Comparison

AllNews vs Gatherly

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” 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

Gatherly

Features
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Gatherly - An RSS Reader for Your Feeds Gather your chosen blog and news feeds in one place, read at your pace, and save articles to find again. Gatherly is a free RSS reader for feeds you choose to follow. Add a feed with an RSS URL or a website address, review the preview, and subscribe. If you already have a feed list, import it from an OPML file. Export your subscribed feeds as OPML when you need a portable list. Organize feeds with tags, mark articles as read, and save the ones you want to revisit. Open a saved item from the Saved view. Explore trends, recommended feeds, categories, and topics in Discover. Keyword search creates a Google News RSS feed so you can subscribe to a topic. When iCloud is available, feeds, tags, and saved items can sync between your devices. To get started, choose Add RSS Feed in Settings, enter a URL, and open your first article. You can also start by importing OPML. No ads and no tracking, so you can focus on reading.

Screenshots

AllNews4 screens
Gatherly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gatherly at none against AllNews's 2. Gatherly also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). AllNews's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. AllNews sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Gatherly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AllNews ships an update every 2 months, Gatherly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
AllNews versus Gatherly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAllNewsGatherly
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size15 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTomoyuki OkawaSeho Park

In-app purchases

2 purchases

AllNews

One-time2
  • New story indicator$0.99
  • Sharing news$0.99
None

Gatherly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AllNews free?
AllNews is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gatherly free?
Gatherly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AllNews or Gatherly have ads?
Neither AllNews nor Gatherly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AllNews or Gatherly?
AllNews ships an update every 2 months, and Gatherly weekly. Most recently, AllNews was updated on October 2, 2026 and Gatherly on October 18, 2026.

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