News Explorer

Newsreader with iCloud sync

Published by: Ron Elemans

Description

News Explorer is a full-featured yet easy-to-use RSS, JSON, Atom, Reddit, YouTube, Podcast and Mastodon news reader with iCloud synchronization between Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV.
Full iCloud Sync
• News Explorer syncs your feeds, filters, folders, articles including statuses, notes and tags, across all your Apple devices.
• Synchronization is based on iCloud, so there is no need to login or to sign up into any other service, it just works out of the box.
Smart Filters
• Filter your news according your own conditions and preferences, easily accessible from the feeds list.
• Filters customizations are synced across all your devices.
Automatic Reader View
• Use automatic Reader view to download and read the full text version of truncated articles from supported sources.
• News Explorer makes use of multiple parsers to offer the best Reader view results.
Article Comments
• Read article comments from other readers directly in the app.
• Works with RSS feeds that has comment feeds per article, YouTube feeds, Reddit feeds and Hacker News feeds.
• Also works with most feeds from websites that use Open Web comments.
Article Notes
• Create rich text notes, directly in the context of the article.
• Notes are synced via iCloud together with the related article.
Feed Settings
• All aspects of a feed like title, source link or icon, can be adjusted in the Feed settings dialog.
• Disable the feed temporarily or permanently.
• Override app settings for syncing, downloading comments and reading articles.
Feed Prefilters
• Prevent the app from downloading articles you don’t want to see or read.
• Prefilters are synced via iCloud, and can be easily configured on feed level in the Feed settings dialog.
Article Inspector
• Inspect metadata, tags, media, notes and comments of an article in the Inspector panel.
• View and add custom tags in the Metadata panel.
• Browse and download media, including podcasts, in the Media panel.
Article Tags
• Article categories of RSS articles are displayed in the Inspector panel as tags.
• Can be extended with your own tags.
• Custom tags are easily recognizable, and are synced via iCloud.
• Tags can be used as conditions in filters.
Local Account
• Add feeds to News Explorer that only exists on your device by activating the Local account option.
• The local account option can be used in addition to or instead of syncing with iCloud.
Reading Features
• Mark items as favorite for later reading.
• Navigate with one click to the original content.
• Full keyboard navigation.
• Full text search in the List and Timeline view.
• Mark as read while scrolling as option.
• Image viewer to browse through all images of articles or feeds.
• Built-in support to share articles with Instapaper or Pocket.
• Share news items via Email, Messages and other services.
Configuration Features
• Countless settings to tweak layout, fonts, behaviors and more.
• Import and export feeds via OPML.
• Add new feeds via the Search new feeds dialog or Add feed dialogs.
• Organize your feeds by assigning them to folders.
• Multiple themes, tint colors and app icons.
System Features
• Option to index articles with Spotlight.
• Handover articles between iOS, iPadOS and macOS.
• Local notifications for feeds selected in the Feeds Manager.
• Widgets: with adjustable sources and font settings.
Multi Platform
You only need to buy two apps to cover all Apple platforms:
• News Explorer for Mac is available on the Mac App Store.
• News Explorer for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV is a universal purchase app, available on the App Store of the mentioned devices. On visionOS you can use the iPadOS edition of News Explorer.
Support
• News Explorer has an extensive help page on https://betamagic.nl/support/newsexplorer/help.html.
• If you still have questions or need support, email us at support@betamagic.nl.
If you like News Explorer then feel free to leave a review or a rating in the App Store, it helps us a lot!
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  • Is News Explorer free?

    Yes, News Explorer is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.

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    News Explorer is free.

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User Rating

4.61 out of 5

36 ratings in Australia

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News Explorer Reviews

Better and better .

Jamieb64 on

Australia

Always underrated this newsreader just improved both in look and usability with version 2 .

best feed reader for me

Tangential11 on

Australia

after using for a couple of months now, I think the overall functions and appearance of this reader is best suited to me than other readers. I love the design which nicely balances tailoring to individual preferences with overall appearance. It is my preferred news & feed content consumption on the ipad. The apple-orientated design principles are there in way that surpasses other cluttered and unnecessarily complex readers.

Almost Perfect

Slartibartfastwashere on

Australia

Great RSS reader. It does everything I want it to and more. I bought it for the iCloud sync, which works great. I was fed up with either paying for a syncing service or giving away my data to the likes of Feedly. Think about it. With a list of the feeds you subscribe to and which articles you save and star, they can build a pretty good profile to sell your data to advertisers and who knows what else. With News Reader you don’t need any third parties collecting your data. It’s all within iCloud. The only thing I don’t like, and as petty as it sounds, it does drive me a bit insane, is that the app icon is horrendous. Seriously, get a good designer to create something nice. This one is the worst looking icon on my devices.

My Go-To Reader App but still needs work

Tom Sherring on

Australia

I really enjoy using NewsExplorer for so many reasons however a couple of issues still persist and continue to detract from the user experience. Firstly is the refresh times and the inability for background refresh to work as described. Secondly is the regular freezing of the app, typically upon opening for the first time but often whilst in the middle of reading articles. I also use the Mac version of the app and have none of these issues. Keen to see these issues resolved in a future update.

Doesn’t work as described

Kat tomma on

Australia

I am not receiving any notifications for a website whose feed is perfectly operable on other apps. Money back please. I didn’t get what I paid for.

Needs improvement

cool_coolcoolcool😎 on

Australia

Not as good as the price and description promises but I just tried the top 20 serverless RSS readers on the App Store and this is the best so far. Feedback: - some feeds just never load any content - no export subscriptions to OPML option

Great non-server solution for RSS reading

acsplinky on

Australia

The reading experience of the app is quite good, but it is let down by an unreliable and opaque sync system. It seems I can never get this iOS version to accurately sync article status with the Mac version. I hope some further refinement will improve this, as this app seems the best option for getting away from a subscription-based server-side solution. *UPDATE*: Based on developer response and improved subsequent performance I have upgraded my rating. A few interface enhancements and beautification would push this to 5 stars.

You Can Filter Feeds!

santos535 on

United States

For whatever reason most RSS readers, don’t let you filter your feed unless you pay a monthly or yearly subscription fee. News Explorer lets you filter out parts of the RSS feed! That simple feature is key in eliminating ads or sponsorship content and irrelevant posts.

Great newsreader

mix579 on

United States

I recently switched to this one after a decade or more with Feedly. Got fed up with Feedly's shift toward an elusive corporate market. News Explorer works great and has most of the features of Feedly. Thankfully no AI, which produced the weirdest nonsense with Feedly. Couple of things and I would be as happy as can be: * Separate view options per feed. For some feeds I just want to see the headline, for others a magazine view works best * Ability to forward newsletters to the app. This is a Feedly feature I'm sorely missing. * Streamline the viewer engines. I don't really get why there are three or so options for viewing a page.

Just switched from Reeder

outcoldman on

United States

Great app! Definitely a fresh quick and nice UI. Takes time to adjust to some things after switching from reeder. Some suggestions: 1. Allow to sync the settings. For example I like to mark as read right after I open the article. I have a few macs, and just going through the settings is a bit annoying. 2. Everything is about AI, I believe you can just get very small ML Model like llama 3.2 1b and use it to summarize the articles similar how Safari does it. Will be a great feature.

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