Comparison

Reams vs Big News

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

Big News

Consolidate your newsletters and RSS feeds into a single, intelligent reading platform. Get a dedicated email address for newsletters and enjoy a distraction-free experience with prioritized news and real-time notifications.

Highlights
  • Combine newsletters and RSS feeds
  • Dedicated @bignews.app email address
  • Prioritize stories by importance
  • Distraction-free reading experience
  • Real-time push notifications
  • Home screen widgets
  • Search thousands of stories
Features
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Big News blends your newsletters and feeds together into one super-smart reading experience. - Combine newsletters and RSS feeds together - Get your very own @bignews.app email address - Sort stories by the day's biggest news - Enjoy a beautiful fullscreen, distraction-free reading experience - Realtime push notifications from your favourite channels - Add the news to your home screen with our Widgets - Search hundreds of thousands of stories in a snap One place for your newsletters and feeds: Big News combines different sources from across the web – like newsletters and RSS feeds – into one unified reading experience. So it doesn't matter what you're reading, or where it's from, you can find it all in Big News. An email address just for newsletters: With your very own @bignews.app email address, newsletters skip your regular inbox and instead are sent directly to Big News. That means less stuff mixed in with your daily emails and more great reads for when you want them. Not just another inbox: We didn't want to create another list of things in an inbox to be managed. That's why Big News uses dozens of signals to intelligently prioritise the stories that matter to you today, all in one inviting layout. There's no endless pile of unread badges or month-old news. Just the Big News, today. Sources you already know and trust: Add your existing newsletters and feeds to Big News in just a few taps. Plus, the Big News directory contains hundreds of channels, so you're sure to find the sites and newsletters you already love – as well as discover something altogether new. RSS. SMTP. OMG: We built Big News upon the open standards of the web – like RSS and SMTP – so it already works with thousands of sources today, as well as thousands more in the future. And now for the legal bits: Payment will be charged on either a monthly or annual basis to your Apple ID account. Your monthly or annual subscription automatically renews unless you cancel before the end of the current billing period. You can manage and cancel your subscription at any time by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. For our full Terms of Service please visit: https://bignews.app/terms. For our Privacy Policy visit https://bignews.app/privacy

Screenshots

Reams4 screens
Big News4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reams at 100% against Big News's 46%. Reams also leads on monetization model (freemium vs subscription). Big News's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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. Reams sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Big News sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Big News holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big News has 53 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Reams's written reviews are positive against 46% of Big News's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reams ships an update every 2 months, Big News every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Reams versus Big News: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReamsBig News
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (7 ratings)4.3 (53 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better46.3% of reviews
Number of ratings753 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB23 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperAdam ButlerThe Not So Big Company

Customer experience

Reams

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

Big News

All ratings53 ratings
Positive77.4%
Neutral13.2%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive46.3%
Neutral22.0%
Negative31.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Reams

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$2.991 Month
4 purchases

Big News

Subscriptions4
  • Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Max Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly$14.991 Year
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  • Max Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Reams free?
Reams is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Big News free?
Big News is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reams or Big News?
Big News is rated higher. Reams averages 4.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Big News averages 4.3 from 53 ratings.
Do Reams or Big News have ads?
Neither Reams nor Big News shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reams or Big News?
Reams ships an update every 2 months, and Big News every 3 weeks. Most recently, Reams was updated on October 10, 2026 and Big News on October 24, 2026.

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