, you can use it for free by creating a Meco Inbox email, which lets you receive and read newsletters without connecting Gmail.

If you connected Gmail and now want to unlink it and remove your data, you can disconnect it at any time from Meco Settings → Connected Mailboxes, and you can also delete your account from Settings → Help & Support → Delete Account. We never sell your data and your emails are stored locally on your device only.

If you would like help walking through these steps, please email us at team@meco.app and we will be happy to assist.

Thanks,
Sean
Meco Cofounder

### 1/5 — Not meeting expectations

*2025-06-22, version 6.0.2*

This is had to configure, it forced to add newsletter a that I did not want and it displays on top the ones that in Gmail I never open. I am about to give up on this app.

### 1/5 — Broken

*2025-03-22*

I've added the maximum newsletters - which is 20 - to my Daily Brief, and supposedly it's supposed to create a daily podcast based on them but every single day it tells me there were not enough newsletters to make a podcast. I conclude either your system is just making an excuse as to why it's not working - because I get a dumb amount of newsletters from those 20 I've added to the Daily Brief - or the amount of newsletters that I can use needs to be increased. This feature is the sole reason I got this app and am paying for the pro or premium version. Please fix your app.

**Developer response:** Hey royalty97,

Really sorry you're not receiving your Daily Brief - sounds like you should have enough content available so we'll investigate why this is happening and get this sorted for you.

Can you please drop us a message at team@meco.app and tell us your account email so we can see exactly what is happening here.

Apologies again for the frustration
Sean

### 1/5 — Lost all my subscription newsletter

*2025-03-17*

I had an Meco email setup and plenty of newsletters but everything disappeared, including the meco email… Better to create an email specifically for your newsletter, it’s what I will do now…

**Developer response:** Hey Anaik21 

Thanks for trying Meco and sorry you experienced this! Don’t worry — your newsletters are all safe and sound, and we’re here to help you read them. Just drop us a message at team@meco.app and we’ll make sure you’re sorted.

Thanks,
Sean

### 1/5 — Don’t download.

*2025-01-23, version 5.3.2*

Ruined my inbox. Don’t download.

### 1/5 — Won’t run on iPhone

*2025-01-10*

I’ve been using Meco four a while now and I liked it so I paid for a subscription. In the last few days, Meco won’t open on my phone (iPhone 15 running 18.2.1), as it crashes every time I open it. I wrote to tech support but didn’t get a reply, which is disappointing because In the past, tech support would answer messages pretty quickly. Anyway, if I can’t use it on my iPhone, I’ll give it up, though it still runs on my iPad.

**Developer response:** Hey Phil,

Very sorry you've had experienced crashes recently and that the team missed your customer support request!

Would love to make this right, can you email us at team@meco.app so I can personally ensure this is fixed and we can make this right for you?

Thanks for your continued support
Sean

### 1/5 — Useless

*2024-12-15*

Doesn’t unclutter the mailbox and is an additional app on my iPhone
Wanted to cancel the app the DAY OF renewal and they refused. 
39€ for nothing. 
Thank you Meco. 
😒

**Developer response:** Hey basquechick,

Sorry you had a bad experience. I can't seem to see your refund request, can you email us at team@meco.app so we can investigate what happened.

Thanks 
Sean
Meco Cofounder

### 1/5 — Gmail account = must purchase Pro

*2024-07-12*

Great app, but you must purchase Pro to use a Gmail account after the trial period, and this is not clearly stated in their information. To use Meco for free, you must use a complimentary Meco email and resubscribe to your newsletters using that. Don’t forget to remove Meco’s access from your security settings if you have a Gmail account and don’t continue after the trial!

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Absolutely great

*2025-04-19*

One of the apps I use most on the iPad. I finally get to read my Newsletters! It is really the perfect solution for people with more then three Newsletters and a cluttered mail inbox.

### 5/5 — Newsletters KING!

*2025-03-12*

I’ve tested numerous apps, but none can match Meco. It’s incredibly simple yet incredibly powerful, clutter-free, and devoid of any unnecessary features. It’s an absolute must-have! 😍

### 5/5 — Push notification issue

*2025-02-18, version 5.6.0*

Very nice work! Meco app is my favorite for reading newsletters. 

However, there is an annoying issue with it.

All Meco push notifications disappear when just tap one.

1. Iphone 14 plus
2. iOS 18.1.1
3. Meco v5.6.0

### 5/5 — An essential app to say the least.

*2025-02-16*

Great build. Smooth experience

### 5/5 — Love Meco!

*2024-10-30*

I dreamed of an app like this during the newsletter explosion over the last few years, so I’m really happy to be onboard and clear out my inbox while still reading all the newsletters I care about.

### 5/5 — Hands down the best

*2024-05-24*

I’ve used all of them and this is the best value and most intuitive ui. Others are good but there would always be one or two things that bugged me and didn’t work with my flow. You can tell
It’s developed by a really talented team and passionate for newsletters.

### 5/5 — Love it!`

*2024-05-18*

Finally gives me a way to keep my inbox clean from all the newsletters I get, and provides a great experience both on the web and via the app. Definitely worth it in my opinion.

### 5/5 — Super hilfreich und gut gemacht

*2024-05-05*

Endlich alle Newsletter zentral und smart an einem Ort.

### 5/5 — My  1 app

*2024-05-04, version 4.0.1*

Can’t say enough about Meco. It’s so simple yet so great at what it does. Makes reading newsletters enjoyable. No need to pay, but the app is so great that I do just to support the creators.

### 5/5 — The best newsletter app ever made

*2024-04-30*

Download this app and never look back, it quite literally changed my life. I get notified as my newsletters come in and I’m able to stay on the cutting edge of my interests. Where as before I’d have my email cluttered and didn’t know what was coming in. They have dark mode love that and I love that I can swipe left and right to go forward or backward a story. Its so worth it.

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