# Newsletter Reader — user reviews > 31 indexed App Store user reviews of Newsletter Reader by Newsletterss LLC, rated 3.77/5 from 62 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/newsletter-reader/id1549306009/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/newsletter-reader/id1549306009.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 38 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 15 ## Newest reviews (10 of 31) ### 5/5 — Does one thing, well. *2021-10-19, version 3.5.0* I’ve been using this app for several months. It amounts to a dedicated inbox for email subscriptions, which I had previously set up in my Apple Mail app by establishing a separate email address for such things. This is one of those apps that you would like to be able to give 4.5 stars. It’s very useful, but could use a couple of improvements, which I’ll mention later. But if it never gets them, it’s still a good app to have, so five stars it is. The big advantage Newsletterss has over my previous practice is that I don’t have to go to my Mail app & find the appropriate inbox. The app sits right there on my iPad & iPhone home page, and is grouped with other related apps I read in, such as Feedly, Pocket and Instapaper. Or I can go to the internet browser site, but I don’t tend to read on my computer (I use Instapaper/Pocket or sometimes PushToKindle for reading I discover on the net.) Recently, the developer has added a couple of functionalities to the iOS apps that previously only existed on the web browser site - or at least I just noticed them. The app will retain deleted newsletters for up to 10 days, and it allows you to view either only your unread newsletters, or all newsletters which haven’t been deleted. So what else would I like to see? Well, the subscription list in the app only lists the subscriptions for which there is a current undeleted newsletter in the All/Unread category. So if you have a newsletter from a source where you have deleted all the newsletters, it’s not in the subscription list. The deleted list which retains newsletters for 10 days would be more useful if it retained them longer. You can’t restore deleted newsletters to the All/Unread categories, although they are available for the 10 days so that’s something. There is also no way to save specific newsletters aside from not deleting them. (Some of these things strike me as resource intensive on the developer’s side, though, so I don’t really expect to see those…) But these are mere quibbles. This is an app which I am happy to pay for. ### 5/5 — Gets the job done *2021-10-15, version 3.5.0* I use it to subscribe to my favorite newspapers ### 5/5 — A useful place for the higher volume, less personal messages *2021-10-13, version 3.5.0* I especially like how it eliminates all the header information of email newsletters when reading the message itself. Next would be to eliminate the footer stuff, too. Lots of potential here, and the feedback form already shows a very responsive developer. I recommend getting on board with this useful tool. It makes it easier and a joy to be subscribed to more email newsletter content than I can generally tolerate in my email. ### 4/5 — Clean and efficient *2021-09-12, version 2.5* Nice job sw engineers. Now leave it alone! ### 2/5 — Lacks options for paid subscription *2021-09-11, version 2.5* Unable to search for specific journalists. ### 5/5 — Very useful *2021-08-20, version 2.0.1* Very useful app. Has allowed me to clean up my regular email account, and provides a separate, single location where I can access all my subscribed newsletters. ### 5/5 — Unreported truths *2021-08-20, version 2.0.1* Great ### 5/5 — Simple perfect *2021-07-18, version 2.0.1* This is exactly the app I’ve been looking for. I have tried others and they try so hard to come up with new ways to organize and manipulate my newsletters in a way that doesn’t feel natural. I’m a simple person, and all I was looking for was an app to read my newsletters without messing up my email inbox. This is exactly what I wanted. ### 5/5 — Exactly what I wanted *2021-06-26, version 2.0.1* Very simple and clean ui ### 5/5 — What I’ve been looking for *2021-05-12, version 1.5.0* This is the exact app I’ve been looking for to manage newsletter subscriptions. The app is clean and does what it says: keeps newsletters out of your email inbox. I appreciate that it has a web viewer for desktop. I have it 4 stars because I think the app needs two things: 1) the option to turn on a badge for unread count, and 2) some bug fixes on feed refresh - I seem to have to manually pull to refresh the inbox even after opening from a notification about a new item. I think if these two items were implemented I’d become a paid user. UPDATE: Wow - the developer quickly implemented the unread badge, and I happily subscribed to the annual Premium tier! I think the app could still auto-refresh the Inbox when it enters the foreground, but otherwise this app is great! