---
title: "News Explorer - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in Canada | Apple App Store"
description: "News Explorer is a full-featured yet easy-to-use RSS, JSON, Atom, Reddit, YouTube, Podcast, Bluesky and Mastodon news reader with iCloud synchronization between Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Appl"
---

# News Explorer — Canada
> Newsreader with iCloud sync

![News Explorer App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/41/19/41/41194155-cfb1-188d-2764-3a7011129b35/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-0-0-1-0-0-sRGB-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Ron Elemans](https://apptail.io/developer/ron-elemans-mBe) (Netherlands)
**Category:** News
**Rating:** 4.9/5 (75 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** betamagic.News-Explorer.mobile
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** Canada
**Version:** 2.2.7 (released 2026-03-09)
**Original Release:** 2016-09-02
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/app/id1032668306)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/canada](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/canada)

## News Explorer Description
News Explorer is a full-featured yet easy-to-use RSS, JSON, Atom, Reddit, YouTube, Podcast, Bluesky 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 articles 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 option.
• Image viewer to browse through all images of articles or feeds.
• Built-in sharing to Instapaper, Raindrop and Readwise.
• 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 or Add feed dialogs.
• Organize your feeds by assigning them to folders.
• Multiple themes, tint colors and app icons.

System Features
• Create automations with News Explorer actions in the Shortcuts app. 
• Option to index articles with Spotlight.
• Local notifications for feeds selected in the Feeds Manager.
• Widgets with adjustable sources and fonts.

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  
• 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!

## News Explorer Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/10/1d/3b/101d3b13-29d2-77b9-754f-d818af46cefa/Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Series_10__U002846mm_U0029_-_2024-10-29_at_15.57.11.png/416x496.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/75/7d/46/757d4633-adcc-6051-5559-0f76648bc317/Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Series_10__U002846mm_U0029_-_2024-10-29_at_15.57.18.png/416x496.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/54/7b/7b/547b7b9d-1d6a-49d7-6548-a196b42a2ed7/Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Series_10__U002846mm_U0029_-_2024-11-03_at_17.01.14.png/416x496.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/54/ca/f4/54caf493-e2b5-ac30-c127-3547aeb48170/Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Series_10__U002846mm_U0029_-_2024-11-03_at_17.01.19.png/416x496.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/e4/a7/07/e4a70720-20ec-0f56-3dee-29802dfd44a4/Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Series_10__U002846mm_U0029_-_2024-11-03_at_17.03.00.png/416x496.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/5d/61/a6/5d61a676-87a0-66db-bed1-3a70c87fe3b4/Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Series_10__U002846mm_U0029_-_2024-11-03_at_17.03.37.png/416x496.png)
- [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/fd/70/b0/fd70b013-01c5-9a63-664c-ebf528990ccc/Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Series_10__U002846mm_U0029_-_2024-11-03_at_17.03.43.png/416x496.png)
- [Screenshot 8](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/c3/f4/f3/c3f4f368-f8ad-22be-5ee2-cdf035155b69/Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Series_10__U002846mm_U0029_-_2024-11-03_at_17.03.49.png/416x496.png)
- [Screenshot 9](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/f2/e3/19/f2e31977-5c7b-d62c-2c76-5a6dffb6d2fd/Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Series_10__U002846mm_U0029_-_2024-11-03_at_17.03.55.png/416x496.png)
- [Screenshot 10](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/f7/28/df/f728df6d-9879-b5f3-d7cd-be3b607d6763/Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Series_10__U002846mm_U0029_-_2024-11-03_at_17.07.03.png/416x496.png)

## News Explorer Rating Breakdown in Canada
- 5 stars: 67 (89%)
- 4 stars: 7 (9%)
- 3 stars: 0 (0%)
- 2 stars: 0 (0%)
- 1 stars: 1 (1%)

## News Explorer Reviews in Canada

### ***** "Use it daily. Miss only one thing"
If it could translate entries without having to open and dig menu to do it it could be perfect. I follow some Japanese feeds and it’s a bit of a pain to translate. But other than that I love this app.
-- rveur23, 2025-06-02

### ***** "Males the internet better"
News sites, subreddits and YT channels all without ads, in a simple and customizable interface? Heck yeah!
-- heluvi, 2025-04-05

