---
title: "News Explorer - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | 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 — United States
> Newsreader with iCloud sync

![News Explorer App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/3a/64/2e/3a642ebb-605e-34b0-28f8-2db73523b77a/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:** 4.7/5 (639 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** betamagic.News-Explorer.mobile
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 2.2.8 (released 2026-04-30)
**Original Release:** 2016-09-02
**Languages:** English

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

## 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 United States
- 5 stars: 519 (81%)
- 4 stars: 77 (12%)
- 3 stars: 18 (3%)
- 2 stars: 8 (1%)
- 1 stars: 17 (3%)

## News Explorer Reviews in United States

### ***** "You Can Filter Feeds!"
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.
-- santos535, 2025-01-10

### ***** "Great newsreader"
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.
-- mix579, 2024-12-18

### ***** "Just switched from Reeder"
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.
-- outcoldman, 2024-12-11

### ***** "New Filters are 👍👍"
I really like News Explorer, but started exploring other options recently because I was looking for the filtering.

Well, I found some other options that included this. I was super excited when News Explorer released a new version that has fantastic filtering. This really helps me refining my newsfeeds and I’ve abandoned exploring other options and double down with News Explorer. It’s an excellent News reading app and has great formatting option.

The only thing that would make this better is text to voice.
-- Miles202, 2024-12-09

### ***** "Every feature I wanted"
Swipe controls, excellent full screen view, multiple reader modes, article view, pinch to zoom, options for everything I want to customize, I could go on. There are a couple other good news readers. I've used them. This one has all their best features and then some.
-- Car Analogy, 2024-11-25

### *---- "New App"
Do not like it.
-- ExSierra, 2024-11-24

### ***** "Update: even better"
Updated review: wow. Just wow. The 2.0 update is insanely wonderful so far. It’s faster, smoother, and it looks great (fonts, layout, interface).  Well done! Still my reigning champion RSS reader. 

Original review: I’ve had this app for over 5 years and absolutely love it. The presentation and navigation are superb and I love the offerings and customizations I can do. Highly recommend. 

The latest update seems to have affected some websites being parsed with the Mercury reader. Stuff that used to render fine is either blank or missing text/images. A few examples are on lithub.com, science news.org, sententiaeantiquae.com. All of these rendered fine without using the Mercury reader before this update but now need the reader but still are a little messed up.
-- DJ Asson, 2024-11-18

### ***** "No twitter support"
Great update!

I just wish it supported X feed :/
-- afern247, 2024-11-18

### ***** "购买后为什么MAC上还需要付费呢"
购买后为什么MAC上还需要付费呢
-- CCXYJJ, 2024-10-25

### ***** "Love This App"
This app is such an amazing RSS reader. I’m so happy I purchased it. Now if only it had a dark version for the app icon, it would be perfect. Thanks!
-- Carl 60626, 2024-10-06

[View all News Explorer reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://apptail.io/account/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews)


## News Explorer Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Paid | Hong Kong SAR China | News | #1 |
| Top Paid | Romania | News | #1 |
| Top Paid | Ukraine | News | #3 |
| Top Paid | United Kingdom | News | #3 |
| Top Paid | Algeria | News | #3 |
| Top Paid | Poland | News | #3 |
| Top Paid | Vietnam | News | #4 |
| Top Paid | Czechia | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Russia | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Hungary | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Belarus | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Israel | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Pakistan | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Kazakhstan | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | France | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | Egypt | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | Türkiye | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | India | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | Netherlands | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | Finland | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | Spain | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | Portugal | News | #7 |
| Top Paid | Ireland | News | #7 |
| Top Paid | Taiwan | News | #7 |
| Top Paid | Greece | News | #7 |
| Top Paid | Philippines | News | #7 |
| Top Paid | South Africa | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Belgium | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Malaysia | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Peru | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Mexico | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Chile | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Argentina | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Azerbaijan | News | #9 |
| Top Paid | Italy | News | #9 |
| Top Paid | Denmark | News | #9 |
| Top Paid | United Arab Emirates | News | #9 |
| Top Paid | Germany | News | #10 |
| Top Paid | South Korea | News | #10 |
| Top Paid | Brazil | News | #10 |
| Top Paid | Saudi Arabia | News | #10 |
| Top Paid | Dominican Republic | News | #10 |
| Top Paid | Indonesia | News | #10 |
| Top Paid | Sweden | News | #11 |
| Top Paid | Canada | News | #11 |
| Top Paid | Lebanon | News | #11 |
| Top Paid | Japan | News | #11 |
| Top Paid | Ecuador | News | #11 |
| Top Paid | Austria | News | #11 |
| Top Paid | Singapore | News | #12 |
| Top Paid | New Zealand | News | #12 |
| Top Paid | Norway | News | #12 |
| Top Paid | United States | News | #13 |
| Top Paid | Thailand | News | #14 |
| Top Paid | Colombia | News | #14 |
| Top Paid | Switzerland | News | #15 |
| Top Paid | Australia | News | #16 |
| Top Paid | Nigeria | News | #17 |
| Top Paid | Kuwait | News | #20 |
| Top Grossing | Romania | News | #35 |
| Top Grossing | Algeria | News | #41 |
| Top Paid | Hong Kong SAR China | Overall | #58 |
| Top Grossing | Hong Kong SAR China | News | #61 |
| Top Grossing | Belarus | News | #65 |
| Top Grossing | Czechia | News | #74 |
| Top Grossing | Taiwan | News | #82 |
| Top Grossing | Russia | News | #87 |
| Top Paid | Romania | Overall | #92 |
| Top Grossing | Pakistan | News | #95 |
| Top Grossing | Ukraine | News | #98 |

## News Explorer Discovered Keywords
- entertainment news feed
- news rss
- news explorer
- atomic reader

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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)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/italy)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/poland)
- [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)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/denmark)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/brazil)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/ukraine)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/greece)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/finland)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/israel)
- [Slovakia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/slovakia)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/norway)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/hong-kong)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/romania)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/new-zealand)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/south-africa)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/south-korea)
- [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)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/thailand)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/chile)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/indonesia)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/united-arab-emirates)
- [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/bulgaria)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/saudi-arabia)
- [Estonia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/estonia)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/philippines)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/ireland)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/vietnam)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/malaysia)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/argentina)
- [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/slovenia)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/peru)
- [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/armenia)
- [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)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/pakistan)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/egypt)
- [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)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/algeria)
- [Malta](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/malta)
- [North Macedonia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/north-macedonia)
- [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/tunisia)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/azerbaijan)
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- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/news-explorer-dDsd/lebanon)
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