Comparison

An Otter RSS Reader vs Nextnews

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

Head to head
About

An Otter RSS Reader

A minimalistic RSS reader that synchronizes your subscribed feeds across Apple devices via iCloud. It allows for automatic feed discovery, organization into folders, and reading articles in a standard web view. Integrates with Shortcuts and offers home screen widgets for unread counts.

Highlights
  • iCloud feed synchronization
  • Auto-discover RSS feeds
  • Group feeds into folders
  • Read articles in web view
  • Shortcuts integration
  • Home screen widgets
  • Import/Export with OPML
Features
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An Otter RSS Reader is a simple RSS reader for following news, blogs, and personal sites without another account. Subscribe to feeds, organize them into folders, and let iCloud keep everything in sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Otter keeps the experience intentionally calm: quick refreshes, native navigation, readable article views, and just enough personality to make checking your feeds feel pleasant. New in 2.0, the iPad edition grew up. The Front Page opens to today's stories while native adaptive columns keep feeds and the story list side by side when there’s room, then collapse cleanly on smaller screens. Articles set in a real serif with a comfortable reading measure, on iPad and iPhone alike. Features: - Subscribe to RSS, Atom, JSON Feed, and XML feeds - Sync subscriptions and reading state with iCloud - The Front Page: a daily opening spread across iPhone and iPad - Smart Folders that fill themselves — long reads, quick reads, podcasts, videos - A serif reading view with adjustable typography - Reading Insights: streaks, reading calendar, and when-you-read patterns - Organize feeds into folders - Import and export subscriptions with OPML - Keyboard shortcuts and menu commands on iPad - Refresh feeds in the background or manually - Shortcuts actions, Home Screen widgets, and alternate app icons Otter Pro, the optional subscription, adds ad-free reading, custom Smart Folders, TL;DR article summaries, and the full Reading Insights dashboard. Otter is not trying to be a social network, inbox, or power-user dashboard. It is a practical little RSS reader for people who still like the open web. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://anotterrss.com/privacy

About

Nextnews

This app synchronizes with your Nextcloud News instance, allowing you to subscribe to RSS feeds, manage folders, and organize articles. Read content in a full-screen view and mark items as read or starred with simple swipes.

Highlights
  • Sync with Nextcloud News
  • Subscribe to RSS feeds
  • Manage folders (create, rename, delete)
  • Mark articles read/starred
  • Full-screen reading view
Features
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Features - Sync with Nextcloud News - Subscribe to RSS feeds right from the app - Create new folders, rename or delete them - Easily mark articles read or star them by swiping on an entry - Tap an article to open it in a full-screen reading view This app requires an instance of Nextcloud with the News app installed.

Screenshots

An Otter RSS Reader4 screens
Nextnews4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Nextnews at 4.4 against An Otter RSS Reader's 4.1. Nextnews also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 60%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. An Otter RSS Reader sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Nextnews sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nextnews holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 46 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of An Otter RSS Reader's written reviews are positive against 69% of Nextnews's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

An Otter RSS Reader ships an update every 3 days, Nextnews every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
An Otter RSS Reader versus Nextnews: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAn Otter RSS ReaderNextnews
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (73 ratings)4.4 (46 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews69.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73 — better46
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB56 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJosh HoltzRene Henrich

Customer experience

An Otter RSS Reader

All ratings73 ratings
Positive75.3%
Neutral8.2%
Negative16.4%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

Nextnews

All ratings46 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral6.5%
Negative10.9%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive69.0%
Neutral11.9%
Negative19.0%

Bugs and requests

An Otter RSS Reader

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • It does not work
  • Articles flicker in and out of existence and about 30 of them don't show at all
  • The list views are messed up with many black spaces where a feed item should appear but is completely black
  • Reader mode seems to not work
  • Articles show up in duplicated often, articles had been marked as read will show up again as unread
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  • Feeds disappear after closing the app
  • Feeds don't refresh
  • Crashes when importing OPML files
  • Crashing when importing opml files
  • Crashes when trying to import an OPML file

Requested features

13 requests
  • Encripted iCloud backups would be welcome
  • Mark articles read on scrolling past them
  • Option to hide read articles by default instead of manually hiding all the time
  • When clicking on a top level folder it expands the folder clicking the arrow should expand the folder
  • Needs swipe gestures example swipe right mark read/unread swipe left add to favorite
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  • Need to add an option to sort by oldest and newest first
  • If in reader mode hitting the safari button should open in the in app browser instead of leaving the app
  • Under notifications there should be an option to show badge count with unread articles
  • Should be an option to see favicons to the left of the headline to quickly see at a glance which site posted the story as well as an option to enable images if there is one in the story
  • MiniFlux Sync would be nice
  • Offline reading?
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

Nextnews

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

An Otter RSS Reader

One-time4
  • Small Tip2 variants$0.99
  • Medium Tip2 variants$2.99
  • Large Tip2 variants$5.99
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  • Mega Tip2 variants$12.99
3 purchases

Nextnews

One-time3
  • Coffee$0.99
  • Dessert$2.99
  • Lunch$9.99

Questions

Is An Otter RSS Reader free?
An Otter RSS Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nextnews free?
Nextnews is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, An Otter RSS Reader or Nextnews?
Nextnews is rated higher. An Otter RSS Reader averages 4.1 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Nextnews averages 4.4 from 46 ratings.
Do An Otter RSS Reader or Nextnews have ads?
Neither An Otter RSS Reader nor Nextnews shows ads.
Which is updated more often, An Otter RSS Reader or Nextnews?
An Otter RSS Reader ships an update every 3 days, and Nextnews every 4 days. Most recently, An Otter RSS Reader was updated on September 23, 2026 and Nextnews on September 21, 2026.

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