# Upfox — News reader for developers

> News reader for developers (iPhone/iPad app by Alexey Ponomarev.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/upfox/id1551553616 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Alexey Ponomarev](https://appshunter.io/developer/1493860740)
- Category: News, Developer Tools
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 18 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2021-04-05
- Data updated: 2026-05-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/upfox/id1551553616/reviews.md

## What is Upfox?

Combine news about your favorite libraries, software, and technologies into a single feed to stay updated. Access changelogs and release notes directly within the app. Additionally, you can follow blog links to read official posts.

Upfox provides updates for numerous popular libraries from GitHub, but it's not just restricted to GitHub sources. It also seeks out updates for various software by monitoring their official websites.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Upfox Premium | $1.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Upfox Lifetime | $49.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5 — 2023-11-27

- New blogs page to read new blog posts.
- Internal update to support new server infrastructure.

### 1.3 — 2022-08-15

- Now you can delete your account on settings tab if you wish to
- Internal technical updates and minor fixes

### 1.2 — 2021-05-18

- Blogs support, from now Upfox looks not only for new versions but also tracks down new posts in official blogs related to the subjects you are subscribed to
- Various performance optimizations
- Fixed some visual bugs
- Improved Markdown rendering

### 1.1 — 2021-04-18

- GitHub stars
- Version screen is now integrated into a subject screen to simplify navigation
- Tuned up a dark theme
- Seamless switching from a list to subject
- Improved Explore search bar behavior
- Tap on an active bottom menu item now triggers the list to scroll to the top
- Improved markdown rendering

### 1.0 — 2021-04-05

No release notes.

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All apps by Alexey Ponomarev: https://appshunter.io/developer/1493860740

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