---
title: "NetNewsWire: RSS Reader - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in Canada | Apple App Store"
description: "It’s like podcasts, but for reading.  NetNewsWire is a free and open source RSS reader. It shows you articles from your favorite blogs and news sites and keeps track of what you’ve read. It’s fast, st"
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# NetNewsWire: RSS Reader — Canada
> More news, less junk. Faster.

![NetNewsWire App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/ef/3b/8a/ef3b8ac8-6625-c0c8-2b08-766a03d05b0c/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-0-0-1-0-0-sRGB-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Brent Simmons](https://apptail.io/developer/brent-simmons-vAgb)
**Category:** News
**Rating:** 4.9/5 (149 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.ranchero.NetNewsWire.iOS
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** Canada
**Version:** 7.0.3 (released 2026-03-20)
**Original Release:** 2020-03-08
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/app/id1480640210)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/netnewswire-rss-reader-ujN/canada](https://apptail.io/app/netnewswire-rss-reader-ujN/canada)

## NetNewsWire Description
It’s like podcasts, but for reading.

NetNewsWire is a free and open source RSS reader. It shows you articles from your favorite blogs and news sites and keeps track of what you’ve read. It’s fast, stable, and accessible.

If you’ve been going from site to site in your browser looking for new articles to read — or counting on the unreliable algorithms of corporate social media — let NetNewsWire bring you the news you want.

It’s easy and fun. And it puts you, not billionaires, in control of your news.

Features:

* Direct feed downloading
* Syncing via iCloud, Feedbin, Feedly, BazQux, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and FreshRSS
* Multiple accounts
* Custom article themes
* Reader view
* Share sheet
* Starred articles
* All Unread and Today smart feeds
* Folders
* Importing and exporting OPML feed lists
* Background refreshing
* Searching
* Hiding read articles
* Timeline customization
* Keyboard shortcuts
* Context menus
* Home screen widgets for today, unread, and starred articles
* Share extension

## NetNewsWire Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/95/6c/c6/956cc6f4-8c59-b1e0-26b2-328b9c424780/iPad13-Dark.png/2752x2064.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/bc/cf/b7/bccfb7f3-65e3-d9f4-9e92-be73ce3f78e0/iPad13-Light.png/2752x2064.png)

## NetNewsWire Rating Breakdown in Canada
- 5 stars: 135 (91%)
- 4 stars: 11 (7%)
- 3 stars: 1 (1%)
- 2 stars: 1 (1%)
- 1 stars: 1 (1%)

## NetNewsWire Reviews in Canada

### ***** "Fast, feature rich, trouble free RSS reader"
Excellent, fast, feature rich, trouble free RSS reader app. 
Many, many thanks to developer Brent Simmons 🙏
-- Sunlit Mechanism, 2024-12-31

### ***** "Has a search feature, yay!!!"
Exactly what I was looking for, a search feature to filter out the unwanted stuff, most other news readers don’t seem to have this basic function. Thank you!!
-- Bl00dywanker, 2024-08-02

### ***** "Best RSS reader on iOS for me"
I&#039;ve been using NetNewsWire, and it&#039;s been a game-changer for keeping up with my news. Initially, it synced perfectly with my Feedly account, and now I&#039;ve moved over to FreshRSS seamlessly. The notification feature is incredibly handy for staying up to date, and the dark theme is a great touch.

Keep up the good work!
-- Sassanix, 2024-05-04

### ***** "Best news reader hands down"
Excellent app, the only thing I’d add to it would be the ability to block articles from appearing based on key words.
-- SkyNetTX1, 2023-11-09

### ****- "Great RSS Reader"
I love this app. The only thing I wish it had was some sort of “filtering” ability to mute certain words or phrases and automatically hide those related articles. I’d happily pay a one time fee for that.
-- TheLegendOfTheRent, 2023-09-14

### ****- "No manual update controls"
Although NetNewsWire is currently my preferred RSS reader, I take major issue with the lack of manual control of feed updates. In order to control when it updates, I’ve disable background refresh and keep cell data turned off for this app, except for when I ACTUALLY WANT the app to update. 
——————————-
To fix this anti-feature, they simply need to provide a manual option that never updates feeds unless explicitly commanded to do so. When this issue is resolved, I’ll change my review to a much more positive one and give 5 stars. 
——————————-
I chose this app primarily due to it requiring next to no permissions to run and no requirement to sign up to an external service.
-- Mickios235, 2023-01-09

### ****- "Missing article preview images in feed list"
Great app that’s hampered by the lack of ability to replace the feed image with the article preview image. Would be a perfect 5 stars if that was there.
-- xtremesniperz, 2022-12-16

