Comparison

NetNewsWire vs Corvus RSS Reader for Safari

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Direct feed downloading
  • iCloud and third-party syncing
  • Customizable article themes
  • Reader view
  • Starred articles
  • Smart feeds
  • Home screen widgets
Currently charting
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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

About

Corvus RSS Reader for Safari

A privacy-focused RSS and Atom feed reader for Apple devices. Subscribe to websites, YouTube channels, and blogs, and organize content with folders, tags, and smart filters. Offers multiple view modes and extensive customization for a distraction-free reading experience.

Highlights
  • RSS & Atom feed subscription
  • YouTube channel subscriptions
  • Folder and nested sub-folder organization
  • Multiple view modes (Magazine, list, card, etc.)
  • Article saving (Star, Pin, Read Later)
  • Full-text search
  • Customizable themes and layouts
  • OPML import/export
Features
Currently charting
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Corvus RSS Reader is a privacy-first RSS and Atom feed reader built natively for Safari on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. Subscribe to your favorite websites, YouTube channels, and blogs, and read everything in one clean, distraction-free interface. FEATURES - RSS & Atom Feeds, Subscribe to any website that publishes a feed. Corvus auto-discovers feeds on the page you're visiting. - Discover Feeds, Browse a curated directory of 450+ feeds across 34 categories. Find popular feeds from 47 countries, or explore the full international catalog. - YouTube Channels, Subscribe to any YouTube channel directly from its page. Handles and custom URLs are resolved automatically. - Folder Organization, Group feeds into folders and nested sub-folders. Keep Tech, News, YouTube, and Design neatly separated. - 5 View Modes, Magazine, list, card, expanded, and full-view layouts. Choose the reading experience that works best for you. - Star, Pin & Read Later, Save articles for later, star your favorites, and pin important items. Built-in smart feeds for quick access. - Keyboard Shortcuts, Navigate, star, refresh, and manage articles entirely from the keyboard. J/K to browse, S to star, V to open, and more. - Full-Text Search, Search across all your articles by title, content, or author. Find anything instantly, even in thousands of articles. - Themes & Customization, Light, dark, and auto themes. Customizable accent colors, font sizes, density settings, and newspaper-style column layouts. - Tags & Smart Filters, Organize articles with custom tags and create smart filters that automatically group content by your rules. - OPML Import & Export, Bring your subscriptions from any other reader, or export them at any time. Your data is always portable. - Feed Health Dashboard, Monitor the health of your subscriptions. See which feeds are active, broken, or slow to update. - 33 Languages, Fully localized in English, Spanish (Spain and Mexico), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. PRIVACY FIRST No account required. No sign-ups, no cloud sync, no tracking. Your feeds and articles live entirely on your device. Corvus RSS Reader collects zero data. BUILT FOR SAFARI Corvus RSS Reader is not a Chrome extension ported to Safari. It is built specifically for Safari with native performance, no background processes, and zero data collection. Works on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Screenshots

NetNewsWire4 screens
Corvus RSS Reader for Safari4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NetNewsWire at Free against Corvus RSS Reader for Safari's $0.99. NetNewsWire also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (891 vs 1). Corvus RSS Reader for Safari's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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

NetNewsWire is free to download; Corvus RSS Reader for Safari costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NetNewsWire holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NetNewsWire has 891 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NetNewsWire ships an update monthly, Corvus RSS Reader for Safari every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
NetNewsWire versus Corvus RSS Reader for Safari: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetNewsWireCorvus RSS Reader for Safari
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (891 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews83.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings891 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#115#113 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB18 MB
Age rating17++4
DeveloperBrent SimmonsAlejandro Estol

Customer experience

NetNewsWire

All ratings887 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews330 reviews
Positive83.9%
Neutral7.9%
Negative8.2%

Corvus RSS Reader for Safari

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NetNewsWire

No in-app purchases

None

Corvus RSS Reader for Safari

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NetNewsWire free?
NetNewsWire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Corvus RSS Reader for Safari free?
Corvus RSS Reader for Safari costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NetNewsWire or Corvus RSS Reader for Safari?
NetNewsWire is rated higher. NetNewsWire averages 4.7 out of 5 from 891 ratings, while Corvus RSS Reader for Safari averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do NetNewsWire or Corvus RSS Reader for Safari have ads?
Neither NetNewsWire nor Corvus RSS Reader for Safari shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NetNewsWire or Corvus RSS Reader for Safari?
NetNewsWire ships an update monthly, and Corvus RSS Reader for Safari every 5 days. Most recently, NetNewsWire was updated on November 11, 2026 and Corvus RSS Reader for Safari on November 9, 2026.
Which is more popular, NetNewsWire or Corvus RSS Reader for Safari?
NetNewsWire currently peaks at #115 in the App Store charts, and Corvus RSS Reader for Safari at #113. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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