### ***** "Yes, you should buy this"
Well worth the money
-- Asdf8907, 2025-01-04

### ***** "Review"
Excellent app for wide range of sources of news
-- d.h.attar, 2024-10-22

### *---- "Not useful, outdated"
Doesn’t keep original formatting, had other problems, apple won’t refund.
-- reviewer00212, 2024-03-13

### ****- "One of The Best RSS Readers"
News Explorer is a highly capable RSS reeder that utilizes iCloud sync and supports RSS, ATOM, JSON, and Twitter feeds. The application is responsive and looks good on all the supported platforms. Sync is pretty quick, though doesn’t offer the performance some competitors do by allowing a single instance to do the RSS fetching while the others just sync with iCloud. Article display is great with a variety of typography options to tweak it to your preference, while alternative views such as slideshows and a “timeline” view are nice additions. The app feels at home on iOS devices and has continued to get a bit quicker, more stable, and pleasant to use over time.

One notable omission for a modern iOS app is shortcut support. I’d love to see the ability to use Shortcuts to filter articles by folder/feed/status and be able to do things like get their title, URL, and mark/unmark them as read.

All in all, News Explorer is a really solid RSS app that’s available across all the Apple platforms. I’m not sure if it’s “the best” at any one aspect, but it’s easily one of the best contenders as an all-around RSS feed reader.
-- bazokajoe_2k, 2022-06-27

### ***** "Simple yet customizable"
Tried half a dozen rss apps on iOS and OS X, each one had some sort of dealbreaker issue while doing most things right. It comes down to personal preference on what works for you. This one is simple, customizable, has all the important features and functions, doesn’t try to upsell you for more features, and most importantly it renders text and images very well. One purchase covers your for iPad and iOS devices.
-- Filllypillymynilly, 2022-02-14

### ***** "Worth it!"
Normally, I only buy apps if there is a way to try them before (free version or trial).
So I did tons of research before buying this one and seing the positive feedbacks, I bit the bullet.
I am very happy that I did as it has everything I need and the one-time purchase (no subscription) makes it very affordable.
A big thank you to the developers!
-- SphynxCat, 2021-09-25

### ***** "Simply the best RSS reader!"
Tried them all. News Explorer is the best definitely the best. Love the deep Twitter integration! Great for following YouTube feeds too!
-- brucegodin, 2021-06-30

### ***** "Tried them all."
News Explorer is the best. No doubt.
-- Bsek80, 2021-01-01

### ***** "Superb RSS Reader"
Seems like NE 2.0 is upcoming. Love the new Unread count at the top of the page - latest update. All we’re missing is Sort by Unread (Folders and Feeds). No prob whatsoever shelling out more money for big updates to support the excellent Dev (We’d say no to Subcriptions though; we have enough of them).
-- 2Evan, 2020-12-01

### ***** "Pleasant surprise"
Recently switched to News Explorer from Feedly and I couldn’t be happier. Opened my app today and saw the new action buttons at the bottom of my feed (v1.9.3). Thanks for those! I knew I wanted such a feature, but to find them there one morning having yet asked for them gets you five stars.
-- cichlisuite, 2019-05-20

### ***** "This 5 star for the developer"
Whenever you submit your feedbacks to developer they normally get ignored but really impressed that my recent feedback got heard so soon and they have implemented total black for X and have an option to reduce the title size. Thanks.
-- iWhymy, 2018-01-14

### ****- "Great app"
but give me the option to set swipes. You have to swipe a bit, then tap on “More” then tap “Mark as Unread”. I just want to swipe as unread! 5 stars when swipe actions can be changed.

