Comparison

AllNews vs RSS News Ticker

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

Head to head
About

AllNews

This app allows users to read news from multiple RSS feeds simultaneously. Instead of scrolling through lists, news headlines scroll automatically, and users can tap on any headline to read the full story in a web browser. It offers customization for scrolling speed, update frequency, and source selection.

Highlights
  • Scroll multiple news feeds simultaneously
  • Read news in portrait or landscape mode
  • Automatic or manual news updates
  • Tap to read full story in browser
  • Select from 100+ RSS sources or add your own
  • Adjust scrolling speed and update frequency
  • Share news via social media and other apps
Features
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- Read scrolling news from multiple sources at a time - Personally, I don't watch TV at all. I don't even own a TV set. It's not that I'm poor. I just feel that watching TV is a waste of time. Yet, I visit one web site to anther to read news. Yes, I'm a news junkie. Wouldn't it be nice if you could read news from multiple sources at a time instead of visiting one web site to another? That's what AllNews is for. AllNews is a mobile app for iPhone and iPad users who would like to read multiple RSS news feeds at a time instead of visiting one news web site after another. With this app, you don't scroll a list of news captions. Even a teenager could make an app like that. Rather, AllNews will scroll each line of news captions for you. So just watch them and tap a news caption that catches your eyes so that you can read the entire story with a web browser. The app comes with a built-in library of 100+ RSS links. So just pick one or more and get lines of news captions rolling. - Features - 1. Let the application roll multiple lines of news captions from right to left. Right, you don’t have to scroll a list of stories. 2. Read news in the portrait or landscape mode. 3. Let the application automatically update news or tap the force-update button to manually update news. 4. Tap an interesting news caption that catches your eyes so that you can read the entire story with a web browser. 5. Select a news source from 100 URLs that comes with the app or create a news source with a URL of your own. 6. Adjust the scrolling speed. 7. Adjust the frequency of updating news between 600 seconds (10 minutes) and 3600 seconds (60 minutes). 8. Change the order by which lines of news captions appear. 9. Add-on: Be notified of new captions that have been added since the last update. 10.Add-on: Share news stories through social media (Facebook, Twitter, Weibo, TencentWeibo) or other apps (Message, Mail, Notes). 11.The app comes with a 14-page user's guide. 12.Languages: English and Japanese only. 13.Application file size: 32.5 MB. - System requirements - 1. iOS 9.0 or above 2. iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone SE, iPod Touch, iPad mini, iPad 2, iPad Air, iPad Pro. - Limitations - 1. A WiFi or WWAN connection is required to pull RSS news feeds. 2. The user can tap the menu button to go to other screens only when they hold the device in the portrait mode. 3. This app may be deprived of promised features if the device is jailbroken.

About

RSS News Ticker

Organize your news feeds with this reader. Subscribe to RSS and Atom sources, with articles cached locally for offline reading. Features include iCloud sync, a unified newsfeed, tagging for organization, bookmarking, and word muting.

Highlights
  • Subscribe to RSS & Atom feeds
  • Offline article caching
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Unified newsfeed and timeline
  • Tagging for article organization
  • Bookmark articles for later
  • Mute specific words or topics
Features
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Start bringing order in your news-jungle. Ticker can help you with that. FEATURES Subscribe RSS & Atom sources Subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds in Ticker. All articles are cached locally so you can read them on the go. Use pull-to-refresh to sync all your sources at once. iCloud Sync Your data is only accessible to you, thats why Ticker uses your private iCloud to sync across your devices. Newsfeed & Timeline Access articles of all your sources in one newsfeed. Check your viewed articles in the dedicated timeline. Tags Use tags to bring order in the news-jungle. Tags identify relevant articles by keywords you can define. Articles which include a keyword are automatically assigned to that tag. You can look up relevant articles per tag or view all articles that have at least one tag assigned. Bookmarks Don't have time to read all articles when they pop up? No problem, you can bookmark articles and read them later on. A dedicated Bookmarks view keeps track of all your bookmarked articles to have it available anytime. Mute words Sometimes, topics pop up in your feed, that might not be interesting. In that case, you can mute words for a specific period of time (one day, a week, a month) or even forever.

Screenshots

AllNews4 screens
RSS News Ticker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RSS News Ticker at 88% against AllNews's 0%. RSS News Ticker also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). AllNews's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. AllNews sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and RSS News Ticker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RSS News Ticker holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RSS News Ticker has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of AllNews's written reviews are positive against 88% of RSS News Ticker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AllNews ships an update every 2 months, RSS News Ticker every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
AllNews versus RSS News Ticker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAllNewsRSS News Ticker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.2 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB10 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTomoyuki OkawaDaniel Hoefer

Customer experience

AllNews

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

RSS News Ticker

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

AllNews

One-time2
  • New story indicator$0.99
  • Sharing news$0.99
3 purchases

RSS News Ticker

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Mid Tip$2.99
  • Big Tip$5.99

Questions

Is AllNews free?
AllNews is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RSS News Ticker free?
RSS News Ticker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AllNews or RSS News Ticker?
RSS News Ticker is rated higher. AllNews averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while RSS News Ticker averages 4.2 from 13 ratings.
Do AllNews or RSS News Ticker have ads?
Neither AllNews nor RSS News Ticker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AllNews or RSS News Ticker?
AllNews ships an update every 2 months, and RSS News Ticker every 3 weeks. Most recently, AllNews was updated on October 24, 2026 and RSS News Ticker on October 24, 2026.

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