Newsify vs Alerts for Reddit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Newsify
Consolidate all your favorite websites, blogs, and RSS feeds into a single, visually appealing reader. Enjoy offline access, customizable layouts, and seamless sharing options. Upgrade for advanced features like AI summaries and ad-free reading.
- All news, blogs, and RSS feeds in one app
- Sync with Feedly, Newsify, or iCloud
- Multiple article list layouts
- Background syncing with notifications
- Offline reading with image caching
- Unread articles widget
- Night mode and customizable themes
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Read and share your favorite websites and blogs with an amazing newspaper-like layout. Featured by Apple as "New and Noteworthy" and "What's Hot" in over 100 countries! FEATURES • All of your news, blogs and RSS feeds in one free reader app! • Sync with Feedly or Newsify or use without an account and sync with iCloud • Access Newsify on your computer at newsify.co (requires Newsify account) • Multiple article list layouts: Large View, Newspaper View, Table View, Split View on iPad (thumbnails displayed when available) • Background syncing with notifications • Offline reading including image caching • Unread articles widget • View and save images by tapping-and-holding image • Night mode (automatic/manual, enabled in settings) • Themes (light, sepia, gray, dark) • In-app Safari view (see Open Links setting) • Full-text view (pinch out in the article view or enable swipe in Article Browser settings) • Article search (pull down subscription list for search bar) • Multiple accounts • Full screen article reading (tap text to toggle) • Full screen original web page browser (two finger tap to toggle) • Pull to move between articles • Pull to refresh article list • Show only unread folders/subscriptions or all • Show all articles or just unread • Sort by newest or oldest first • Mark previous & all as read • Tap-and-hold to mark read and toggle starred • Option to mark read while scrolling & pull up to mark all as read (enable in settings) • Landscape view • Fully customizable sync • Add and edit subscriptions • Add custom feed URLs (enter URLs in feed search box and tap Search) • Automatically sync on start • Share articles with many popular services: Facebook, Twitter, Buffer, Evernote, Instapaper, LinkedIn, Pinboard, Pinterest, Pocket and Tumblr • Email articles or links, copy links or open the original web page in the app or in Safari or Chrome • View original articles with Google mobilizer • Browse individual subscriptions contained in a folder (tap-and-hold folders or tap gray circle icon on right side of folder entry) GET MORE WITH NEWSIFY PREMIUM Newsify is free to download and use. Newsify Premium unlocks these amazing features. Try it free for 7 days! • Automatic Full Text: Get full text automatically for most partial feeds and save for offline reading • AI Article Summaries: Summarize articles with Apple Intelligence (beta feature, requires iOS/iPadOS 26) • More Images: Get more high-res images for feeds with small or no images • Search Full Text: Search the full text of partial feeds not just the preview • Priority Support: Be first in line to get all of your questions answered • Remove Ads: Enjoy your list of articles with no ads • Newsify Account Plus: Add mute filters, get new items up to 10x faster and keep more feed history. – To start your trial: Select Premium in settings and tap "Start free trial" Newsify Premium is $2.99 USD per month or $29.99 USD per year and may vary depending on your location. If you choose to purchase Newsify Premium, 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. Any free trial period remaining will be forfeited when purchasing Newsify Premium. Newsify's privacy policy: https://newsify.co/privacy-policy/ Newsify's terms of use: https://newsify.co/terms-and-conditions/
Alerts for Reddit
Receive instant notifications for new Reddit posts and comments from specific subreddits or users. Customize alerts with keywords and notification frequencies to stay updated on the content you care about most. Easily manage your subscriptions and access notifications directly within your preferred Reddit app or browser.
