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 [email protected].
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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    ✅ The News Explorer app appears to be high-quality and legitimate. Users are very satisfied.

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    News Explorer is free.

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User Rating

4.85 out of 5

72 ratings in Canada

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News Explorer Reviews

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d.h.attar on

Canada

Excellent app for wide range of sources of news

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

iWhymy 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.

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