Newsify vs Reeder

Newsify

• iPhone, iPad and Mac users who like a newspaper-style layout for feeds
• Feedly users who want an Apple client for their account
• People who read feeds offline, with images cached ahead of time

Reeder

• Apple users who want feeds, videos and podcasts in one timeline
• Readers who would rather pick up where they left off than clear unread counts
• People who want syncing to stay inside their own iCloud account

Newsify

• There is no Android or Windows app, and the FAQ says an Android version is not planned.
• The free app shows ads in the article list; removing them takes Premium or a separate Remove Ads purchase listed at $2.99.
• Automatic full text, full-text search, mute filters and faster updates all require Newsify Premium.
• The web reader needs a Newsify account, and Feedly is the only third-party sync service listed.

Reeder

• Apple only: it runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with no web, Windows or Android version listed.
• The free version stops at 10 feeds and leaves out OPML import, Shared Feeds and social home timelines.
• There are no unread counts, and third-party sync services are not supported; syncing is through iCloud.
• Reeder Classic, the older app, is sold separately as a one-time purchase: $4.99 on iPhone and iPad, $9.99 on Mac.

Newsify

Newspaper-style article lists

Article lists can be shown as a newspaper-like page, a large view, a traditional table or a split view on iPad, with thumbnails when the feed supplies them.

Three ways to sync

Sync through a Newsify account or Feedly, or use the app without an account and sync through iCloud. Multiple accounts can be added on iOS and macOS.

Offline reading

Articles and their images are downloaded during sync for reading offline on iOS and macOS. Only the feed content is saved unless Premium's full-text caching is used.

Web reader

People with a Newsify account can also read their feeds in a web browser at newsify.co, in addition to the iPhone, iPad and Mac apps.

Automatic full text

Premium fetches the full text of most partial feeds automatically, saves it for offline reading and lets search cover the full text. Summaries through Apple Intelligence are a beta Premium feature.

Newsify Account Plus

With Premium, a Newsify account gains mute filters, receives new items up to 10 times faster and keeps more feed history.

Reeder

Unified timeline

RSS feeds, videos, podcasts and social media posts appear in one timeline. Items can be opened in other apps when you want the full client.

Synced timeline position

Reading progress is tracked by scroll position instead of read and unread states, and it syncs for the home timeline, filters, folders and single feeds.

Filters

Build custom timelines that include or exclude posts by keyword, media type or feed type. The built-in Audio and Video timelines are filters.

Saved links and tags

A share extension saves links from other apps. Later, Bookmarks and Favorites are built-in tags with their own keyboard shortcuts, and custom tags can be added.

Shared Feeds

Subscribers can turn any tag into a public, auto-updating JSON feed with a browser view. A shared feed carries the last 50 items added to the tag.

iCloud sync without data collection

Subscriptions, timeline position and tagged items sync through your own iCloud account, and the developer states that Reeder collects no data.

Newsify

• Free$0

  Feed reading with Newsify, Feedly or iCloud sync, offline reading with image caching, themes and article search, with ads in the article list.

• Newsify Premium$2.99

  per month; $8.99 for 3 months or $29.99 per year

  Automatic full text saved for offline reading, more images, full-text search, mute filters, faster updates, no ads and priority support.

Reeder

• Free$0

  Nearly all features for up to 10 feeds, without OPML import, Shared Feeds or home timelines from Mastodon, Bluesky and Micro.blog.

• Subscription$1.99

  per month, or $14.99 per year (US App Store)

  Lifts the 10-feed limit and adds Shared Feeds, OPML import and social home timelines. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Newsify

• Annual discount

  About 16% off with the yearly plan

  The US App Store listing gives Newsify Premium as $2.99 a month or $29.99 a year, so a year paid up front costs about 16% less than twelve monthly payments.

Reeder

• Annual discount

  About 37% off with the yearly plan

  The US App Store lists the subscription at $14.99 a year or $1.99 a month, so a year paid up front costs about 37% less than twelve monthly payments.