Comparison

NewsNinja vs ExtraExtra Rss

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

Head to head
About

NewsNinja

Consolidate your favorite RSS feeds, YouTube channels, and Reddit subreddits into a single, personalized news stream. Enjoy AI-powered summaries, distraction-free reading, and intelligent grouping of articles to save time and stay informed.

Highlights
  • Unified RSS, Reddit, and YouTube feeds
  • AI-powered summaries and translations
  • Distraction-free reader mode
  • Intelligent article grouping
  • Fact-checking capabilities
  • Mute unwanted topics
  • Organize feeds by categories
Features
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Your news, podcasts, videos, and social feeds. One app, your way. NewsNinja brings RSS feeds, YouTube channels, Reddit, podcasts, X (Twitter), Mastodon, Bluesky, Substack, Medium, and Hacker News together in a personalized news reader. Catch up on the stories you care about, listen to your favorite shows, and save time with AI summaries. No ads. No account required. Just the sources you choose, with the freedom to make your feed your own. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE Make Today your personal dashboard, with the latest news, videos, podcasts, and social posts alongside your calendar events, due and overdue reminders, weather forecasts, and crypto prices. Track your favorite coins with two years of price history. Choose your sections, change their order, and pick the layouts that work for you. ALL YOUR SOURCES, TOGETHER Follow websites and blogs through RSS, watch YouTube channels, browse subreddits, and keep up with Hacker News. Follow accounts on X, Mastodon, and Bluesky without signing in to those networks. Read their posts alongside your other feeds, without needing to post or participate. PODCASTS, WITH MORE WAYS TO CATCH UP Listen to episodes with a built-in player that stays within reach as you browse. Download podcasts for offline listening, generate transcripts, search within an episode, or read along without audio. Get the main points with AI summaries. LESS TIME CATCHING UP Summarize articles, YouTube videos, podcasts, and Reddit discussions with AI. Choose from three summary styles to suit how much detail you want. Translate articles and news into your preferred language. FACT CHECKING & LEARN MORE Explore the claims behind a headline with AI-assisted fact checking for articles, YouTube videos, and Reddit threads. Use Learn More to explore a topic further and add context to what you're reading. READ WITHOUT THE CLUTTER Reader Mode removes distracting page elements for a clean reading experience. Adjust fonts, text size, reader styles, and themes to make long articles comfortable to read. ONE STORY, FEWER REPEATS Intelligent grouping brings articles about the same story together, helping you spot overlapping coverage and avoid reading the same news repeatedly. Choose between grouping algorithms to suit your feeds. FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION Browse Reddit links, images, and videos, read full comment threads, and catch up on Hacker News discussions. Summarize lengthy Reddit conversations to get the key points faster. A FEED THAT FEELS LIKE YOURS Organize sources into categories, customize your sidebar, and choose from card and list layouts. Mute unwanted topics with keyword filters and star articles to read later. DAILY BRIEFING & NEWS OVERVIEW Get a personalized daily briefing that brings together your calendar events, weather, financial updates, reminders, and news in one concise summary. Catch up on the stories across your feeds with News Overview, so you can see the bigger picture without opening every article. DISCOVER SOMETHING WORTH FOLLOWING Search for RSS feeds, subreddits, podcasts, YouTube channels, and Substack publications in one place. Explore curated feeds by topic and country, or import your existing subscriptions with OPML. Guided setup helps you get started with your feeds and integrations. STAY IN THE LOOP Get notifications about noteworthy stories, so you can catch up even when you're away from your feed. AT HOME ON YOUR APPLE DEVICES Read on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with iCloud sync to keep your experience connected across devices. Privacy policy: https://ainews.ninja/privacypolicy Terms and conditions: https://ainews.ninja/terms

About

ExtraExtra Rss

This native RSS reader offers a clean reading experience with full-text extraction and AI-cleaned read-aloud narration. Organize feeds into categories, sync across Apple devices, or use it locally without an account. Supports Handoff, widgets, and Siri Shortcuts.

Highlights
  • Full-text article extraction
  • AI-cleaned read-aloud narration
  • Sync across Apple devices
  • Local-only mode
  • Organize feeds into folders
  • Handoff support
  • Home Screen widgets
Features
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ExtraExtra is an RSS reader built to feel completely at home on whichever Apple device you're holding — genuinely native on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro, not a stretched-out port. READING EXPERIENCE • Full-text extraction turns excerpt-only feeds into complete articles, automatically • On-device AI read-aloud — text is cleaned up to sound natural when spoken (URLs, footnotes, and symbols smoothed out; nothing summarized or dropped) • Adjustable fonts and reading size • Light and dark themes • In-article search, keyword muting, and full-text search across feeds • Save articles to read later; mark read/unread with swipe or keyboard shortcuts FEEDS, YOUR WAY • Connect any GReader-compatible sync service (FreshRSS, The Old Reader, and others) to sync read state and subscriptions across devices • Or sync privately with iCloud — no server or account required, your read and saved state just follows you across devices • Or skip the account entirely — local mode reads feeds directly, no server, no sign-up, nothing leaving your device • Import existing subscriptions via OPML, folders and all • Tap a feed link in Safari to subscribe directly, no copy-pasting URLs • Share any webpage to ExtraExtra and it'll find and add that site's feed automatically • Organize feeds into categories/folders with per-feed unread counts EVERYWHERE YOU ARE • One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro • Start an article on one device, pick it up on another with Handoff • Home Screen widgets keep unread counts visible at a glance • Siri Shortcuts and hardware media key support • Apple Watch companion app — remote control your iPhone right from your wrist • Full keyboard shortcut support on Mac and iPad ExtraExtra: extra, extra — read all about it, your way.

Screenshots

NewsNinja4 screens
ExtraExtra Rss4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ExtraExtra Rss at 100% against NewsNinja's 50%. ExtraExtra Rss also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). NewsNinja's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (44 vs 2). On ads and device support 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

NewsNinja is free to download; ExtraExtra Rss costs $2.99 up front. NewsNinja sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.79 per 7 days. ExtraExtra Rss asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ExtraExtra Rss holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NewsNinja has 44 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of NewsNinja's written reviews are positive against 100% of ExtraExtra Rss's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NewsNinja ships an update every 2 weeks, ExtraExtra Rss every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
NewsNinja versus ExtraExtra Rss: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNewsNinjaExtraExtra Rss
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.7 (44 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings44 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimelabs LtdLYNDON SIAO

Customer experience

NewsNinja

All ratings44 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

ExtraExtra Rss

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

NewsNinja

Subscriptions3
  • AI Summary - Weekly$0.797 Days
  • NewsNinja+7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • NewsNinja+7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • NewsNinja+$24.99
None

ExtraExtra Rss

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NewsNinja free?
NewsNinja is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ExtraExtra Rss free?
ExtraExtra Rss costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NewsNinja or ExtraExtra Rss?
ExtraExtra Rss is rated higher. NewsNinja averages 4.7 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while ExtraExtra Rss averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do NewsNinja or ExtraExtra Rss have ads?
Neither NewsNinja nor ExtraExtra Rss shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NewsNinja or ExtraExtra Rss?
NewsNinja ships an update every 2 weeks, and ExtraExtra Rss every 5 days. Most recently, NewsNinja was updated on October 18, 2026 and ExtraExtra Rss on October 20, 2026.

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