Comparison

No Rush News vs Tidings

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

Head to head
About

No Rush News

Features
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A calmer way to stay informed — with AI that summarizes the noise away. No Rush News delivers plain-text headlines and AI-generated summaries that cut every story down to what actually matters. No autoplay, no doomscrolling, no heavy feeds. Just the gist, at your own pace. Why No Rush News • AI summaries. Get the core of every story in seconds — not minutes of scrolling. • Plain text only. No heavy images, no video, no clutter. • Calm by design. Quiet colors, distraction-free layout, light and dark modes. • Batched updates. Read a focused digest instead of an endless feed. • Your headlines. Pick topics and sources; skip the rest. • Private. No tracking, no account required. • Offline friendly. Saved reads and summaries wait for you, even without signal. Built for people who want to stay aware without being overwhelmed — mindful mornings, quiet commutes, breaks that actually feel like breaks. Slow down. Stay informed. No rush.

About

Tidings

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Tidings is an RSS reader built for people who want to read, not manage software. Add a feed by pasting any site's URL — it finds the feed for you. Your articles land in one inbox, oldest first, and you triage them: read now, keep for later, star what matters, or sweep the rest away. Nothing is recommended to you, nothing is ranked by an algorithm, and nothing arrives that you didn't ask for. READS BEAUTIFULLY Articles are stripped to their text and images — no popups, no cookie banners, no newsletter modals. Adjustable type, light and dark, and it remembers exactly where you stopped reading, even after you change the font. WORKS OFFLINE Articles are downloaded and cached, so a subway ride or a flight is just reading time. Images come along too. SYNCS PRIVATELY Your feeds and reading state sync across your iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud account. There is no server in the middle, because there is no server at all. BRINGS YOUR FEEDS WITH YOU Import an OPML file from any other reader, and export yours whenever you like. Your subscriptions are yours to take. FEATURES • Automatic feed discovery — paste a site URL, not a feed URL • RSS, Atom, JSON Feed, and YouTube channels • Distraction-free reader with full-text extraction • Offline reading with cached text and images • Inbox, Read Later, and Starred — triage with swipe gestures • Mark Above as Read for fast sweeping • Remembers your place in every list and article • iCloud sync across your devices • OPML import and export • Full VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support • iPhone and iPad FREE FOR UP TO 10 FEEDS Everything above is included — the reader, offline articles, iCloud sync, YouTube feeds, OPML import and export. Nothing is crippled, nothing expires, and there's no trial countdown. If you outgrow 10 feeds, Tidings Premium removes the limit for a single one-time payment. That's the only thing it changes. NO ADS. NO TRACKING. NO ACCOUNT. NO ANALYTICS. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Tidings has no way to know what you read — it has no server to tell.

Screenshots

No Rush News4 screens
Tidings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: No Rush News at none against Tidings's 1. Tidings's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Tidings sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. No Rush News asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 3 level
No Rush News versus Tidings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNo Rush NewsTidings
PriceFreeFree
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKamil DemirtasHongyu Zhang

In-app purchases

None

No Rush News

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tidings

One-time1
  • Tidings Premium$9.99

Questions

Is No Rush News free?
No Rush News is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tidings free?
Tidings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do No Rush News or Tidings have ads?
No Rush News shows ads; Tidings does not.

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