Big News vs NewsNinja
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big News
Consolidate your newsletters and RSS feeds into a single, intelligent reading platform. Get a dedicated email address for newsletters and enjoy a distraction-free experience with prioritized news and real-time notifications.
- Combine newsletters and RSS feeds
- Dedicated @bignews.app email address
- Prioritize stories by importance
- Distraction-free reading experience
- Real-time push notifications
- Home screen widgets
- Search thousands of stories
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Big News blends your newsletters and feeds together into one super-smart reading experience. - Combine newsletters and RSS feeds together - Get your very own @bignews.app email address - Sort stories by the day's biggest news - Enjoy a beautiful fullscreen, distraction-free reading experience - Realtime push notifications from your favourite channels - Add the news to your home screen with our Widgets - Search hundreds of thousands of stories in a snap One place for your newsletters and feeds: Big News combines different sources from across the web – like newsletters and RSS feeds – into one unified reading experience. So it doesn't matter what you're reading, or where it's from, you can find it all in Big News. An email address just for newsletters: With your very own @bignews.app email address, newsletters skip your regular inbox and instead are sent directly to Big News. That means less stuff mixed in with your daily emails and more great reads for when you want them. Not just another inbox: We didn't want to create another list of things in an inbox to be managed. That's why Big News uses dozens of signals to intelligently prioritise the stories that matter to you today, all in one inviting layout. There's no endless pile of unread badges or month-old news. Just the Big News, today. Sources you already know and trust: Add your existing newsletters and feeds to Big News in just a few taps. Plus, the Big News directory contains hundreds of channels, so you're sure to find the sites and newsletters you already love – as well as discover something altogether new. RSS. SMTP. OMG: We built Big News upon the open standards of the web – like RSS and SMTP – so it already works with thousands of sources today, as well as thousands more in the future. And now for the legal bits: Payment will be charged on either a monthly or annual basis to your Apple ID account. Your monthly or annual subscription automatically renews unless you cancel before the end of the current billing period. You can manage and cancel your subscription at any time by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. For our full Terms of Service please visit: https://bignews.app/terms. For our Privacy Policy visit https://bignews.app/privacy
NewsNinja
Consolidate your favorite RSS feeds, YouTube channels, and Reddit subreddits into a single, personalized news stream. Enjoy AI-powered summaries, distraction-free reading, and intelligent grouping of articles to save time and stay informed.
- Unified RSS, Reddit, and YouTube feeds
- AI-powered summaries and translations
- Distraction-free reader mode
- Intelligent article grouping
- Fact-checking capabilities
- Mute unwanted topics
- Organize feeds by categories
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Your news, social feeds, videos, podcasts and email in one app, with a daily briefing that sums up your day. No ads. No account required. NewsNinja brings RSS feeds, YouTube channels, Reddit, Hacker News, podcasts, X (Twitter), Mastodon, Bluesky, Substack, Medium and your inbox together in one personalized reader. Catch up on what matters, and save time with AI summaries. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE Make Today your personal dashboard: the latest news, videos, podcasts and social posts next to your email, calendar events, due and overdue reminders, weather forecast and market prices. Track your favorite coins with two years of price history. Choose your sections, change their order and pick a theme that fits your style. YOUR MORNING BRIEFING Get a personalized daily briefing that brings together your calendar, weather, reminders, markets and top stories in one short summary, and listen to it read aloud. News Overview shows the bigger picture across your feeds without opening every article. ALL YOUR SOURCES, TOGETHER Follow websites and blogs through RSS, watch YouTube channels, browse subreddits and keep up with Hacker News. Follow accounts on X, Mastodon and Bluesky without signing in to those networks. ONE STORY, EVERY ANGLE Smart grouping brings articles about the same story together, so you can compare coverage and skip the repeats. Choose the grouping that suits your feeds. GET THE POINT IN SECONDS Summarize articles, YouTube videos, podcasts and Reddit threads with AI, in three levels of detail. Video summaries include timestamped key moments. Translate articles into your language. READ WITHOUT THE CLUTTER Reader Mode removes distracting page elements. Adjust fonts, text size, reader styles and themes for comfortable long reads. PODCASTS YOU CAN READ A built-in player stays within reach as you browse. Download episodes for offline listening, generate transcripts, search inside an episode or read along without audio. FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION Browse Reddit links, images and videos, read full comment threads and catch up on Hacker News discussions, with summaries for the long ones. QUESTION THE HEADLINE Check the claims behind a headline or a viral post with AI-assisted fact checking for articles, videos and Reddit threads. Use Learn More to explore a topic and add context. YOUR INBOX, NEXT TO YOUR NEWS Add your email accounts and read them in one unified inbox, sorted into People, Updates and Newsletters. Summarize or translate a long email with one tap. A FEED THAT FEELS LIKE YOURS Organize sources into categories, customize your sidebar and choose card or list layouts. Mute topics with keyword filters and star articles to read later. DISCOVER SOMETHING WORTH FOLLOWING Search RSS feeds, subreddits, podcasts, YouTube channels and Substack publications in one place. Explore curated feeds by topic and country, or import your subscriptions with OPML. Guided setup gets you started in minutes. STAY IN THE LOOP Get notified about noteworthy stories, even when you're away from your feed. AT HOME ON YOUR APPLE DEVICES Read on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with iCloud sync to keep everything connected. Privacy policy: https://ainews.ninja/privacypolicy Terms and conditions: https://ainews.ninja/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: NewsNinja at free with in-app purchases against Big News's subscription. NewsNinja also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3). Big News's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Big News sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and NewsNinja sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NewsNinja holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 48 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Big News's written reviews are positive against 48% of NewsNinja's.
Big News ships an update every 3 weeks, NewsNinja fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big News | NewsNinja |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (53 ratings) | 4.7 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.3% of reviews | 48.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 48 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | The Not So Big Company | Timelabs Ltd |
Customer experience
Big News
NewsNinja
Bugs and requests
Big News
Reported bugs
14 issues- Crashes on setup
- App no longer being supported/abandoned
- Automatically generated topics are duplicated or unrelated
- Subscription plan add-on features not worth it
- Some bugs in recent updates
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- Gesture to zoom is dodgy, causing accidental swipes
- Too many stories display blank space above content
- Images don't load
- App declares it can't read RSS feeds
- OPML import via share sheet not working
- The data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format after upgrade
- Animations grind when swiping between headline cards
- Request failed/lost connection errors
- Privacy policy pop-ups confuse screen reader
Requested features
12 requests- Update the app
- Add conservative news options (e.g., Fox News)
- Add swipe gestures for navigation
- Implement mark read/mark all read features
- Add import/export to OPML
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- Add mark read on scroll
- Implement a Mercury-type parser for embedded content
- Open Twitter links in native app
- Allow tapping on embedded images to zoom
- Automatic marking of stories as read once scrolled past
- Option to change startup default tab from 'today' to 'following'
- Mac app
NewsNinja
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Big News
- Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
- Max Monthly$3.991 Month
- Plus Yearly$14.991 Year
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- Max Yearly$29.991 Year
NewsNinja
- NewsNinja+7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- NewsNinja+7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- NewsNinja+$29.99








