Comparison

Newsreel RSS vs Feedit

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Newsreel RSS

Stay updated with your preferred blogs and news outlets directly on your TV. This app aggregates content from various categories, allowing you to add custom subscriptions and manage your feeds.

Highlights
  • Read news on TV
  • Supports RSS feeds
  • Categorized content
  • Custom feed subscriptions
  • Manage feeds
  • Connects to NewsBlur
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Read the latest from your favorite sites and RSS feeds. Newsreel brings RSS feed reading to your TV. Catch up on your favorite blogs and news sites in a variety of categories: tech, design, politics, science, food and more. Add custom subscriptions and manage your feeds. New - connect your NewsBlur account

About

Feedit

Manage your news consumption with a clean interface. Organize articles from various sources, save them for later, and catch up on unread content. Offers a reader view and home screen widgets for quick access.

Highlights
  • Sync with iCloud or local storage
  • Integrates with popular RSS services
  • Read later functionality
  • Catch up on unread articles
  • Optional reader view
  • Home screen widgets
  • Safari web extension
Features
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Take control of the news you care about and read what matters to you! Read and share articles from your favorite blogs and websites in a clean and intuitive interface. FEEDS Sync with iCloud, or use the built-in “On My Device” local account. Third party account services that integrate and sync with Feedit: BazQux, Feedbin, Feedly, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, FreshRSS. Feedit also supports extension services – best supported by Local and iCloud accounts: Reddit, Mastodon. You can subscribe to your timelines, a specific username, hashtag, subreddit, etc. STARRED This is a smart collection of articles acting mostly as a read later service. This will save what you want to read or reference later and syncs across devices(except local account). CATCH UP This is a smart collection of your articles that show up as unread after 24 hours of being published. This way you’re able to reference them on your time when you’re ready to get to them and avoid a cluttered timeline. READER VIEW This is an optional feature where it ultimately comes to preference Does not work with extension services(Twitter - deprecated, Reddit, Mastodon) You can find this feature in the article view If you prefer Reader View, you can toggle this for all your subscriptions, or individually WIDGETS View your recent articles – comes in small, medium, large and, for devices that support it, extra large. View your current Today, Unread and Starred filter counts – small sized widget SAFARI WEB EXTENSION: FIND FEED How to enable: - Open Settings app - Select Safari - Select Extensions - Select Feedit - Turn Feedit On - Turn on “All Websites” From there, go to a page in Safari, bring up the Safari options, and tap “Find Feed”

Screenshots

Feedit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Feedit at none against Newsreel RSS's 1. Feedit also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%). Newsreel RSS's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 18.5). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Newsreel RSS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Feedit asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Newsreel RSS ships an update every 2 weeks, Feedit every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Newsreel RSS versus Feedit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNewsreel RSSFeedit
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesApple TViPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS9.1 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB39 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNutmeg Studios LLCTyler Lawrence

Customer experience

Newsreel RSS

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Feedit

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Newsreel RSS

One-time1
  • Premium Features$3.99
None

Feedit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Newsreel RSS free?
Newsreel RSS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Feedit free?
Feedit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Newsreel RSS or Feedit have ads?
Neither Newsreel RSS nor Feedit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Newsreel RSS or Feedit?
Newsreel RSS ships an update every 2 weeks, and Feedit every 2 months. Most recently, Newsreel RSS was updated on June 25, 2026 and Feedit on October 24, 2026.

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