Doomscroll News vs Electric Pants
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doomscroll News
Stay informed with a curated selection of approximately 10 world news items daily. Designed for quick consumption, this app helps you get essential updates without the overwhelming 24-hour news cycle. Easily track your progress through the daily news list.
- Daily curated news selection
- Limited news items per day
- Focus on world news
- Completionist indicator
- Designed for quick use
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**Note: Doomscroll is NOT FREE. There’s a 7-day free trial, though.** Doomscroll is a news reader app that helps you stay informed without feeling overwhelmed. It shows you about 10 curated news items each day. You are supposed to open the app, spend a minute browsing through the news, and then get back to your day. Doomscroll shows you “world news,” which are mostly bad news that are mostly irrelevant to you. This way, you can use your RSS reader for tech news (or finance, or politics) and get your general news from Doomscroll. If you are a completionist, good news for you because it’s easy to scroll through the whole list. There’s a very obvious indicator at the end of the list. If you’re tired of the constant flood of news and want a simpler way to stay informed, Doomscroll is for you. It’s designed to be used for just a few minutes each day, helping you stay updated without getting sucked into the 24-hour news cycle. I hope you find Doomscroll helpful. - - - By using Doomscroll, you agree to the standard Apple Terms of Use: (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/).
Electric Pants
This app offers a mindful reading experience by allowing users to subscribe to RSS, Atom, and Reddit feeds without algorithmic manipulation or infinite scrolling. It presents content beautifully and signals when you're all caught up, giving you back control of your time.
- RSS and Atom feed support
- Reddit community support
- Beautiful card-based timeline
- Distraction-free article reader
- Customizable folders
- Dark mode support
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STOP DOOM SCROLLING. START READING. We've all been there: opening an app to check "just one thing" and emerging an hour later, wondering where the time went. Doom scrolling is designed to trap you - optimized for engagement, not enrichment. Electric Pants takes the opposite approach. YOUR FEED, YOUR RULES Subscribe to RSS, Atom & Reddit from the sources you actually care about. No algorithms deciding what you see. No infinite scroll designed to keep you trapped. Just the content you chose, presented beautifully. FINITE BY DESIGN Here's something revolutionary: when you've read your articles, you're done. Electric Pants shows you an "All Caught Up" screen - a satisfying moment that most apps deliberately hide from you. Your time is yours again. BEAUTIFUL, FOCUSED READING - Rich card layouts for images, videos, and galleries - Clean, distraction-free article reader - Dark mode with warm, comfortable colors - Automatic read tracking as you scroll ORGANIZE YOUR WORLD Create custom folders with beautiful colors and icons. Group your tech news, favorite blogs, Reddit communities, and more. Switch between folders instantly from the tab bar. FEATURES - RSS and Atom feed support - Reddit community support - Beautiful card-based timeline - Image, video, and gallery support - Customizable folders with colors and icons - Pull-to-refresh with progress tracking - Automatic article extraction - OPML import for easy migration - Native iOS and iPadOS experience - Dark mode support - No account required - No tracking or ads THE PHILOSOPHY The name Electric Pants is a deliberate play on doom - as in doom scrolling. We believe your time should flourish, not disappear into an algorithmic void. Stop scrolling through what others want you to see. Start reading what matters to you. Download Electric Pants and let your time bloom.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Electric Pants at free against Doomscroll News's subscription. Doomscroll News's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Doomscroll News sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.00 per year and Electric Pants sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Doomscroll News against 5.0 for Electric Pants. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Doomscroll News ships an update every 8 days, Electric Pants every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doomscroll News | Electric Pants |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | And a Dinosaur | James Woodroffe |
Customer experience
Doomscroll News
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In-app purchases
Doomscroll News
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$3.001 Year
Electric Pants
- Silver Sponsorship$0.99
- Gold Sponsorship$4.99
- Platinum Sponsor$9.99









