Brutalist Report vs Pickaxe Player

The Brutalist Report is a news reader built for people who want the web to be sane again. No algorithmic feed. No infinite scroll. No engagement loops. No accounts. No tracking. 100% free. Software that respects your time. The Brutalist Report aggregates news from 70+ curated sources across tech, business, science, and culture, and presents them in a single high density feed. This is a native iOS version built from the ground up to take advantage of local device features and build upon the normal web service we offer. FEATURES: - Aggregated headlines from 50+ curated sources - Reader Mode that runs locally on your device and extracts article content and strips the cruft - On-device AI summaries (iOS 26+, requires an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence) - Filter by topic or source - Full-text search across all headlines - Adjustable font sizes (12–28px) - Light and Dark mode Built with love and a simple idea: less is more. Stay Brutalist.

You decide what plays next. Pickaxe Player builds your Up Next from Listening Blocks — ordering rules you set once — so every session starts exactly where you want it, not where an algorithm guesses. Stack blocks in the order you want your day to sound: morning news up top, current events next, long serials to finish. Each block arranges its own episodes — grouped by show or interleaved, oldest or newest first — and refreshing brings in new episodes without losing your place. LISTENING BLOCKS Standing rules that keep Up Next arranged your way. Pick the shows, choose the order, drag blocks to rearrange your day. New episodes slot in where your rules say they belong. A QUEUE THAT ALWAYS COMES FIRST Want something specific right now? Add it to the Queue and it plays before everything else. Reorder by hand anytime — the plan works around what you place. PRIVATE FEEDS, FIRST-CLASS Members-only RSS plays like any other show. Feed URLs and tokens stay on your device and are sent only to the feed's own server. LOCAL-FIRST. NO ACCOUNT. There's no sign-up and no cloud. Subscriptions, progress, and rules live on your device, and feed refreshes are built to preserve your progress, queue, and played states. THE ESSENTIALS Background audio, lock-screen and headphone controls, playback speed, and adjustable skip intervals. PRIVACY No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. The app doesn't collect data, so there's nothing for anyone else to see. Full policy: https://player.pickaxe.media/privacy