- Custom subreddit and user notifications
- Keyword filtering for alerts
- Adjustable notification frequency
- No Reddit account login required
- Direct launch to Reddit app or browser
- View recent notifications history
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Never miss a Reddit post again - with Alerts for Reddit, you can get notifications within minutes for posts on your favorite subreddits, and posts/comments from your favorite users. Customize notifications by changing frequency and filtering with keywords. Features: - Add/remove/mute subreddits or users at any time to start/stop seeing notifications - No need to login or link your reddit account - you can set up alerts for any public subreddit or user. - Setup up to 3 alerts of your choosing for free; upgrade to Premium to receive notifications for more than 3 subreddits/users. - Set the notification frequency for each subreddit: "Trending: More" if you want notifications for all hot posts, "Trending: Fewer" if you only want breaking news, or "All" to get notified for all new posts. If you want "All" posts within 30 seconds of the post going live, you can upgrade to Premium Speed to enable the "All - Fast" frequency. - Set the notification frequency for each user: "Posts only" or "Posts and Comments" - Filter alerts by keyword. For example, if you want to receive notifications for /r/science where the title contains 'amphibian' or 'reptile' but not 'bird', you can! - Got a Reddit app on your phone? Notifications will launch you straight to the app of your choice. No app? Notifications will bring you to Reddit via the browser. - View recent notifications for your subreddits and users right in the app. - Never miss the posts you care about! This app offers subscriptions for premium features, including monthly and yearly subscriptions. Subscriptions renew within 24 hours of the subscription period ending, and a subscription purchase will be charged through your iTunes account. Manage at any time using Account Settings in iTunes. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use can be found at https://www.alertsforreddit.com/privacy.php
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Alerts for Reddit at none against Newsify's shown. Alerts for Reddit also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Newsify's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (4.4K vs 178). On price, update cadence, 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. Newsify sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Alerts for Reddit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Newsify holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Newsify has 4.4K ratings behind it against 178, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Newsify's written reviews are positive against 68% of Alerts for Reddit's.
Newsify ships an update every 2 months, Alerts for Reddit every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Newsify | Alerts for Reddit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.4K ratings) — better | 4.2 (178 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better | 67.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.4K — better | 178 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ben Alexander | Amanda O'Neal |
Customer experience
Newsify
Alerts for Reddit
User reviews
Newsify
From 4.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Reliable and stable
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 📰 Excellent news aggregation
- 🌙 Great dark mode
- 💻 Seamless sync across devices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 📢 Intrusive ads
- 🔒 Lack of privacy options
- 🔍 Inconsistent search and feed performance
Alerts for Reddit
From 178 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast real-time alerts for Reddit posts
- 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
- 💰 Generous free tier with no ads
- 🎯 Highly customizable keyword and subreddit filtering
- 📱 Works with multiple Reddit client apps
Room to improve
- 🐛 Notifications fail to send or arrive late
- 💾 Settings not saved to iCloud backup
- 🔄 App crashes and freezes on startup
- ⚠️ Inconsistent notification filtering behavior
- 🔌 Duplicate notifications for single posts
Bugs and requests
Newsify
Reported bugs
4 issues- Syncing issues causing data loss
- Broken full-text article rendering
- Unreliable push notifications
- Compatibility problems with latest iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Improved article organization and filtering
- Enhanced offline reading capabilities
- Integration with third-party services (e.g., Pocket, Instapaper)
- Customizable app icons and themes
- Ability to import/export OPML files
Alerts for Reddit
Reported bugs
11 issues- App won't open or stuck on loading screen
- Settings don't persist after closing app
- iCloud backup excludes app data
- Notifications not appearing in Notification Center
- Duplicate notifications for same post
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- App randomly resets subscriptions
- Restore purchase doesn't work after device transfer
- Notifications open in browser instead of Reddit app
- Filters not working - alerts for unsubscribed content
- App hangs when accessing Notification Subscriptions multiple times
- iOS 15+ compatibility issues with settings saving
Requested features
13 requests- iCloud sync for subscriptions and settings
- Comment notifications and threaded conversation alerts
- Advanced filtering with AND/OR/NOT operations
- Search within post content, not just titles
- Quiet hours or do-not-disturb scheduling
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- Custom app icons or icon selection
- In-app notification history and log
- Post content search in addition to titles
- Browser selection for notification links
- Siri Shortcuts integration
- Real-time notification frequency (faster than 30 minutes)
- Per-subreddit notification limits
- Widget support
In-app purchases
Newsify
- Newsify Premium$2.991 Month
- Newsify Premium$29.991 Year
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Newsify Premium (1 month)$2.99
- Newsify Premium (3 months)$8.99
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- Newsify Premium (1 year)$29.99
Alerts for Reddit
- Premium Subscription$3.991 Year
- Premium Speed: Monthly$3.991 Month
- Premium Speed: Yearly$44.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$9.99









