NewsBlur vs feeder.co
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.
feeder.co
This app aggregates content from any online source into a single, customizable feed. It offers notifications for new content, filtering options to find specific topics, and tools to organize and share articles. Users can personalize their reading experience with different themes and modes.
- Customizable news feeds
- Push notifications for new content
- Keyword filtering and exclusion
- Organize, label, and share posts
- Light and dark themes
- Compact and simple reading modes
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Keep up with everything you care about in one place with Feeder (www.feeder.co). Feeder is the news manager that tracks any online source you choose and bundles it into an easy-to-digest reading experience. Add content sources to get your very-own customized news feed. Through advanced RSS integrations, we connect to almost any source on the web – blogs, news, weather, government databases, job boards, Twitter, newsletters and more. Just pick and mix. We check for updates faster than you ever could manually. With notifications, we let you know that there's new content you care about available, allowing you to know what happens, right when it happens. Add filters to your feeds to find keywords or specific topics in posts. You can also exclude certain keywords to remove noise. Filters combined with notifications allow you to get notified for even more specific content. Sort, label and share. When you find something important, share it with your friends or colleagues. We have all the tools to optimize your information intake and spread it to relevant parties. Whether you use Feeder for large consumption or casual browsing. Read content in the way that suits you. Light theme for the day, dark theme during the night. Use compact mode to maximize content or simple mode to remove all clutter. Feature list: - Browse your feeds in a great experience - Star posts and mark them as unread with simple swipe gestures - View your unread posts in one consolidated list - Receive push notifications when a new post appears, globally or per feed - With the intuitive scroll experience you can browse your posts in an beautifully - Edit feeds and folders - Share posts - Integrates seamlessly with your Feeder account, web extensions, and the web service - Podcast player - Available in 30+ languages FEEDER PRO Collect and organize content like a Pro Unlock a range of essential features. Filter content. Create rules to automatically order incoming posts and do it all with rocket-speed. - 1 minute updates - Ad-free - Filters, rules and collection FEEDER BUSINESS Become a smarter team with Feeder Business Keep up with everything that matters to your business in one place. Feeder Business can be tailored to your specific needs. Customise what sources your team follows. Automate the manual process of checking for updates. Our crawlers are awake and working 24/7. - Everything in Feeder Pro - Invite your team - Shared feeds and folders You can choose to upgrade your account whenever you want. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NewsBlur at every 9 days against feeder.co's every 2 months. NewsBlur also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 42%). feeder.co's advantage is iOS requirement (15 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 feeder.co sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for NewsBlur against 4.7 for feeder.co. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 502 and 1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of NewsBlur's written reviews are positive against 42% of feeder.co's.
NewsBlur ships an update every 9 days, feeder.co every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | NewsBlur | feeder.co |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (502 ratings) | 4.7 (1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.3% of reviews — better | 41.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 502 | 1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | NewsBlur, Inc. | Really Simple AB |
Customer experience
NewsBlur
feeder.co
User reviews
NewsBlur
From 502 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and reliable
- 👍 Excellent news reader
- 🔒 Great privacy policy
- 💡 Useful training and filtering features
- 👍 Seamless sync across devices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs, especially on iPad
- 👎 Paywall for basic features
- 👎 Outdated and cluttered UI
- 👎 Difficult to manage feeds and folders
feeder.co
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and responsive
- 💡 Useful for freelance translators
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Syncs well across platforms
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
- 💰 Expensive subscription
- 🔒 Difficult to sign up/login
- 🤔 Missing key features
- 🤔 Cluttered UI
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
feeder.co
Reported bugs
5 issues- Feeds stop syncing
- App crashes when reaching low unread count
- Issues with adding/deleting feeds
- Login/sign-up problems
- UI bugs and glitches
Requested features
5 requests- Add read-aloud function
- Improve article reading experience
- Allow sign-in/import from Feedly
- Add more customization options
- Improve feed management and organization
In-app purchases
NewsBlur
- NewsBlur Premium Pro$29.991 Month
- NewsBlur Premium Subscription$35.991 Year
- NewsBlur Premium Archive$99.991 Year
feeder.co
- Feeder Pro$5.991 Month
- Feeder Plus (Monthly)$9.991 Month
- Feeder Professional (monthly)$14.991 Month
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- Feeder Pro$59.991 Year
- Feeder Plus (yearly)$95.901 Year
- Feeder Professional (Yearly)$179.991 Year







