Comparison

Newsbite vs Mo

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

Head to head
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

About

Mo

Features
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A revolution in social media! The world’s media system has been hijacked by a handful of powerful interests. They push narrow, toxic agendas at the expense of safety, truth and public interest – eroding democracy and destroying life in their path. It’s time for a media revolution. For a livable future, malignant media must be replaced with movement media. Mo-Me is the app for Media Revolution, a new digital public space built around independent, trustworthy, media. Mo-Me connects you with a community of activists and pioneers working for social change. HEALTHY SOCIAL MEDIA: + No toxic algorithm + Effective, human-led moderation + Controlled by the people, for the people + Open source + Community focused CONNECT Mo-Me is a part of the open social web - a massive network of interoperable apps and communities talking to each other. Using Mo-Me you can connect with users on Mastodon, Bluesky and beyond. MEDIA REVOLUTION Media Revolution is a campaign to create a new information ecosystem beyond corporate capture. Mo-Me is an active response to the tyranny of Big Tech media control - a new, lively and thriving social media community showing how it can be done differently. Join Mo-Me and become a part of the movement now!

Screenshots

Newsbite4 screens
Mo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mo at none against Newsbite's 2. Mo also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Newsbite sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Mo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Newsbite ships an update monthly, Mo weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and July 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Newsbite versus Mo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNewsbiteMo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB58 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperChris JenkinsThe Newsmast Foundation

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Newsbite

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium1 Month trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium1 Month trial$12.991 Year
None

Mo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Newsbite free?
Newsbite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mo free?
Mo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Newsbite or Mo have ads?
Neither Newsbite nor Mo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Newsbite or Mo?
Newsbite ships an update monthly, and Mo weekly. Most recently, Newsbite was updated on September 16, 2026 and Mo on July 4, 2026.

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