NetNewsWire vs Manifold Markets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NetNewsWire
This app aggregates articles from your favorite blogs and news sites, offering a faster and more organized way to consume content. It provides control over your news feed, eliminating the need to visit multiple websites or rely on social media algorithms. Enjoy a streamlined reading experience with customizable features and syncing capabilities.
- Direct feed downloading
- iCloud and third-party syncing
- Customizable article themes
- Reader view
- Starred articles
- Smart feeds
- Home screen widgets
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It’s like podcasts, but for reading. NetNewsWire is a free and open source RSS reader. It shows you articles from your favorite blogs and news sites and keeps track of what you’ve read. It’s fast, stable, and accessible. If you’ve been going from site to site in your browser looking for new articles to read — or counting on the unreliable algorithms of corporate social media — let NetNewsWire bring you the news you want. It’s easy and fun. And it puts you, not billionaires, in control of your news. Features: * Direct feed downloading * Syncing via iCloud, Feedbin, Feedly, BazQux, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and FreshRSS * Multiple accounts * Custom article themes * Reader view * Share sheet * Starred articles * All Unread and Today smart feeds * Folders * Importing and exporting OPML feed lists * Background refreshing * Searching * Hiding read articles * Timeline customization * Keyboard shortcuts * Context menus * Home screen widgets for today, unread, and starred articles * Share extension
Manifold Markets
This app offers accurate forecasts on a wide range of topics. Users can trade on these forecasts using play-money, earn if they are correct, and create their own questions to explore their curiosities. It's a platform for social forecasting and prediction.
- Accurate forecasts
- Trade on forecasts
- Earn play-money
- Ask prediction questions
- Social forecasting
- Future prediction
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Manifold is the largest social prediction market. Bet with play-money on what happens next — in politics, sports, science, tech, AI, pop culture, and your own life — and find out how well you really know the world. Every market is a question with a probability attached, set by thousands of traders putting their (play) money where their mouth is. Think the crowd is wrong? Trade against it and profit when you're right. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Trade on thousands of live markets, from elections and championships to "will my friend finish their novel this year" • Create your own market on anything in seconds and let the world weigh in • Compete on leaderboards, climb the league ladder, and keep your daily streak alive • Follow friends, comment on markets, and argue about the odds • Get notified when markets you care about move or resolve • Track your portfolio, profit, and forecasting accuracy over time WHY PREDICTION MARKETS? Prices are probabilities, so a market at 70% means traders collectively think there's a 70% chance the event happens. Manifold's forecasts have called elections, sports, and world events with striking accuracy — and you can be part of the signal. WHO IT'S FOR Forecasters, sports fans, politics junkies, news addicts, superforecasters-in-training, and anyone who's ever said "I bet…" and wanted to back it up. FREE TO PLAY Manifold runs entirely on mana, a play-money currency. You start with a free balance and earn more by trading well, creating popular markets, and logging in daily. Mana has no cash value and cannot be withdrawn or exchanged for real money. No gambling, no purchase necessary to play. Join a community of forecasters who take being right seriously — and have fun doing it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NetNewsWire at none against Manifold Markets's 3. NetNewsWire also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (84% vs 69%). Manifold Markets's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Manifold Markets sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. NetNewsWire asks for nothing beyond the download.
NetNewsWire holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NetNewsWire has 887 ratings behind it against 139, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of NetNewsWire's written reviews are positive against 69% of Manifold Markets's.
NetNewsWire ships an update monthly, Manifold Markets fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NetNewsWire | Manifold Markets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (887 ratings) — better | 4.5 (139 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.9% of reviews — better | 68.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 887 — better | 139 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #84 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | +17 |
| Developer | Brent Simmons | Manifold Markets, Inc. |
Customer experience
NetNewsWire
Manifold Markets
Bugs and requests
NetNewsWire
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Manifold Markets
Reported bugs
10 issues- Update deleted markets and verification feature doesn't work
- Stuck on loading screen after account creation
- Questions vanish after creation
- Loading bar issue when viewing trades
- Verification feature errors out
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- Site is down or slows to a crawl constantly
- Political markets manipulated by mods
- Vague polls are subjectively ended
- Links posted to question descriptions open a bad thumbnail on mobile
- Cannot save chosen topics when following a topic
Requested features
7 requests- More interesting and diverse markets
- Ability to save drafts of questions
- Easier way to embed predictions into Obsidian.md
- Switching tabs shouldn't send back to home page
- App-specific functions beyond mobile website port
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- Improve thumbnail display for links on mobile
- Resume donations feature
In-app purchases
NetNewsWire
No in-app purchases
Manifold Markets
- 1,000 Mana$14.99
- 2,500 Mana$35.99
- 10,000 Mana$142.99








