NetNewsWire vs ExtraExtra Rss
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
ExtraExtra Rss
This native RSS reader offers a clean reading experience with full-text extraction and AI-cleaned read-aloud narration. Organize feeds into categories, sync across Apple devices, or use it locally without an account. Supports Handoff, widgets, and Siri Shortcuts.
- Full-text article extraction
- AI-cleaned read-aloud narration
- Sync across Apple devices
- Local-only mode
- Organize feeds into folders
- Handoff support
- Home Screen widgets
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ExtraExtra is an RSS reader built to feel completely at home on whichever Apple device you're holding — genuinely native on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro, not a stretched-out port. READING EXPERIENCE • Full-text extraction turns excerpt-only feeds into complete articles, automatically • On-device AI read-aloud — text is cleaned up to sound natural when spoken (URLs, footnotes, and symbols smoothed out; nothing summarized or dropped) • Adjustable fonts and reading size • Light and dark themes • In-article search, keyword muting, and full-text search across feeds • Save articles to read later; mark read/unread with swipe or keyboard shortcuts FEEDS, YOUR WAY • Connect any GReader-compatible sync service (FreshRSS, The Old Reader, and others) to sync read state and subscriptions across devices • Or sync privately with iCloud — no server or account required, your read and saved state just follows you across devices • Or skip the account entirely — local mode reads feeds directly, no server, no sign-up, nothing leaving your device • Import existing subscriptions via OPML, folders and all • Tap a feed link in Safari to subscribe directly, no copy-pasting URLs • Share any webpage to ExtraExtra and it'll find and add that site's feed automatically • Organize feeds into categories/folders with per-feed unread counts EVERYWHERE YOU ARE • One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro • Start an article on one device, pick it up on another with Handoff • Home Screen widgets keep unread counts visible at a glance • Siri Shortcuts and hardware media key support • Apple Watch companion app — remote control your iPhone right from your wrist • Full keyboard shortcut support on Mac and iPad ExtraExtra: extra, extra — read all about it, your way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: NetNewsWire at Free against ExtraExtra Rss's $2.99. NetNewsWire also leads on ratings volume (882 vs 2). ExtraExtra Rss's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
NetNewsWire is free to download; ExtraExtra Rss costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ExtraExtra Rss 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 2, 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 100% of ExtraExtra Rss's.
NetNewsWire ships an update monthly, ExtraExtra Rss every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NetNewsWire | ExtraExtra Rss |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (882 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 882 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #102 | #26 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brent Simmons | LYNDON SIAO |
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NetNewsWire
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In-app purchases
NetNewsWire
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases









