Unread vs NOAAspeak
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unread
This app is a beautifully designed RSS reader that focuses on a clean reading experience with customizable typography and themes. It offers seamless syncing across devices and integrates with various read-later services, allowing for offline access to cached content.
- Gesture-based navigation
- Customizable color themes
- Cross-device syncing
- Automatic webpage text display
- Offline access with caching
- Integration with read-later services
- Widgets for unread counts
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Rediscover the joy of reading your favorite writers and publications with Unread. Unread is an RSS reader with beautiful typography, comfortable gesture-based navigation, and a variety of color themes. Unread is available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Unread won the MacStories Selects 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. Capabilities include: SYNCING: Our free Unread Cloud service keeps your devices in sync. Unread also syncs with Birchfeed, Feedbin, Feedly, Fever, FreshRSS, Gobbler, Inkwell, Inoreader, Miniflux, and NewsBlur. AUTOMATIC WEBPAGE TEXT: For feeds that contain only article summaries, Unread will display the full article text from the webpage. Easily switch between feed text and webpage text for any article, and change the default for individual feeds. WEBSITE ACCOUNTS: For news websites that require an account, sign in and get full webpage text. SUBSCRIBE IN UNREAD: This share sheet extension lets you subscribe to a website’s feeds while visiting that website from Safari or any other web browser. SAVE TO UNREAD: This share sheet extension creates an article in Unread with the contents of the webpage you are visiting from Safari or any other web browser. (Subscription required.) COLOR THEMES: Unread provides a variety of color themes. Choose one theme for light mode and another for dark mode. CACHING: Unread caches webpage text and images for instant loading and offline access. (Subscription required.) READ-LATER SERVICES: Unread can save articles to Anybox, Flyleaf, GoodLinks, Instapaper, Matter, Pinboard, Plinky, Quick Reads, Raindrop.io, Readwise, Safari Reading List, and wallabag. On a device with a hardware keyboard, assign a custom keyboard shortcut to each. (Subscription required.) SHORTCUTS: Perform shortcuts on articles and links inside articles. On a device with a hardware keyboard, assign a custom keyboard shortcut to each. (Subscription required.) --- “Just a gorgeous app.” – John Gruber, Daring Fireball “Most importantly, I should stress again how refreshing it feels to have such a great native experience with Unread. The app is really fast, even when it’s loaded up with hundreds of feeds.” — Niléane Dorffer, MacStories “It’s an RSS reader made with taste. It has great typography, themes, search, and compatibility with the usual suspects. I love having this app on my Mac.” — David Sparks, MacSparky --- Unread has full VoiceOver coverage. Every screen and every feature is available to users with vision impairments: • From any screen you can perform a magic tap, a two-finger double tap, to open a menu of options available for that screen. • When on an article list, there are actions available for each article in the list. After selecting an article, invoke the accessibility rotor and then select “Actions”. There is an action to mark the article read or unread, an action to share the article, and many others. • Use the VoiceOver escape gesture, a two-finger “Z”, to back out of the current screen. --- UNREAD SUBSCRIPTION Unread is a free app. Additional functionality is available with a $29.99 (USD)/year auto-renewing subscription: • Article actions for sending articles directly to supported bookmarking and read later services, and for sharing via email or iMessage. • Ability to execute shortcuts on articles and links. • Caching of webpage text and images. • Widget customization options. • Save to Unread share sheet extension. • Custom app icons. • Premium support. A 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. Unread’s Terms of Use are available at: https://www.goldenhillsoftware.com/unread/terms-of-use/
NOAAspeak
This app provides continuous, spoken NOAA weather forecasts and alerts for any US location. It functions like a traditional weather radio, delivering real-time updates hands-free. Stay informed about current conditions, upcoming weather, and severe alerts with automatic text-to-speech broadcasting.
- Continuous weather broadcasting
- Active weather alerts
- Location flexibility
- Multiple voice selections
- Official NOAA data access
- Simple listening controls
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NOAAspeak is a continuous weather radio app that provides real-time NOAA forecasts and alerts with automatic text-to-speech broadcasting. Get weather updates spoken aloud continuously, similar to traditional NOAA Weather Radio, for any US location. NOAAspeak transforms your iPhone into a modern NOAA Weather Radio. The app automatically fetches official National Weather Service forecasts and then speaks them aloud in a continuous loop, keeping you informed about current conditions, upcoming weather, and active alerts. Key Features: • Continuous Weather Broadcasting: Automatically speaks 6-period forecasts in a loop with 2-second pauses, mimicking traditional weather radio • Active Weather Alerts: Shows severe weather warnings and watches with full details • Location Flexibility: Uses your current GPS location or search for any US location with autocomplete • Voice Selection: Choose from multiple natural-sounding voices for weather narration • Official NOAA Data: Direct access to National Weather Service forecasts and alerts via api.weather.gov • Simple Controls: Listen/Stop button for continuous mode, easy location switching • Clean Interface: Modern SwiftUI design with forecast cards showing temperatures, conditions, and wind information Perfect for weather enthusiasts, outdoor workers, emergency preparedness, or anyone who wants hands-free weather updates while working, driving, or relaxing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NOAAspeak at none against Unread's 4. NOAAspeak also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Unread's advantage is ratings volume (442 vs 2) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Unread sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. NOAAspeak asks for nothing beyond the download.
NOAAspeak holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unread has 442 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Unread | NOAAspeak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (442 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 442 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Golden Hill Software | Stewart French |
Customer experience
Unread
NOAAspeak
Bugs and requests
Unread
Reported bugs
3 issues- Occasional article duplication
- Issues with 'Keep Unread' feature
- Text formatting problems in dark mode
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more RSS providers (e.g., Miniflux, FreshRSS)
- Implement keyboard shortcuts and power-user features
- Improve information density on iPad layout
- Introduce a one-time purchase option
NOAAspeak
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Unread
- Unread Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Unread Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
- Unread: Free first year$29.991 Year
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- Unread: Discounted first year$29.991 Year
NOAAspeak
No in-app purchases









