NetNewsWire vs Too Much Kyle
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
Too Much Kyle
Access all content from a specific publisher in one place. Receive instant updates via push notifications or subscribe through email and RSS. Enjoy the latest 50 published items.
- Aggregated publisher content
- Push notification updates
- Email and RSS subscriptions
- Latest 50 items available
- Cross-device compatibility
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Everything Kyle Ford publishes across (too many) various places. Read the latest 50 items right here, get updates via push notification, or subscribe via email and RSS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: NetNewsWire at 882 against Too Much Kyle's 1. NetNewsWire also leads on chart position (#131 vs unranked). Too Much Kyle's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Too Much Kyle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NetNewsWire has 882 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of NetNewsWire's written reviews are positive against 100% of Too Much Kyle's.
NetNewsWire ships an update monthly, Too Much Kyle every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 29, 2026.
| Parameter | NetNewsWire | Too Much Kyle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (882 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 882 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #131 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Brent Simmons | Kyle Ford |
Customer experience
NetNewsWire
Too Much Kyle
In-app purchases
NetNewsWire
No in-app purchases
Too Much Kyle
No in-app purchases
