Comparison

lire vs Nextnews

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

Head to head
About

lire

This app provides full-text RSS feeds, converting partial feeds into complete articles. Read content offline after initial caching. It offers standalone use or syncs with iCloud and various popular RSS services.

Highlights
  • Full-text RSS feed conversion
  • Offline reading of cached feeds
  • Standalone feed reader
  • iCloud sync
  • Sync with multiple RSS services
Features
Currently charting
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Love RSS feeds? So do we!! RSS feeds are a great way to follow updates on your favorite website. However, some sites set up their feeds to only show a portion of each entry, you know, to get you to click through to their actual website. We find that really annoying, and we're sure you do too. Which is why, unlike other RSS feed readers, that either push you into a browser (in-app or otherwise), or depend on third party text parsing services and require you to be online to fetch the full text of one article at a time (which makes it no different from having to click/tap through to a website), in lire, you get your favorite RSS feeds as they should've been. You don't need to click through to any website (though, you do still have the option to, if you really wanted). It takes your favorite partial feeds, does its magic, and converts them in to full feeds, so you don't have to click/tap on those annoying 'Read more' or 'Continue reading' links. Once they're cached, you don't even need to be connected to read your full-text feeds. Use as a standalone feed reader, sync with iCloud, or, sync with any of the several services: Feedly, Feedbin, FeedHQ, The Old Reader, Inoreader, BazQux Reader, Newsblur, Feed Wrangler, FreshRSS, Miniflux, Nextcloud News, Tiny Tiny RSS.

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

lire4 screens
Nextnews4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Nextnews at Free against lire's $9.99. Nextnews also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). lire's advantage is chart position (#4 vs unranked) and ratings volume (151 vs 46). On rating, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Nextnews is free to download; lire costs $9.99 up front. lire sells 5 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for lire against 4.4 for Nextnews. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 151 and 46 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 68% and 69% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

lire ships an update fortnightly, Nextnews every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
lire versus Nextnews: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterlireNextnews
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (151 ratings)4.4 (46 ratings)
Positive reviews68.4% of reviews69.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings151 — better46
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#4 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB56 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperKunal SoodRene Henrich

Customer experience

lire

All ratings151 ratings
Positive80.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews177 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral13.6%
Negative18.1%

Nextnews

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

Bugs and requests

lire

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Incorrect feed display
  • Articles not opening
  • Overlapping UI elements
  • Sync errors with FreshRSS and Wallabag
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  • Revert to old articles after sync
  • VoiceOver issues after update

Requested features

9 requests
  • Bulk unsubscribe option
  • Ability to add multiple feeds at once
  • Custom keyword filtering
  • Highlight/annotate articles
  • Embedded video support
Show 4 more
  • Automatic article categorization
  • Sharing options
  • PDF export
  • Multilingual support

Nextnews

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

lire

One-time5
  • Generous Tip$0.99
  • Massive Tip$1.99
  • Amazing Tip$4.99
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  • Humongous Tip$9.99
  • Stupendous Tip$19.99
3 purchases

Nextnews

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

Questions

Is lire free?
lire costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Nextnews free?
Nextnews is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, lire or Nextnews?
lire and Nextnews are both rated 4.4 out of 5 on the App Store, from 151 and 46 ratings respectively.
Do lire or Nextnews have ads?
Neither lire nor Nextnews shows ads.
Which is updated more often, lire or Nextnews?
lire ships an update fortnightly, and Nextnews every 4 days. Most recently, lire was updated on September 23, 2026 and Nextnews on September 21, 2026.

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