Comparison

NewsNinja vs MaxFeeder

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 news, social feeds, podcasts, and email into a single, personalized dashboard. Get AI-powered summaries of articles, videos, and podcasts, and enjoy a clutter-free reading experience. Stay informed with a daily briefing that includes your calendar, weather, and market updates.

Highlights
  • Unified news and social feed aggregation
  • AI-powered article and video summaries
  • Personalized daily briefing
  • Integrated podcast player with transcripts
  • Email inbox consolidation
  • Reader mode for clutter-free reading
  • AI-assisted fact-checking
Features
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Your news, social feeds, videos, podcasts and email in one app, with a daily briefing that sums up your day. No ads. No account required. NewsNinja brings RSS feeds, YouTube channels, Reddit, Hacker News, podcasts, X (Twitter), Mastodon, Bluesky, Substack, Medium and your inbox together in one personalized reader. Catch up on what matters, and save time with AI summaries. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE Make Today your personal dashboard: the latest news, videos, podcasts and social posts next to your email, calendar events, due and overdue reminders, weather forecast and market prices. Track your favorite coins with two years of price history. Choose your sections, change their order and pick a theme that fits your style. YOUR MORNING BRIEFING Get a personalized daily briefing that brings together your calendar, weather, reminders, markets and top stories in one short summary, and listen to it read aloud. News Overview shows the bigger picture across your feeds without opening every article. 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. ONE STORY, EVERY ANGLE Smart grouping brings articles about the same story together, so you can compare coverage and skip the repeats. Choose the grouping that suits your feeds. GET THE POINT IN SECONDS Summarize articles, YouTube videos, podcasts and Reddit threads with AI, in three levels of detail. Video summaries include timestamped key moments. Translate articles into your language. READ WITHOUT THE CLUTTER Reader Mode removes distracting page elements. Adjust fonts, text size, reader styles and themes for comfortable long reads. PODCASTS YOU CAN READ A built-in player stays within reach as you browse. Download episodes for offline listening, generate transcripts, search inside an episode or read along without audio. FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION Browse Reddit links, images and videos, read full comment threads and catch up on Hacker News discussions, with summaries for the long ones. QUESTION THE HEADLINE Check the claims behind a headline or a viral post with AI-assisted fact checking for articles, videos and Reddit threads. Use Learn More to explore a topic and add context. YOUR INBOX, NEXT TO YOUR NEWS Add your email accounts and read them in one unified inbox, sorted into People, Updates and Newsletters. Summarize or translate a long email with one tap. A FEED THAT FEELS LIKE YOURS Organize sources into categories, customize your sidebar and choose card or list layouts. Mute topics with keyword filters and star articles to read later. DISCOVER SOMETHING WORTH FOLLOWING Search RSS feeds, subreddits, podcasts, YouTube channels and Substack publications in one place. Explore curated feeds by topic and country, or import your subscriptions with OPML. Guided setup gets you started in minutes. STAY IN THE LOOP Get notified about noteworthy stories, 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 everything connected. Privacy policy: https://ainews.ninja/privacypolicy Terms and conditions: https://ainews.ninja/terms

About

MaxFeeder

A fast, ad-free news reader that aggregates content from various sources into a single, organized page. Customize your feed layout with columns and tabs, and enjoy a clean reading experience without distractions.

Highlights
  • Organize feeds into columns and tabs
  • Clean reader view without pop-ups
  • Follow YouTube, Reddit, Medium, Bluesky
  • Reading statistics and daily goals
  • Bookmark and Read Later options
  • No account needed for basic use
Features
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MaxFeeder is a fast, quiet news reader. Add the sites you actually read, arrange them the way you think, and see everything new in one place — no algorithm, no infinite scroll, no ads. No account needed to start reading. BUILT AROUND HOW YOU READ Group feeds into columns, and columns into tabs — Morning, Tech, Sports, whatever fits. Unread counts show what's new at a glance, show only unread stories when you want a clean list, and Mark All Read clears a column when you're done with it. READ WITHOUT LEAVING Tap any story for a clean reader view: the article text and images, without pop-ups or cookie banners. Keep things with bookmarks, or park them in Read Later. MORE THAN RSS Follow YouTube channels, Reddit, Medium, and Bluesky alongside ordinary feeds. New to RSS? Start from the suggested feeds and adjust from there. KEEP THE HABIT Reading stats, a daily goal, and a streak — a gentle nudge, not a leaderboard. FREE Up to 6 feeds, stored on your device. No account required. MAXFEEDER PRO — $12 FOR ONE YEAR Unlimited feeds, search across the last 30 days of your feeds, sync across your devices and the web, and your Bluesky Following timeline. Pro requires a free MaxFeeder account. One payment. It does not auto-renew — nothing further is charged, and Pro simply ends when the year is up unless you choose to buy another. Terms of Service: https://www.maxfeeder.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.maxfeeder.com/privacy

Screenshots

NewsNinja4 screens
MaxFeeder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MaxFeeder at daily against NewsNinja's every 11 days. MaxFeeder also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). NewsNinja's advantage is ratings volume (48 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. NewsNinja sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and MaxFeeder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MaxFeeder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NewsNinja has 48 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NewsNinja ships an update every 11 days, MaxFeeder daily. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
NewsNinja versus MaxFeeder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNewsNinjaMaxFeeder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (48 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings48 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimelabs LtdBryan Payne

Customer experience

NewsNinja

All ratings48 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive51.9%
Neutral14.8%
Negative33.3%

MaxFeeder

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NewsNinja

Subscriptions2
  • NewsNinja+7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • NewsNinja+7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • NewsNinja+$29.99
1 purchases

MaxFeeder

One-time1
  • MaxFeeder Pro — 1 Year$12.00

Questions

Is NewsNinja free?
NewsNinja is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MaxFeeder free?
MaxFeeder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NewsNinja or MaxFeeder?
MaxFeeder is rated higher. NewsNinja averages 4.7 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while MaxFeeder averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do NewsNinja or MaxFeeder have ads?
Neither NewsNinja nor MaxFeeder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NewsNinja or MaxFeeder?
NewsNinja ships an update every 11 days, and MaxFeeder daily. Most recently, NewsNinja was updated on November 12, 2026 and MaxFeeder on October 31, 2026.

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