NetNewsWire vs Kagi News
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
Kagi News
Receive a curated daily press review summarizing global news from diverse sources. This app uses AI to distill information, offering multiple perspectives and one-tap access to original articles. It prioritizes privacy with no ads or trackers.
- Daily comprehensive press review
- Global news coverage
- Multiple perspectives from diverse sources
- AI-powered summarization
- One-tap access to original articles
- Community-curated RSS feeds
- Privacy-focused, no ads or trackers
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Get a comprehensive daily press review with global news. Fully private, with sources openly curated by our community. What You Get: One thoughtful press review per day (updated 12:00 UTC) Coverage: Any and all topics usually covered in the press Multiple perspectives from global sources One-tap access to original articles Clean sections: Summary, Highlights, Key Quotes, Timeline, Context, Impact How It Works: Kagi News uses AI to read thousands of community-curated RSS feeds from publications worldwide and distills them into a single, thoughtful press review. Every review cites the sources it pulled from, so you can dive deeper with one tap. Community Contributions: Contribute sources to broaden perspectives Open source platform with community-curated feeds Privacy by Design: No ads. No trackers. Your attention belongs to you. https://kagi.com/privacy Download now for your daily dose of quality journalism without the noise. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to us via https://kagifeedback.org or email us at support[at]kagi.com. Join our vibrant member community on Discord for tips, advice, and feature suggestions: https://kagi.com/discord
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Verdict
NetNewsWire and Kagi News both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of NetNewsWire's written reviews are positive against 67% of Kagi News's. NetNewsWire also leads on ratings volume (882 vs 90). Kagi News's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for NetNewsWire against 4.6 for Kagi News. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NetNewsWire has 882 ratings behind it against 90, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of NetNewsWire's written reviews are positive against 67% of Kagi News's.
NetNewsWire ships an update monthly, Kagi News every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NetNewsWire | Kagi News |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (882 ratings) — better | 4.6 (90 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews — better | 67.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 882 — better | 90 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #150 — better | #206 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Brent Simmons | Kagi Inc. |
Customer experience
NetNewsWire
Kagi News
Bugs and requests
NetNewsWire
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Kagi News
Reported bugs
1 issue- Setting Broken
Requested features
2 requests- Alerts please
- Customizable lenses and source ranking/exclusion
In-app purchases
NetNewsWire
No in-app purchases
Kagi News
No in-app purchases