### ***** "Wonderful to rediscover this for iOS"
Great having this back. It is everything it was on Mac Mini years ago. Elegant and powerful.
-- Will_333, 2022-12-07

### ***** "Sooo Goood"
Love it! So fast, so readable!
-- Zatman2010, 2022-11-13

### ****- "A good RSS reader that is slow to load articles"
Everything about the program is great but it is shocking how even on the fastest Internet connections, NetNewsWire retrieves article headers so slowly that you would think you’re running on a 2400 baud modem. Once they’re loaded though, everything is fine.
-- CrudeSausage, 2022-10-09

### ***** "Great App"
I love that this app is free and open source! I only wish there was a browser version so I can access it on my PC.
-- herb sherb, 2022-07-19

### ***** "This is the one"
If you’re looking for a free, no-nonsense, and reliable RSS iOS app, this is the one. 

One suggestion to the developers, and if there is a way to do this let me know, allow users to disable updates to certain feeds. At the moment I have to remove feeds to no longer receive updates but I may want to re-enable the feed in the future. Keeping a deleted feed link in a notes app is not ideal.
-- vaduri, 2022-04-09

### **--- "Not Fixed For My iPad"
App crashes EVERY time I open it, despite the supposed fix mentioned. It’s a great app except for this aggravation!
-- VirgilBoy99, 2021-12-03

### ***** "Great App"
Does what you need with no nonsense. The recent syncing updates are great. It’s replaced the competition as my RSS reader of choice.
-- andrewsund, 2021-06-23

### ***** "Best iOS rss reader"
Though it would be nice to have a option to sync to iCloud
-- somerandomperson8264, 2021-06-12

### ****- "Good, just missing one thing"
With v6 on macOS syncing to iCloud it would be nice if the iOS app could sync with iCloud as well.
-- artooro, 2021-03-30

### ***** "Opensource &lt;3"
Amazing job you guys.
-- OCD sufferer 2939, 2021-01-25

### ***** "Great app"
Best rss app out there!
-- MarlonHort, 2020-07-18

### ***** "Great!"
Please, if possible, add better support for RTL (right to left) based writing systems. 

Other than that, the app is great! Thank you.
-- Elad.ca, 2020-06-27

### ***** "If..."
If it could have a better icon,I think it would be the best rss reader on iOS.
-- Oneiroi_1998, 2020-06-22

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## NetNewsWire Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Free | Russia | News | #57 |
| Top Free | Kazakhstan | News | #67 |
| Top Free | Austria | News | #67 |
| Top Free | Nigeria | News | #68 |
| Top Free | Poland | News | #69 |
| Top Free | Canada | News | #82 |
| Top Free | Romania | News | #83 |
| Top Free | Ukraine | News | #86 |
| Top Free | United Kingdom | News | #96 |
| Top Free | Portugal | News | #107 |
| Top Free | Spain | News | #107 |
| Top Free | Netherlands | News | #112 |
| Top Free | Czechia | News | #113 |
| Top Free | Australia | News | #114 |
| Top Free | India | News | #115 |
| Top Free | Mexico | News | #116 |
| Top Free | South Africa | News | #121 |
| Top Free | Germany | News | #127 |
| Top Free | Finland | News | #132 |
| Top Free | Brazil | News | #136 |
| Top Free | France | News | #144 |
| Top Free | Philippines | News | #156 |
| Top Free | Italy | News | #164 |
| Top Free | Singapore | News | #165 |
| Top Free | Türkiye | News | #170 |
| Top Free | Denmark | News | #170 |
| Top Free | Hungary | News | #176 |
| Top Free | South Korea | News | #179 |
| Top Free | United States | News | #192 |
| Top Free | Belarus | News | #196 |
| Top Free | Sweden | News | #200 |
| Top Free | Taiwan | News | #206 |
| Top Free | Hong Kong SAR China | News | #209 |
| Top Free | Japan | News | #214 |
| Top Free | Egypt | News | #227 |
| Top Free | Norway | News | #244 |
| Top Free | Colombia | News | #257 |
| Top Free | Switzerland | News | #264 |
| Top Free | New Zealand | News | #282 |
| Top Free | Argentina | News | #283 |
| Top Free | Peru | News | #317 |
| Top Free | Greece | News | #326 |
| Top Free | Ireland | News | #335 |
| Top Free | Ecuador | News | #350 |
| Top Free | Dominican Republic | News | #358 |
| Top Free | Chile | News | #384 |
| Top Free | Israel | News | #414 |

## NetNewsWire Discovered Keywords
- feedly
- rss reader
- reeder
- inoreader news rss reader
- inoreader
- reeder 5
- rss feed
- netnewswire rss reader
- rss
- an rss reader

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