Comparison

NewsTeller vs ZeroScan

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

Head to head
About

NewsTeller

This news reader allows you to listen to RSS feeds on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and in your car. It uses AI to personalize your news feed and offers offline listening by saving stories.

Highlights
  • Listen to RSS feeds
  • AI-powered story personalization
  • Offline story saving
  • Apple Watch and CarPlay integration
  • Intelligent feed filtering
Features
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This is a "news reader" for RDF, RSS and Atom, for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and CarPlay: with NewsTeller, you can listen to RSS feeds, in the car or while running around or doing other sports activities. Just download text to speech voices via your phone and enjoy high quality playback. Note that any voice is randomly selected per language group that is either a premium or enhanced voice to increase listening quality. The app will order recent stories according to time and previous usage behavior, by utilizing AI (Core ML) and updating the model every time the app starts. If you are connected to CarPlay, the app will show all the subscribed feeds in your dashboard. Within each feed, you can listen to any story, and even see the main image of it. You can skip forward or backward as you like. For all stories that you’d like to listen in detail on the go, without having to connect to the internet, you can save them on the pinboard. Just make sure to complete the download process before going out. If you have your Apple Watch with you, you can also watch your stories or listen to them. The app does not store personal data on a server. All preferences are stored on the phone only. In addition, no content is replicated or processed on the server with the available feeds. It even stores some information to learn what stories you like and sorts all recent stories accordingly using Apple’s AI technology (called CoreML). New feeds are always added, and through intelligent filtering you can select those feeds and stories that interest you easily. Just select a keyword for the feed or stories Any feedback is always welcome. Thank you.

About

ZeroScan

Discover network devices and their services effortlessly. This tool listens for broadcasting zeroconf services, displaying IP addresses and open ports without active probing. Customize scan intervals and result display for a seamless network overview.

Highlights
  • Zeroconf (mDNS, DNS-SD, Bonjour) service discovery
  • Automatic network rescanning
  • Customizable scan intervals
  • Adjustable result display duration
  • Clipboard copy customization
  • Manual service searching
Features
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ZeroScan finds devices on your network that advertise Bonjour (mDNS / DNS-SD / zeroconf) services. It shows each one’s name, IP address, the services it offers and the ports they’re on, without probing your network. See what’s on your network Watches for 85 service types, including SSH, HTTP, AirPlay, printers, HomeKit and file sharing. You can add any other service type in preferences. Icons show what kind of device each one is likely to be: computer, phone, TV, printer, camera, router, storage and more. Shows each service’s TXT record, so you can see model names, firmware versions and device IDs. Results refresh on their own. You choose the rescan interval and how long a device stays listed after it stops advertising. Spot what changed Save a snapshot of a network and name it, like “Home” or “Office.” ZeroScan suggests which saved network you’re probably on. Compare the live scan with any saved snapshot. Devices are marked new, changed or gone, along with the services and ports that were added, removed or moved. “Show Changes Only” hides everything that hasn’t changed. Rename, merge or delete saved networks and snapshots. Take results with you Export the full scan as CSV or JSON. Copy a hostname, IP address or port list in the format you pick. On iOS, open HTTP, HTTPS, SSH and SFTP services directly in the app that handles them. What ZeroScan isn’t ZeroScan isn’t an IP scanner. It listens for devices that announce themselves and never probes addresses. A device that doesn’t advertise one of the services ZeroScan watches for won’t appear. Privacy ZeroScan collects no data and sends nothing off your device. Your snapshots and preferences are saved on the device and nowhere else.

Screenshots

NewsTeller3 screens
ZeroScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NewsTeller at Free against ZeroScan's $0.99. NewsTeller also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 months). ZeroScan's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

NewsTeller is free to download; ZeroScan costs $0.99 up front. NewsTeller sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ZeroScan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ZeroScan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of NewsTeller's written reviews are positive against 100% of ZeroScan's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NewsTeller ships an update every 9 days, ZeroScan every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NewsTeller versus ZeroScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNewsTellerZeroScan
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuxx GmbHJordan Parsons

Customer experience

NewsTeller

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

ZeroScan

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NewsTeller

One-time1
  • unlimited items$0.99
None

ZeroScan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NewsTeller free?
NewsTeller is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ZeroScan free?
ZeroScan costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NewsTeller or ZeroScan?
ZeroScan is rated higher. NewsTeller averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ZeroScan averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do NewsTeller or ZeroScan have ads?
Neither NewsTeller nor ZeroScan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NewsTeller or ZeroScan?
NewsTeller ships an update every 9 days, and ZeroScan every 6 months. Most recently, NewsTeller was updated on November 2, 2026 and ZeroScan on November 3, 2026.

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