Big News vs Simplio RSS Reader
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
Simplio RSS Reader
This app offers a private and chronological way to follow news and blogs without algorithmic manipulation or advertisements. It supports various feed formats and provides robust organization tools. Unlock advanced features like unlimited feeds and keyword filtering with a subscription.
- RSS, Atom, JSON feed support
- OPML import/export
- Folders and tags for organization
- Unread count widgets
- Clean reader mode
- Full offline reading
- iCloud sync
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Your reading list, not an algorithm's. If you remember the open web before recommendation engines decided what you would read next, Simplio RSS Reader brings that habit back. It is a calm, private rss reader for adults who want to subscribe to the blogs, newsletters and newsrooms they actually care about, then see them in chronological order without ads, without a trending rail, and without engagement traps designed to keep you scrolling. Reading, not feed-doom. The feed reader treats your time as yours: it loads what you subscribed to, in the order it was published, and stops being interesting the moment your inbox is empty — which is the point. Every feature described below is unlocked only with an auto-renewable subscription purchased inside the app. New users receive a 3 day free trial; you may cancel anytime during the trial to avoid being charged. Add feeds by URL or paste in an OPML file from another app, then organise them with folders and tags. The reader app supports RSS, Atom and JSON Feed, articles open in a clean reader mode stripped of clutter, and you can star articles, save them to read later, or search across every feed when you remember a phrase but not the source. Unread counts surface on Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, full offline reader mode means the subway is a library, and OPML export lets you walk away at any time with everything you ever subscribed to. The blog reader also handles the awkward shape of modern publishing: full-text fetch pulls the complete article when a feed only ships a summary, keyword filtering quietly mutes topics you are tired of and highlights the ones you care about, and background refresh schedules let a heavy news reader update at sensible intervals without draining battery. Per-feed rules can mark a niche developer blog as "always notify" while a high-volume newsroom is held back to a single digest. The atom reader and rss subscription handling supports authenticated feeds where the publisher allows, and PDF article export lets you save a long read for an offline flight or a research archive. Your subscription list and read state stay on this device. There is no account requirement, no analytics following which articles you open, and no third-party server in the loop with your reading habits. The interface ships in 39 languages with VoiceOver accessibility, designed for anyone who missed RSS after it was declared dead, writers and journalists tracking sources, developers following blogs and changelogs, and readers tired of algorithmic news feeds. As a minimal reader, blog aggregator and privacy reader, it hands editorial decisions back to you — what you read, in what order, and for how long is no longer a recommendation. Unlock with Pro: • Unlimited feeds (free tier: 20 feeds) • All widgets, themes and custom reader fonts • Full-text fetch when the feed is truncated • Keyword filtering to mute or highlight topics • Background refresh schedules and PDF article export Subscription Pricing & Terms Features require a subscription. Pricing and terms available in-app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription and free-trial conversion in Settings > Apple ID after purchase. Any unused portion of the free-trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Big News at 4.3 against Simplio RSS Reader's 3.0. Big News also leads on ratings volume (53 vs 4) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.5). Simplio RSS Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Simplio RSS Reader sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Big News holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big News has 53 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Big News ships an update every 3 weeks, Simplio RSS Reader every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big News | Simplio RSS Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (53 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | The Not So Big Company | Bahattin Duran |
Customer experience
Big News
Simplio RSS Reader
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
Simplio RSS Reader
- Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Pro Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year









