Comparison

News RSS vs Newsbite

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

Head to head
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

About

Newsbite

A modern RSS newsreader for iPhone and iPad that aggregates feeds from various sources, including the Fediverse. It offers customizable reading experiences, smart filtering, and background updates without intrusive tracking or ads.

Highlights
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Built-in browser for feed discovery
  • Customizable article filtering
  • Reading list integration (Pocket, Instapaper)
  • Automatic topic discovery
  • Mastodon integration
  • iCloud sync
Features
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A modern RSS and social feed reader for iPhone and iPad, with features to help you find the news you are interested in, and no creepy tracking or advertising: - Add Home Screen widgets showing articles from your feeds or collections. - Discover feeds published by your favourite news website or blog. - Setup notifications to alert you when new articles appear in your feeds. - Create rules to automatically like, read, tag, or hide certain articles. - Filter articles by unread, today only, tag, or media type. - Add articles to the reading list for later, supports Raindrop, Instapaper, and Safari Reading List. - Automatically find the most written about topics from your feeds during the last day, week or month. - Load the full article content for feeds that don't include the full text in the feed. - Multiple image, audio, and video attachment playback. - Sync your feeds and topics, plus article reads and likes using iCloud, no additional account or login needed. - Keep articles indefinitely, even when removed from the feed. - Choose custom font, size, spacing, alignment, and theme for reading articles. - Supports RSS, Atom, and JSON feed formats. - Integrates directly with Mastodon, Bluesky, Reddit, Tumblr and YouTube to show you your feeds and posts in one place. Newsbite is free to use for up to 5 feeds, and has a premium subscription of £1.29 GBP per month to enable unlimited feeds. Prices may vary from country to country. If you choose to subscribe, payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use: https://newsbite.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://newsbite.app/privacyPolicy.html

Screenshots

News RSS4 screens
Newsbite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Newsbite at 4.5 against News RSS's 3.3. Newsbite also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 20%). News RSS's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (29 vs 4). 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. News RSS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Newsbite sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Newsbite holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: News RSS has 29 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of News RSS's written reviews are positive against 57% of Newsbite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

News RSS ships an update weekly, Newsbite monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
News RSS versus Newsbite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNews RSSNewsbite
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (29 ratings)4.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB132 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHurryApp LTDChris Jenkins

Customer experience

News RSS

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

Newsbite

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

News RSS

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

Newsbite

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium1 Month trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium1 Month trial$12.991 Year

Questions

Is News RSS free?
News RSS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Newsbite free?
Newsbite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, News RSS or Newsbite?
Newsbite is rated higher. News RSS averages 3.3 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Newsbite averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do News RSS or Newsbite have ads?
Neither News RSS nor Newsbite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, News RSS or Newsbite?
News RSS ships an update weekly, and Newsbite monthly. Most recently, News RSS was updated on August 18, 2026 and Newsbite on September 16, 2026.

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