The Stack vs Sakura Reader

News shouldn't take 30 minutes. It should take 3. THE STACK turns today’s headlines into a swipeable card deck — so you can stay informed fast and move on. Open. Swipe. Done. No endless scrolling. No rabbit holes. Just the stories that matter. WHY IT’S DIFFERENT Most news apps never end. This one does. Finish your stack and get on with your day. Fast. Focused. Satisfying. HOW IT WORKS — Open the app and your stack is ready — Swipe left to skip, right to save — Tap to flip for a quick briefing — Open the full story from the original source — Saved stories stay in your Library for 7 days Simple. CLEAN. RESPECTFUL. ATTRIBUTED. We show headlines and summaries only and always link to the original publisher. No rewriting. No paywalls. No clutter. FEATURES — Swipeable card stack — Tap-to-flip briefings — Save stories to your Library — 7-day auto-expiry keeps things fresh — Tech, Science, Business, World & more — Daily digest notifications — Dark mode for comfortable reading — No ads. Free to use PRIVACY Your reading stays private. Optional sign-in only syncs across devices. We never sell your data. Built by an independent developer who just wanted a faster, calmer way to read the news.

Sakura is a modern RSS reader built around the way you consume content: news, photo blogs, YouTube channels, podcasts and more. A Layout for Everything Pick the style that fits each feed. Use an inbox for classic RSS reading, cards for quick reads, or a social-style feed for scrolling, plus more. Video feeds get widescreen thumbnails. Podcasts get a full player with skip, seek, background audio and Now Playing controls on the Lock Screen and in Control Center. Browse with Tabs Open content in tabs and switch between them like in a web browser, so you never lose your place. Clean, Offline Reading Sakura pulls content from the original page and shows it without the clutter. It saves content on your device for offline reading and can translate feeds written in other languages. Intelligence Features (Supported Devices Only) Get a morning briefing of what was published overnight and an evening digest of the day's highlights. Content Insights groups content by topic so it's easier to find. Apple Intelligence creates the summaries on your device. Add Feeds Easily Add a website's feed from the Share Sheet without looking for a feed URL. Sakura finds feeds automatically and supports YouTube, Fediverse feeds, and more. Stay in Control Mute keywords or authors, customize how each feed looks, and import or export your feeds with OPML. Private by Design Summaries, content extraction and caching all happen on your device. There are no accounts, no ads and no tracking. More Features - Home Screen widgets for your latest unread content - Bookmarks and full-text search - Unread badge counts - Configurable background refresh - Integrations with reader services - Available in multiple languages