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Broken *2023-05-17, version 4.2.2* I loved this app… until I didn’t. It just stopped receiving most of my newsletters, especially my favorites. A few still arrive, but the one I liked to read first thing every day has just stopped. Why?? I’ve tried contacting the developer through the app, but haven’t gotten a response. Sure would like it to start working again. I’ve tried to resubscribe and done a bunch of troubleshooting, but nothing seems to work. Argh. ### 1/5 — Latest update is a fail *2023-03-30, version 4.0.2* I loved the tool, but after the last update, managing issues is no longer easy. They changed the interface so rather than seeing only new newsletters, you see every newsletter you’ve ever received before. Takes several presses…every single time you start the app…to change it back to a usable screen again. Major fail. I was a premium member but will now cancel it. The advantage to using the app is now gone. ### 1/5 — Simply doesn’t work *2022-05-30, version 3.14.3* Is this still a live app? None of the features seem to work. ### 1/5 — Not working *2022-03-17, version 3.14.1* This is not Substack. When I realized I had the wrong one, I tried to delete and when it asked for feedback the submit button won’t work so it’s stuck there. Urgh. Can’t go back. Can’t submit delete my info. ### 1/5 — Can’t add my newsletter accounts *2021-10-31, version 3.7.0* This app has cherry picked its own newsletter sources. I was unable to search and add my newsletters from food, entertainment and news. Not worth the time or money. ### 1/5 — Too limited *2021-10-10, version 3.1.0* Like others I was looking for a way to get my $ub$stack subs in one spot. This is only for corporate newsletters, not sure how they are chosen. None of the ones I subscribe to are on here. It looks easy and organized if you want someone else to choose what you read. ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2021-08-01, version 2.0.1* This might work for some, but the options are so limited, it isn’t worth it. ### 1/5 — This app IDs a joke *2021-07-17, version 2.0.1* I signed up paid the $9.99 and cannot access or sign up for the newsletter I want. This should not be so difficult. I signed up with Apple and get a blank screen. If I don’t get help in 24 hours I will request a refund. I’m giving one star but actually is 0 star ### 1/5 — Very limited choices *2021-05-02, version 1.4.3* I cannot search for substack, worse is that you cannot search at all. It only allows the newssources it gives you, all corporate-industrial sources. You cannot create an account without linking to an Apple or Google ID, so no privacy. ### 2/5 — Not easy to remove old posts and clutter *2021-10-01, version 3.1.0* It’s great to put all your newsletters in one place, but it should be much easier to remove a huge backup of them, which is without individually selecting every entry and swiping them into deletion. If I go without reading or removing them, then my inbox quickly fills with tens, of not over a hundred entire that are not easy to glance or sort. So… this discourages me from adding more subscriptions and letting it get even more out of control. Plus, I never know if a source will dump entry after entry and unexpectedly clutter the mailbox. That can cause me to unsubscribe, rather than deal with the hot mess. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — What’s not to love? *2025-01-12, version 4.8.0* This app does everything I need it to! All my newsletters appear flawlessly and chronologically in order. The only hardship was changing my email on substack (you can’t on the app, must use web substack version instead). If you go premium it’s a great price compared to other apps! 10 STARS! ### 5/5 — Best I’ve found *2023-01-29, version 3.14.3* Nice to offload newsletters to a third party, but is especially nice to read them in such a pleasing interface. ### 5/5 — A fantastic app to use for newsletterss *2022-10-14* As long as this app is committed to FreeSpeech and doesn’t sell the data to 3rd parties ### 5/5 — Exactly what I was looking for. *2022-09-02, version 3.14.3* Like that I don’t need to give them access to my email, rather it creates a unique address to route my newsletters to. Interface is simple. Does exactly what it says it does. ### 5/5 — Really Useful *2022-08-20* Great app! Really handy to subscribe to a bunch of newsletters, and have a good read whenever you want without flooding your personal email account ### 5/5 — Super useful *2022-06-10, version 3.14.3* Love this app for newsletters! Keeps my regular email all tidy ### 5/5 — Best way to consolidate and evaluate *2022-04-27, version 3.14.3* Everyone tries out things, and changes their mind. This app is perfect for that: and because it’s centralized, you know which subscriptions are working out, and which ones you don’t want to click on. I encourage you to try this out: I think you will like it. ### 5/5 — Senseless *2022-03-09* Can’t make head or tail of it. Keeps asking me stupid questions. Is this a boat? Whitelist this email? No idea. ### 5/5 — Great way to isolate newsletters *2021-11-26, version 3.10.2* This is a great app to organize your newsletters with. The customer support is awesome. They treat the free members very well - we're not ignored. Not having your regular inbox littered with newsletters is great. ### 5/5 — Zurkamania *2021-11-18, version 3.7.0* Great to see an unbiased news source! --- *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 2026-07-09.*