NewsBlur vs Feedbin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NewsBlur
This app is a personal news reader that allows users to follow unlimited RSS subscriptions, share stories with friends, and discover new people with shared interests. It offers offline reading, full text extraction, and customizable reading preferences.
- Unlimited RSS subscriptions
- Offline story and image support
- Full text story extraction
- Share and comment on news
- Meet people with shared interests
- Autoscrolling for hands-free reading
- Saved stories with tagging
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NewsBlur is a personal news reader bringing people together to talk about the world. A new sound of an old instrument. NewsBlur is popular for a reason. While also being the oldest surviving RSS news reader, it is used by many news organizations, popular blogs, editors, and individual readers to keep up with the world. Let's talk about major features: * Read an unlimited number of RSS subscriptions * Offline support for stories and images * Full text extracts the whole story and is sticky per-feed * Gestures and long presses for feeds and stories * Share and comment on the news with friends * Meet new people who share the same interests * Autoscrolling of text for hands-free reading * Collapsible folders * Saved stories with tagging * Mark stories as unread * Read by oldest/newest first * Filter by unread/all stories * Search for stories by feed or folder * Send to Facebook/Twitter/Instapaper/Pocket/Evernote/email/etc * Landscape view * Customizable offline sync settings You can also optionally subscribe with a NewsBlur Premium Subscription * Subscribe to an unlimited number of sites * Sites you subscribe to are updated up to 10x more often * Read by folder with the river of news * Search sites and folders * Save stories with searchable tags * Privacy options for your blurblog (shared stories) * Custom RSS feeds for folders and saved stories * Use the Text view which conveniently extracts the full original story The subscription is auto-renewable which means that once purchased it will be auto-renewed every year until you cancel it 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Duration of the subscription is 1 year. Your iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage your Subscription and Auto-Renewal by going to your Account Settings. You may access the privacy policy at https://www.newsblur.com/privacy, and the terms of use at https://www.newsblur.com/tos.
Feedbin
Stay updated with your favorite content from RSS feeds, YouTube channels, and email newsletters all in one place. Organize and manage your subscriptions to follow your passions without missing a beat.
- RSS feed reader
- YouTube channel following
- Email newsletter aggregation
- Subscription management
- Content organization
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Follow your passions with RSS, YouTube, and email newsletters. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NewsBlur at 4.7 against Feedbin's 4.2. NewsBlur also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (57% vs 46%). Feedbin's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). 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. NewsBlur sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month and Feedbin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NewsBlur holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NewsBlur has 502 ratings behind it against 78, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of NewsBlur's written reviews are positive against 46% of Feedbin's.
NewsBlur ships an update every 9 days, Feedbin every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NewsBlur | Feedbin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (502 ratings) — better | 4.2 (78 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.3% of reviews — better | 45.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 502 — better | 78 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NewsBlur, Inc. | Feedbin, Inc. |
Customer experience
NewsBlur
Feedbin
Bugs and requests
NewsBlur
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch for some users
- Incorrect feed display and article loading issues
- Syncing problems between web and mobile apps
Requested features
4 requests- Customizable font sizes
- Offline reading mode
- Improved sharing options
- Ability to delete feeds and folders
Feedbin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NewsBlur
- NewsBlur Premium Pro$29.991 Month
- NewsBlur Premium Subscription$35.991 Year
- NewsBlur Premium Archive$99.991 Year
Feedbin
- Feedbin Monthly$5.991 Month
- Feedbin Yearly$59.991 Year
