mattered | NEWS APP vs Gatherly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mattered | NEWS APP
This news app allows users to follow specific keywords to curate a personalized news feed. It filters out unrelated articles, offering a focused reading experience with high-resolution images and a simple reader. Users can manage keywords, bookmark articles, and customize themes.
- Keyword-based news curation
- Personalized news feed
- High-resolution article images
- Swipeable keyword switching
- Bookmark articles
- Customizable themes
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"mattered" is the news app that lets you concentrate on the news you interested in instead of giving you tons of unrelated news articles to you. How? You follow the news by keywords. Seriously, any keywords. Business information you desperately follow, celebrity gossip, articles about the electrical appliances you want to purchase, you name it. Those are the benefit of this app compare to other "news" apps. - Fast performance. - It only shows the articles related to the keywords you're following. - High-resolution article image. - Switch keyword by just swiping. - Ads-free experience on simple article reader. -Tips for Use- You can follow the keywords as many as you want. So why don't you put all the keywords you come up with your interest? For example, I'm personally following keywords like the favorite fashion brands, the places I want to visit, and the specific game title I love to play. The tab for each keyword on the top screen can be reordered or remove from the menu. You can bookmark the articles you find interesting or want to read it later. Try changing the app theme and find the one suited to you. We want to make this app better and more polished. So don't hesitate to reach us for your new idea or report the bug. Thank you.
Gatherly
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Gatherly - An RSS Reader for Your Feeds Gather your chosen blog and news feeds in one place, read at your pace, and save articles to find again. Gatherly is a free RSS reader for feeds you choose to follow. Add a feed with an RSS URL or a website address, review the preview, and subscribe. If you already have a feed list, import it from an OPML file. Export your subscribed feeds as OPML when you need a portable list. Organize feeds with tags, mark articles as read, and save the ones you want to revisit. Open a saved item from the Saved view. Explore trends, recommended feeds, categories, and topics in Discover. Keyword search creates a Google News RSS feed so you can subscribe to a topic. When iCloud is available, feeds, tags, and saved items can sync between your devices. To get started, choose Add RSS Feed in Settings, enter a URL, and open your first article. You can also start by importing OPML. No ads and no tracking, so you can focus on reading.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: mattered | NEWS APP at 8.0 against Gatherly's 26.0. 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.
mattered | NEWS APP ships an update every 5 days, Gatherly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mattered | NEWS APP | Gatherly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mitsuhide Ohi | Seho Park |
In-app purchases
mattered | NEWS APP
No in-app purchases
Gatherly
No in-app purchases









