News Explorer

Newsreader with iCloud sync

Published by: Ron Elemans
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News Explorer is a powerful yet remarkably easy-to-use RSS, JSON, Atom and Mastodon newsreader with iCloud based synchronisation between iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV.
FULL iCLOUD SYNC
• News Explorer syncs your RSS, JSON, Atom, YouTube, Reddit and Mastodon feeds, folder setup, news items, read statuses and favorites across all your Apple devices.
• Synchronisation 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.
• Built-in high speed RSS, RDF, Atom, JSON, Reddit and Mastodon feed engine.
PRODUCTIVE INTERFACE
• Clean, 100% native, distraction-free user interface
• Article list with resizable thumbnails
• Feed level option to automatically open articles in Reader view
• Size, alignment and visibility of the thumbnails are adjustable.
• Built-in browser for viewing inline links and other references
• Themes, adaptable to your taste and mood
• Widgets for Home Screen and Today View
STREAMLINED READING
• Use automatic Reader view to read the full version of articles in a clean and easy-to-read format
• Mark items as favorite for later reading
• Navigate with one tap to the original content
• Timeline view shows your news articles in an attractive newspaper-like way
• Full text search
• Built-in image viewer to browse through all images of news articles
• Share news items via email, Messages, Notes and more
• Built-in support to share articles with Instapaper and Pocket
EASY CONFIGURATION
• Add new RSS, Atom and JSON feeds directly from Safari, using the 'Add to News Explorer' share extension
• Add RSS and Mastodon feeds via the built-in search form
• Support to add manually RSS, Atom, JSON, Reddit and Mastodon feeds
• Dedicated YouTube channel feed support
• Group your subscriptions with collapsible folders
• Rename and reorder folders and feeds, using drag-and-drop
• OPML import and export.
USABILITY FEATURES
• Article reader with adjustable title and body font settings
• Global filters let you filter all feeds and related news on unread items and favorites
• External keyboard support
• Perform quick actions with horizontal swipes
• Pull subscription list to start a sync session
• App icon badge with unread articles count
• Navigate to the next or previous article with animated swipe gestures
CUSTOMISATION OPTIONS
• You can set a default primary article view, such as Mercury Reader view, for all feeds.
• The default primary view can be overruled on feed or article level.
• Custom storage period for each item status (read, unread and favorite)
• Syncing with iCloud can be disabled, to use only the built-in high speed RSS engine
• And much more!
STATE OF THE ART
• Supports RSS 2.0, RDF, ATOM, JSON Feed, Reddit and Mastodon news feeds
• Supports RSS feeds with HTTP digest and basic authentication
• iCloud sync with CloudKit
• Multiple Reader view engines
• Supports RTL articles
• Background app refresh
• Spotlight indexing with images
• Handoff support
• Notifications with images
• Quick Notes support
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. Universal purchase allows you to purchase News Explorer once, and then access it on all connected platforms.
SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK
If you have any questions or need support on News Explorer, then browse to https://betamagic.nl/support/newsexplorer/help.html or email us at [email protected].
If you like News Explorer then feel free to leave a review or a rating in the App Store or to recommend it to a friend. It helps a lot!
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  • Is News Explorer free?

    News Explorer is not free (it costs 6.99), however it doesn't contain in-app purchases or subscriptions.

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    The price of News Explorer is 6.99.

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User Rating

4.84 out of 5

67 ratings in Canada

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Not useful, outdated

reviewer00212 on

Canada

Doesn’t keep original formatting, had other problems, apple won’t refund.

One of The Best RSS Readers

bazokajoe_2k on

Canada

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.

Simple yet customizable

Filllypillymynilly on

Canada

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.

Worth it!

SphynxCat on

Canada

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!

Simply the best RSS reader!

brucegodin on

Canada

Tried them all. News Explorer is the best definitely the best. Love the deep Twitter integration! Great for following YouTube feeds too!

Tried them all.

Bsek80 on

Canada

News Explorer is the best. No doubt.

Superb RSS Reader

2Evan on

Canada

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).

Pleasant surprise

cichlisuite on

Canada

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.

This 5 star for the developer

Nilsej on

Canada

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.

Great app

BrightonPete on

Canada

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!

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