Comparison

Reams vs News RSS

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

Head to head
About

Reams

This app transforms newsletters, RSS feeds, and saved web articles into beautifully designed, immersive reading experiences. It offers automatic synchronization across devices, organization tools like tags and notes, and a simple RSS discovery feature.

Highlights
  • AI-driven algorithmic layouts
  • Automatic device synchronization
  • Tagging, notes, and highlights
  • Painless newsletter integration
  • Simple RSS feed discovery
  • Full text article view
  • Automatic dark mode
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Reams is a serious, joyful and open app for readers. It works with newsletters, RSS and articles that you save manually from the web. Reams brings each one of your articles to life with an eye-popping, AI driven, algorithmic layout engine. Add delightful interactions and thoughtful features, and you get an app that lets you focus on the immersive pleasures of text and image. Terms: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula • BEAUTIFUL LAYOUTS: Reams uses finely wrought algorithms and a sprinkling of AI to turn your articles into an immersive magazine: every story has a unique layout. • STAY SYNCHRONIZED: Automatic sync between your devices, plus a browser-based UI coming very soon. • STAY ORGANIZED: tags, notes and highlights mean you never lose track of things. • REMEMBER WHAT YOU'VE READ: every article looks different, so they stay in your memory. • PAINLESS NEWSLETTERS: use your reams.app email address and get newsletters out of your inbox and into the perfect reading environment. • SIMPLE RSS DISCOVERY: Reams scours websites for feeds and lets you easily subscribe to them. • FULL TEXT VIEW: Load the full text for any story, even if the feed only shows you an extract. • AUTOMATIC DARK MODE: So that you can read at night without burning your retinas. • And so much else besides…

About

News RSS

Aggregate news from your favorite sources into a single, organized feed. Customize your news delivery with daily or hourly summaries, and discover new content through an expanding discovery section. Syncs across Apple devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Read news and blogs in one place
  • Create custom news digests
  • Push notifications for selected sources
  • Discover new content
  • Add sites from Safari
  • iCloud sync for read/unread status
Features
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Welcome to News RSS your inbox for news—available for iPad, iPhone, and Mac. News RSSis a full-featured newsreader that focuses on delivering the news you want, the way you want. Check all your favorite news and blogs in one place with News RSS. Or create your own Press Release of news from specific sites, delivered to your email daily or even hourly! Think of it as a newsletter by and for you. News RSSalso has rich Push Notifications for all devices, an expanding Discovery section to find new sites to read, adding sites directly from Safari, and your news feeds all sync via your iCloud account, including the read/unread status of articles. **News RSSfeatures at a glance** - Read all your news and blogs in one place - Mute a site right from a notification - Discover new sites based on what you read - Share articles with friends, coworkers, and other apps with the iOS share sheet - Easily add new sites from a browser with Cappuccino’s app extension -------------------- News RSS Premium is an auto renewable subscription: - Create and delivers to you a daily mail with summary of a your specificified sources - Push notifications of selected sources - Set your Press Release to deliver at a specific time daily - Visual Themes Selection and Dark mode - Will unlock iOS nad Mac so need to be purchased just once $0.99 monthly, $9.99 annually -------------------- Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial peri​od, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. ------- Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/8273824 Terms of Service: http://cappuccinoapp.com/termsofservice

Screenshots

Reams4 screens
News RSS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reams at 100% against News RSS's 20%. Reams also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.3). News RSS's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (29 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Reams sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and News RSS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reams holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Reams's written reviews are positive against 20% of News RSS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reams ships an update every 2 months, News RSS weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Reams versus News RSS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReamsNews RSS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (7 ratings) — better3.3 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings729 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam ButlerHurryApp LTD

Customer experience

Reams

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

News RSS

All ratings29 ratings
Positive55.2%
Neutral10.3%
Negative34.5%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral26.3%
Negative53.8%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Reams

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$2.991 Month
2 purchases

News RSS

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$5.991 Month
  • 1 Year Premium$16.491 Year

Questions

Is Reams free?
Reams is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is News RSS free?
News RSS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reams or News RSS?
Reams is rated higher. Reams averages 4.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while News RSS averages 3.3 from 29 ratings.
Do Reams or News RSS have ads?
Neither Reams nor News RSS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reams or News RSS?
Reams ships an update every 2 months, and News RSS weekly. Most recently, Reams was updated on October 10, 2026 and News RSS on October 14, 2026.

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