Matter vs Newst
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Matter
Consolidate articles, newsletters, and PDFs into a single, elegant reading experience. Enjoy features like natural text-to-speech, fluid highlighting, and offline access. Sync your highlights to popular knowledge management tools.
- Save articles, newsletters, PDFs, and YouTube
- Natural text-to-speech for articles
- Fluid highlighting and note-taking
- Sync highlights to Notion, Obsidian, Readwise
- Send articles to Kindle
- Unified inbox for subscriptions
- Offline reading
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Finally, a better reading app. The internet is full of things you want to read – articles, newsletters, Twitter threads, PDFs. Matter brings them together in one place and gives you modern tools, like natural text-to-speech and fluid highlighting, to help you read more comfortably and effectively. "Matter improves vastly on earlier read-later apps like Pocket and Instapaper" – The Wall Street Journal Save anything: - Save full articles if you're within the paywall (eg. Bloomberg, NYT, WSJ) - Podcast transcriptions & synced playback - Save PDFs and YouTube Read across devices, including Kindle: - iPhone, iPad, Web - Send any article to Kindle in 2-taps Unified inbox for your subscriptions: - Sync your newsletters by connecting Gmail - Follow individual writers for their latest posts - Add any RSS feed The most elegant reading experience: - Best-in-class article parsing + readability - Available offline by default - Gorgeous night mode - Human-like text-to-speech - Fluid highlighting and note-taking Export your knowledge: - Sync your highlights to Notion, Obsidian, Roam, Readwise, and others Matter offers a free service and a Premium service. The free version of Matter includes: - Uncapped read-later library - Mobile & web extensions to save all types of content - Best-in-class parsing and readability - Unlimited tags - Full-text search - Customizable themes and fonts In addition to the free features, Matter Premium offers: - HD text-to-speech for all your articles - Seamless AI Co-Reader - Sync your newsletters, subscribe to writers, and add RSS feeds - Unlimited highlighting, note-taking, and integrations - Send to Kindle Payment for Matter Premium will be charged to your iTunes Account when you subscribe. Annual and monthly subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Manage your Matter Premium subscription by going to Matter's Settings page. Terms of Use: https://hq.getmatter.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://hq.getmatter.com/privacy
Newst
This app offers a personalized news reading experience, allowing users to follow specific topics, access local news, and perform custom searches in multiple languages. It features a reader mode for uninterrupted reading and home screen widgets for quick access to headlines. The free version includes ads and limits the number of news sources.
- Personalized news feed
- Follow specific topics
- Local news access
- Custom search functionality
- Reader mode for articles
- Home screen widgets
- Multi-language support
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Newst gives you a new way to read the news. Get the headlines, follow specific topics, get local news and make custom searches in several languages easily. The free version of Newst lets you add a maximum of 5 sources to your feed and it's ad-supported. Newst Pro removes ads and lets you add more than 5 sources to your feed! STORIES UI A series of stories with the latest news you care about. WIDGETS SUPPORT Get the latest news right on your Home Screen. FAST UPDATES Newst updates its sources every few minutes. AUTOMATIC READER MODE Open articles automatically in Reader Mode to read without interruptions. CHOOSE TOPICS Customize your feed to show topics that intrests you like science, sports and health. LOCAL NEWS Get the latest news in your city. CUSTOM SEARCH You can follow specific keywords that interests you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Matter at 54% against Newst's 0%. Matter also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Newst's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Matter sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Newst sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Matter holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Matter has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Matter's written reviews are positive against 0% of Newst's.
Matter ships an update weekly, Newst every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Matter | Newst |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #116 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dig Wells, Inc. | Matan Mashraki |
Customer experience
Matter
Newst
Bugs and requests
Matter
Reported bugs
4 issues- Subscription issues and inability to cancel
- Delayed or missing newsletter delivery
- Syncing problems across devices
- Crashes and freezes on certain content
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to manually add blogs and RSS feeds
- Customizable highlighter colors
- Offline mode for audio playback
- Integration with more note-taking apps
- Improved search and filtering capabilities
Newst
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Matter
- Matter Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- Matter Premium (Monthly)$7.991 Month
- Matter Premium (Monthly)$9.991 Month
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- Matter Pro (Monthly)$12.991 Month
- Matter Premium (Monthly)$13.991 Month
- Matter Premium (Monthly)$14.991 Month
- Matter Premium (Monthly)$15.991 Month
- Matter Premium (Monthly)$19.991 Month
- Matter Pro (Annual)1 Year trial$59.991 Year
- Matter Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Matter Pro (Annual)$59.991 Year
- Matter Premium (Annual)$69.991 Year
- Matter Premium (Annual)$79.991 Year
- Matter Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Matter Premium1 Month trial2 variants$79.991 Year
- Matter Pro (Annual)$79.991 Year
- Matter Premium (Annual)$99.991 Year
- Matter Premium7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Matter Patron Tier$149.99
- Matter Premium (3 years)$149.99
Newst
- Newst Pro$3.99









