CloudNews vs Nextnews
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CloudNews
This app synchronizes with a personal server's news app to provide a seamless feed reading experience across devices. Customize your reading view with adjustable font sizes and spacing, and access full web articles easily. A home screen widget offers quick access to new content.
- Syncs with Nextcloud News app
- Cross-device synchronization
- Customizable reading view (font, spacing, margins)
- Direct access to web articles
- Article sharing
- Home screen widget
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Note: Access to a Nextcloud server with the News app is required to use this app. CloudNews is a feed reader that syncs with the News app on your personal server. Once you have logged in to your server, all feeds with be kept in sync between devices and also the web interface. Optionally supports sync on startup and in the background. Read feeds conveniently by adjusting font size, line spacing, and margins. You can also go directly to the full web version of an article. Easily view the web version of articles and share articles with several services. Quickly see new articles on a home screen widget.
Nextnews
This app synchronizes with your Nextcloud News instance, allowing you to subscribe to RSS feeds, manage folders, and organize articles. Read content in a full-screen view and mark items as read or starred with simple swipes.
- Sync with Nextcloud News
- Subscribe to RSS feeds
- Manage folders (create, rename, delete)
- Mark articles read/starred
- Full-screen reading view
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Features - Sync with Nextcloud News - Subscribe to RSS feeds right from the app - Create new folders, rename or delete them - Easily mark articles read or star them by swiping on an entry - Tap an article to open it in a full-screen reading view This app requires an instance of Nextcloud with the News app installed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Nextnews at Free against CloudNews's $1.99. Nextnews also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). CloudNews's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#50 vs unranked). On ads and device support 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
Nextnews is free to download; CloudNews costs $1.99 up front. Nextnews sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. CloudNews asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nextnews holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 46 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of CloudNews's written reviews are positive against 69% of Nextnews's.
CloudNews ships an update every 5 weeks, Nextnews every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CloudNews | Nextnews |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (12 ratings) | 4.4 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.9% of reviews | 69.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #50 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Peter Hedlund | Rene Henrich |
Customer experience
CloudNews
Nextnews
In-app purchases
CloudNews
No in-app purchases
Nextnews
- Coffee$0.99
- Dessert$2.99
- Lunch$9.99
