Comparison

Gatherly vs MyNewsStream

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

Head to head
About

Gatherly

Features
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Gatherly - An RSS Reader for Your Feeds Gather your chosen blog and news feeds in one place, read at your pace, and save articles to find again. Gatherly is a free RSS reader for feeds you choose to follow. Add a feed with an RSS URL or a website address, review the preview, and subscribe. If you already have a feed list, import it from an OPML file. Export your subscribed feeds as OPML when you need a portable list. Organize feeds with tags, mark articles as read, and save the ones you want to revisit. Open a saved item from the Saved view. Explore trends, recommended feeds, categories, and topics in Discover. Keyword search creates a Google News RSS feed so you can subscribe to a topic. When iCloud is available, feeds, tags, and saved items can sync between your devices. To get started, choose Add RSS Feed in Settings, enter a URL, and open your first article. You can also start by importing OPML. No ads and no tracking, so you can focus on reading.

About

MyNewsStream

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One app for all the news you care about. MyNewsStream is a powerful RSS news reader that brings together 80+ sources from around the world โ€” NHK, BBC, TechCrunch, Wired, and more โ€” across 10 categories including AI, Technology, Gadgets, Business, Entertainment, Gaming, Music, Sports, and Science. FEATURES โ–  Magazine-Style Bento Grid Layout A visually rich, Flipboard-inspired layout that surfaces the best articles from each feed. Cover images front and center, built for both quick scanning and deep reading. โ–  80+ Preset Sources, Ready to Go Jump right in with popular sources in both Japanese and English: - News: NHK, Mainichi, BBC, CNN, Reuters, AP, The Guardian - Tech: Gigazine, The Verge, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Wired - AI: Ledge.ai, VentureBeat AI, MIT Technology Review, The Decoder - Gadgets: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Engadget, Gizmodo - Business: Bloomberg, Forbes, The Economist, Financial Times - Science: NASA, Science Daily, National Geographic - Entertainment: Variety, Deadline, Oricon - Gaming: IGN, Polygon, Famitsu, 4Gamer - Music: Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Billboard, NME - Sports: ESPN, BBC Sport, Nikkansports โ–  10 Categories Filter by category to focus on what matters most to you at any moment. โ–  Optimized for iPhone & iPad Tab-based navigation on iPhone. Sidebar + full-screen magazine view on iPad. One app, seamlessly adaptive. โ–  Offline-First Article Viewer Articles load instantly from local cache. Navigate between previous and next articles without leaving the reader. โ–  Home Screen Widgets Check the latest headlines without opening the app. Badge count keeps your unread total visible at a glance. โ–  Fully Customizable Sources Add any RSS feed beyond the presets. Enable or disable sources individually to build your perfect news stream. โ–  Local News (Optional) Automatically adds regional news sources based on your current location.

Screenshots

Gatherly4 screens
MyNewsStream4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Gatherly at weekly against MyNewsStream's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gatherly ships an update weekly, MyNewsStream every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Gatherly versus MyNewsStream: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGatherlyMyNewsStream
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size28 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeho ParkNoriaki Misawa

In-app purchases

None

Gatherly

No in-app purchases

None

MyNewsStream

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gatherly free?
Gatherly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyNewsStream free?
MyNewsStream is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gatherly or MyNewsStream have ads?
Neither Gatherly nor MyNewsStream shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gatherly or MyNewsStream?
Gatherly ships an update weekly, and MyNewsStream every 2 months. Most recently, Gatherly was updated on October 18, 2026 and MyNewsStream on October 5, 2026.

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