Comparison

NewsTeller vs BookRemote

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

BookRemote

Control your reading app remotely using Bluetooth. This utility allows page turning, brightness adjustment, and trackpad navigation for compatible reader applications on your iPhone and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth remote control
  • Page turning (next/previous)
  • Brightness adjustment
  • Trackpad navigation
  • Supports iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Night mode/screen inversion
Features
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Remote control for Reader app only This is a remote control app that supports the page switching function remotely from the Reader app we sell. (For a list of supported apps, see the Supported Apps section below) Remote connection with Reader app via Bluetooth Supports both iPhone and Apple Watch ** characteristic ** - Can be installed and used on both iPhone and Apple Watch (supports Bluetooth) - Remote control that remotely sends commands to the connected Reader app - iPhone iOS 17+ - Apple Watch WatchOS 10+ **Transfer operation to Reader app** - Page transition: next page, previous page - Move to first page/last page - Open the next file - Increase/decrease screen brightness - Screen inversion (night mode) - Clear (image/PDF files only) - Trackpad: Switch pages by tapping and long-tapping the square-shaped pad, not a button. - Trackpad Drag: Drag the trackpad to scroll through the content of the webtoon mode or webtoon reader app. **Supported Apps** - Common features: iOS / iPadOS version 17 or higher - Text Viewer - Manga Viewer - Komi Reader - EBook Viewer - Book View - WebToon Reader

Screenshots

NewsTeller3 screens
BookRemote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NewsTeller at Free against BookRemote's $3.99. BookRemote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On update cadence, 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; BookRemote costs $3.99 up front. NewsTeller sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BookRemote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NewsTeller ships an update every 9 days, BookRemote every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NewsTeller versus BookRemote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNewsTellerBookRemote
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuxx GmbHkim juyoung

Customer experience

NewsTeller

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

BookRemote

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NewsTeller

One-time1
  • unlimited items$0.99
None

BookRemote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NewsTeller free?
NewsTeller is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BookRemote free?
BookRemote costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do NewsTeller or BookRemote have ads?
Neither NewsTeller nor BookRemote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NewsTeller or BookRemote?
NewsTeller ships an update every 9 days, and BookRemote every 5 days. Most recently, NewsTeller was updated on October 24, 2026 and BookRemote on October 27, 2026.

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