Comparison

Newsify vs 4th Estate

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

4th Estate

Features
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If you're satisfied with the dominant RSS readers, Fourth Estate isn't for you. Those apps share the same premise: your subscriptions are an inbox. Reading is a queue to drain. Unread counts are guilt counters. The goal is zero. Fourth Estate rejects all of that. Your feeds aren't an inbox. They're raw material for a newspaper you publish to yourself. You're the editor. You design the sections. You place the hero stories. You decide the front page. Apple Intelligence reads new arrivals on your Mac, entirely on-device, and assigns every piece a priority — breaking, deep read, skim, or skip. You read what matters. You skim what's worth a glance. You skip the rest without guilt. That's what editors do. The reader is slow on purpose. Serif type. Generous margins. 48 fonts. 11 themes. Articles are meant to be finished, not processed. This is RSS reimagined as journalism — not productivity software. Three modes coexist: a Paper you design like a broadsheet, an AI-triaged Today briefing, and a Wire for the moments you actually do want the firehose. THE PAPER • Front Page with hero card, continue reading grid, and two-column headlines • Custom newspaper sections — swipe between them like pages of a broadsheet • Assign any feeds to any section, reorder freely TODAY • Apple Intelligence triages new articles on your Mac, entirely on-device • Each piece gets a priority — breaking, deep read, skim, or skip • Plus a 3-5 sentence summary, topic tag, and auto-applied content tags • Triage syncs to iPhone and iPad via iCloud • Breaking-article notifications keep you on top of what matters THE WIRE • Quick views: All, Unread, Read, Favorites, Archived — for when you want the queue • Categories, smart filters with 13 rule fields, and full feed management • Blocklist rules auto-hide articles you never want to see — by title, author, source, content, or any combination • OPML import/export to migrate from other readers THE VAULT • Library for favorites, saved articles, and archived pieces • Tag-based filtering with untagged article support • Paper-style card layouts for browsing your collection ARTICLE READER • 48 fonts: New York, Baskerville, Palatino, Helvetica Neue, Futura, and more • 11 app-wide themes including Sepia, Forest, Ocean, and OLED Black • Typography controls: size, spacing, alignment, margins, content width • Full-text extraction when feeds provide only summaries ALSO INCLUDES • iCloud sync for articles, feeds, sections, tags, smart filters, and reading positions • Share Extension to save articles from Safari • Background refresh at configurable intervals • Soft-delete trash with recovery PREMIUM 4th Estate is free to download with 4 feeds and 10 saved articles included. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited feeds, unlimited saved articles, AI triage with breaking-article notifications, and sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac — through a single annual subscription. One subscription covers every Apple device on your Apple ID. Built with SwiftUI and SwiftData for iOS 26+ and macOS 26+. PRIVACY FIRST: All your data stays on your devices and syncs via your personal iCloud account. AI triage runs entirely on-device with Apple Intelligence — no servers, no tracking, no data collection. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Fourth Estate Premium is a single annual auto-renewable subscription. After the 2-month free trial, payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, and will auto-renew at the same price each year unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.termsfeed.com/live/475c4de9-ef7b-4c7e-980a-aad808043eae Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Newsify4 screens
4th Estate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: 4th Estate at none against Newsify's shown. 4th Estate also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Newsify's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Newsify sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and 4th Estate sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Newsify ships an update every 2 months, 4th Estate weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Newsify versus 4th Estate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNewsify4th Estate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB5 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBen AlexanderParag Patel

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

4th Estate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Newsify

Subscriptions2
  • Newsify Premium$2.991 Month
  • Newsify Premium$29.991 Year
One-time4
  • 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
1 purchases

4th Estate

Subscriptions1
  • Fourth Estate Premium2 Months trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Newsify free?
Newsify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 4th Estate free?
4th Estate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Newsify or 4th Estate have ads?
Newsify shows ads; 4th Estate does not.
Which is updated more often, Newsify or 4th Estate?
Newsify ships an update every 2 months, and 4th Estate weekly. Most recently, Newsify was updated on October 18, 2026 and 4th Estate on October 3, 2026.

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