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About NetNewsWire: RSS Reader

It’s like podcasts, but for reading. NetNewsWire is a free and open source RSS reader. It shows you articles from your favorite blogs and news sites and keeps track of what you’ve read. It’s fast, stable, and accessible. If you’ve been going from site to site in your browser looking for new articles to read — or counting on the unreliable algorithms of corporate social media — let NetNewsWire bring you the news you want. It’s easy and fun. And it puts you, not billionaires, in control of your news. Features: * Direct feed downloading * Syncing via iCloud, Feedbin, Feedly, BazQux, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and FreshRSS * Multiple accounts * Custom article themes * Reader view * Share sheet * Starred articles * All Unread and Today smart feeds * Folders * Importing and exporting OPML feed lists * Background refreshing * Searching * Hiding read articles * Timeline customization * Keyboard shortcuts * Context menus * Home screen widgets for today, unread, and starred articles * Share extension

Ratings & reviews

4.7

890 ratings

5 ★ 88% 4 ★ 6% 3 ★ 2% 2 ★ 1% 1 ★ 3%

What’s new

Version 7.2 · Updated October 16, 2026

New feature: new setting to hide unread counts or replace them with a •, so you don’t have to face the anxiety of treating your RSS reader as yet another app where you have to catch up!

App privacy

The developer, Brent Simmons, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

  • Identifiers: User ID

Used for: App Functionality

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