NetNewsWire vs Brutalist Report

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

The Brutalist Report is a news reader built for people who want the web to be sane again. No algorithmic feed. No infinite scroll. No engagement loops. No accounts. No tracking. 100% free. Software that respects your time. The Brutalist Report aggregates news from 70+ curated sources across tech, business, science, and culture, and presents them in a single high density feed. This is a native iOS version built from the ground up to take advantage of local device features and build upon the normal web service we offer. FEATURES: - Aggregated headlines from 50+ curated sources - Reader Mode that runs locally on your device and extracts article content and strips the cruft - On-device AI summaries (iOS 26+, requires an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence) - Filter by topic or source - Full-text search across all headlines - Adjustable font sizes (12–28px) - Light and Dark mode Built with love and a simple idea: less is more. Stay Brutalist.