Comparison

News RSS 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

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

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

News RSS4 screens
Big News4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Big News at 4.3 against News RSS's 3.3. Big News also leads on review sentiment (46% vs 20%). News RSS's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 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 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 53 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of News RSS's written reviews are positive against 46% of Big News's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

News RSS ships an update weekly, Big News every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
News RSS versus Big News: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNews RSSBig News
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (29 ratings)4.3 (53 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews46.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2953 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB23 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperHurryApp LTDThe Not So Big Company

Customer experience

News RSS

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

Big News

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

News RSS

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$5.991 Month
  • 1 Year Premium$16.491 Year
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 News RSS free?
News RSS 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, News RSS or Big News?
Big News is rated higher. News RSS averages 3.3 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Big News averages 4.3 from 53 ratings.
Do News RSS or Big News have ads?
Neither News RSS nor Big News shows ads.
Which is updated more often, News RSS or Big News?
News RSS ships an update weekly, and Big News every 3 weeks. Most recently, News RSS was updated on October 23, 2026 and Big News on October 24, 2026.

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