Comparison

CloudNews vs Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Syncs with Nextcloud News app
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Customizable reading view (font, spacing, margins)
  • Direct access to web articles
  • Article sharing
  • Home screen widget
Features
Currently charting
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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.

About

Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader

Stay updated with your favorite news sources through instant push notifications. Organize feeds, browse articles in-app, and share content easily. Features include bookmarking, powerful search, and customizable alerts.

Highlights
  • Push notifications for feeds
  • In-app browser
  • Feed organization with folders
  • Article bookmarking
  • Search and save function
  • Share to Pocket, Instapaper, Email
Features
Currently charting
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Simple RSS Push+ Your feeds, delivered. Stop refreshing. Start reading. Simple RSS+ brings your favorite websites directly to you with push notifications. Never miss breaking news, blog posts, or updates again. Why Simple RSS Push+? Widgets Put your headlines on the Home Screen and Lock Screen. Choose Headlines for a list, or Spotlight for one story shown large with its image. Pick which feeds, folders, bookmarks or saved searches each widget draws from, set its background color and text size, and choose how often it rotates through your articles. Tap any headline to open that article. Widgets are a one-time in-app purchase. Push Notifications Get alerted about new articles. Customize alerts per feed - choose which sources notify you and which stay quiet. Tap a notification to open the article it is about. Discover Not sure where to start? Discover is a hand-picked catalog of feeds in twenty categories - News, Technology, Science, Design, Gaming, Retro Computers and more. Tap as many as you like and add them in one go. The catalog is published in 19 languages, and each one is its own set of feeds rather than a translation of the same list, so you can switch to the Japanese, German, Korean or Brazilian catalog and find what people there actually read. Two Columns on a Wide Screen Open an iPhone Duo, or turn an iPhone Air on its side, and the article opens beside its list - tap a headline on the left, read on the right, and tap another to swap it in place. Your feeds, your bookmarks and your saved searches all work this way, and one button sends the article full screen when you want the whole page. Settings and Find Articles use both columns too. Beautiful Themes Three themes to read in: Aqua, Classic, and Terminal in green, amber or chrome. Aqua and Classic follow your system's light and dark setting, or stay on the one you prefer. The app icon changes to match your theme, or keeps the default if you would rather it did not. Stay Organized Group feeds into folders. Save articles to bookmarks. Create bookmark folders for your research, recipes, or reading list - whatever you need. Ignore Filters Tired of a topic? Hide or delete articles by a word in the title or author, feed by feed, with case-sensitive and whole-word matching. A review screen shows you exactly what is being hidden before anything is deleted. Import and Export Take your subscriptions with you as OPML - custom feed names, folders, saved searches and your own ordering all come across. Smart Search Search across all your feeds or just specific ones. Save searches to instantly find new matching articles every time you open them. Share Anywhere Share articles or open them in your preferred browser - all without leaving the app. Built-in Browser Read full articles in-app, with ad blocking that clears banners, pop-ups and the video players that follow you down the page. One tap to open externally when you need it. Read Faster Mark all as read with one tap. Auto-hide read articles. Touch and hold any feed or folder for quick actions. Spend less time managing, more time reading. Languages: English, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese RSS is not dead - it is the best way to take control of your news. No algorithms. No ads. Just the content you chose, delivered when it is published.

Screenshots

CloudNews4 screens
Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader at 5.0 against CloudNews's 3.8. Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). CloudNews's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $9.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, monetization model, chart position 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CloudNews costs $1.99 and Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader $9.99 up front. Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CloudNews asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CloudNews has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of CloudNews's written reviews are positive against 36% of Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CloudNews ships an update every 5 weeks, Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader weekly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
CloudNews versus Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudNewsSimple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader
Price$1.99 — better$9.99
Rating3.8 (12 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.9% of reviews — better36.1% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#49#40 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB10 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPeter HedlundAlexandre Fabri

Customer experience

CloudNews

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive56.9%
Neutral9.2%
Negative33.8%

Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive36.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative61.1%

In-app purchases

None

CloudNews

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader

One-time1
  • Widget Access$2.99

Questions

Is CloudNews free?
CloudNews costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader free?
Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CloudNews or Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader?
Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader is rated higher. CloudNews averages 3.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do CloudNews or Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader have ads?
Neither CloudNews nor Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CloudNews or Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader?
CloudNews ships an update every 5 weeks, and Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader weekly. Most recently, CloudNews was updated on October 29, 2026 and Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader on October 29, 2026.
Which is more popular, CloudNews or Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader?
CloudNews currently peaks at #49 in the App Store charts, and Simple RSS Push+ · Feed Reader at #40. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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