I wondered about the swipes. It does take from Mail swipes, but only in one direction, the opposite of what I had set up! I just have to train myself to swipe the other direction now!
-- BrightonPete, 2017-11-24

### ***** "Wonderful app"
The best rss reader ever!!
-- Maetelxx, 2017-05-30

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## News Explorer Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Paid | Japan | News | #1 |
| Top Paid | Ukraine | News | #3 |
| Top Paid | Canada | News | #3 |
| Top Paid | Algeria | News | #3 |
| Top Paid | Hungary | News | #4 |
| Top Paid | Poland | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Israel | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Kazakhstan | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Vietnam | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Belarus | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Pakistan | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Türkiye | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | Egypt | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | India | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | France | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | Finland | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | Czechia | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | Russia | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | Romania | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | Greece | News | #7 |
| Top Paid | Belgium | News | #7 |
| Top Paid | Philippines | News | #7 |
| Top Paid | Spain | News | #7 |
| Top Paid | Portugal | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Peru | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Netherlands | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Argentina | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Chile | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Germany | News | #9 |
| Top Paid | Denmark | News | #9 |
| Top Paid | Saudi Arabia | News | #9 |
| Top Paid | South Africa | News | #9 |
| Top Paid | Taiwan | News | #9 |
| Top Paid | Brazil | News | #9 |
| Top Paid | Mexico | News | #9 |
| Top Paid | Azerbaijan | News | #10 |
| Top Paid | Indonesia | News | #10 |
| Top Paid | Ireland | News | #10 |
| Top Paid | Sweden | News | #10 |
| Top Paid | Ecuador | News | #11 |
| Top Paid | United Arab Emirates | News | #11 |
| Top Paid | South Korea | News | #11 |
| Top Paid | United States | News | #11 |
| Top Paid | Malaysia | News | #11 |
| Top Paid | Singapore | News | #12 |
| Top Paid | Austria | News | #12 |
| Top Paid | United Kingdom | News | #13 |
| Top Paid | Dominican Republic | News | #13 |
| Top Paid | Italy | News | #13 |
| Top Paid | Lebanon | News | #13 |
| Top Paid | Norway | News | #13 |
| Top Paid | Hong Kong SAR China | News | #13 |
| Top Paid | New Zealand | News | #14 |
| Top Paid | Thailand | News | #15 |
| Top Paid | Colombia | News | #15 |
| Top Paid | Nigeria | News | #17 |
| Top Paid | Kuwait | News | #20 |
| Top Paid | Australia | News | #20 |
| Top Paid | Switzerland | News | #21 |
| Top Grossing | Algeria | News | #40 |
| Top Grossing | Chile | News | #43 |
| Top Grossing | Japan | News | #56 |
| Top Grossing | Belarus | News | #65 |
| Top Grossing | Russia | News | #84 |
| Top Grossing | Ukraine | News | #91 |
| Top Grossing | Pakistan | News | #95 |
| Top Grossing | Kazakhstan | News | #96 |
| Top Paid | Japan | Overall | #168 |

## News Explorer Discovered Keywords
- news explorer

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## News Explorer Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/united-states)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/germany)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/united-kingdom)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/france)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/canada)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/netherlands)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/spain)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/japan)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/russia)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/australia)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/poland)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/italy)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/switzerland)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/austria)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/china)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/sweden)
- [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/hungary)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/india)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/belgium)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/mexico)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/turkey)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/czechia)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/brazil)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/denmark)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/greece)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/ukraine)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/finland)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/norway)
- [Slovakia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/slovakia)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/israel)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/romania)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/hong-kong)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/south-africa)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/south-korea)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/new-zealand)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/portugal)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/singapore)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/taiwan)
- [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/bulgaria)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/indonesia)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/chile)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/united-arab-emirates)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/thailand)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/saudi-arabia)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/vietnam)
- [Estonia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/estonia)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/ireland)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/philippines)
- [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/slovenia)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/malaysia)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/argentina)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/peru)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/kuwait)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/kazakhstan)
- [Lithuania](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/lithuania)
- [Luxembourg](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/luxembourg)
- [Latvia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/latvia)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/nigeria)
- [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/armenia)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/pakistan)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/ecuador)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/colombia)
- [Uzbekistan](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/uzbekistan)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/belarus)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/brunei)
- [Cyprus](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/cyprus)
- [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/bahrain)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/dominican-republic)
- [Malta](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/malta)
- [North Macedonia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/north-macedonia)
- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/madagascar)
- [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/tunisia)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/azerbaijan)
- [Sri Lanka](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/sri-lanka)
- [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/croatia)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/lebanon)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/algeria)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/egypt)
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