Search Engine Roundtable vs NetNewsWire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Search Engine Roundtable
Stay updated with the latest news and tips in search engine marketing, focusing on organic and paid search strategies, particularly for Google. Access articles, features, daily photos, and weekly video recaps through a clean interface. Receive push notifications for breaking news and important announcements.
- Search news from Search Engine Roundtable
- Browse by features, news, bookmarks, videos, photos
- Universal Search and Spotlight search
- Bookmark and share stories
- Push notifications for Google updates
- 3D Touch Quick Actions
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The Search Engine Roundtable (seroundtable.com) app contains the latest news and tips from the search engine marketing community. With a focus on organic search and SEO (search engine optimization) tips, as well as coverage in paid search news. The vast majority of the news is around Google marketing. The app contains news content, features content, daily search photos and a weekly video recap. The app sports a quick, clean and refreshing interface to read the news. Features: * Search news from the Search Engine Roundtable * Browse stories by features, news, bookmarks, videos and photos * Search news with Universal Search, Spotlight & Within App * Bookmark stories you want to save or share your favorite stories on social * Push notifications are enabled for breaking Google update news and important announcements * 3D Touch Quick Actions To Navigation From App Icon Download the app for free and enjoy the content.
NetNewsWire
This app aggregates articles from your favorite blogs and news sites, offering a faster and more organized way to consume content. It provides control over your news feed, eliminating the need to visit multiple websites or rely on social media algorithms. Enjoy a streamlined reading experience with customizable features and syncing capabilities.
- Direct feed downloading
- iCloud and third-party syncing
- Customizable article themes
- Reader view
- Starred articles
- Smart feeds
- Home screen widgets
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It’s like podcasts, but for reading. NetNewsWire is a free and open source RSS reader. It shows you articles from your favorite blogs and news sites and keeps track of what you’ve read. It’s fast, stable, and accessible. If you’ve been going from site to site in your browser looking for new articles to read — or counting on the unreliable algorithms of corporate social media — let NetNewsWire bring you the news you want. It’s easy and fun. And it puts you, not billionaires, in control of your news. Features: * Direct feed downloading * Syncing via iCloud, Feedbin, Feedly, BazQux, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and FreshRSS * Multiple accounts * Custom article themes * Reader view * Share sheet * Starred articles * All Unread and Today smart feeds * Folders * Importing and exporting OPML feed lists * Background refreshing * Searching * Hiding read articles * Timeline customization * Keyboard shortcuts * Context menus * Home screen widgets for today, unread, and starred articles * Share extension
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NetNewsWire at 84% against Search Engine Roundtable's 40%. NetNewsWire also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (882 vs 4). Search Engine Roundtable's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NetNewsWire holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NetNewsWire has 882 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Search Engine Roundtable's written reviews are positive against 84% of NetNewsWire's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Search Engine Roundtable | NetNewsWire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (882 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 84.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 882 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #130 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | RustyBrick, Inc. | Brent Simmons |
Customer experience
Search Engine Roundtable
NetNewsWire
In-app purchases
Search Engine Roundtable
No in-app purchases
NetNewsWire
No in-app purchases
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