Comparison

Big News vs Gazzetta

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Gazzetta

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Gazzetta is the best way to read news and links on Mastodon. Follow servers (e.g. mastodon.social) and see all the trending links. Follow accounts (e.g. kottke@mastodon.social) and see all the links posted by those accounts. Login to your own accounts and see all the links in your timeline. Search for servers by domain (e.g. mastodon.social), and accounts by webfinger (e.g. kottke@mastodon.social). Search the news and links to find the content you want. Read all the news items in Safari in-app, with access to all your passwords and extensions. Add links to Bookmarks, Favorites and Reading List. Add links to Safari's Reading List, if you prefer. Export your Bookmarks, Favorites and Reading List as an HTML document. Filter links by domains, keywords, and languages. Temporarily disable filters. Customize your experience: - Custom font styles and sizes. - Hide thumbnails and icons. - Hide authors, comments, dates, descriptions, publishers, sources. - Limit the length of descriptions and titles. Data Settings: - Disable image downloads - Disable inifinite scrolling https://primatology.xyz/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Big News4 screens
Gazzetta4 screens

Verdict

The call

Big News and Gazzetta are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Big News sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Gazzetta sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Big News versus Gazzetta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBig NewsGazzetta
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (53 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB4 MB
Age rating+417+
DeveloperThe Not So Big CompanyOliver White

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Big News

Subscriptions4
  • Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Max Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly$14.991 Year
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  • Max Yearly$29.991 Year
5 purchases

Gazzetta

One-time5
  • Small Tip$1.00
  • Medium Tip$2.00
  • Large Tip$5.00
Show 2 more
  • Extra Large Tip$10.00
  • Extra Extra Large Tip$20.00

Questions

Is Big News free?
Big News is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gazzetta free?
Gazzetta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Big News or Gazzetta have ads?
Neither Big News nor Gazzetta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Big News or Gazzetta?
Big News ships an update every 3 weeks, and Gazzetta every 3 weeks. Most recently, Big News was updated on October 24, 2026 and Gazzetta on October 6, 2026.

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