Newsbin
Fast, clean RSS feed reader
Free · In-App Purchases
Newsbin is now free to try!
Your news. Your way. On every Apple device.
Newsbin is a fast, private RSS reader built for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro. Follow your favorite blogs, news sites, and newsletters with a clean, modern interface that puts content first — no ads, no tracking, and no algorithmic noise.
With Home Screen and desktop widgets, system-wide Spotlight search, and seamless iCloud sync, Newsbin keeps your news close at hand and instantly accessible across all your devices.
Whether you’re skimming headlines, following your favorite creators, or diving deep into niche topics, Newsbin keeps your feeds organized, synced, and ready — wherever you read.
Highlights
Feels native everywhere — Built with Swift 6 and SwiftUI, Newsbin looks and performs beautifully across Apple platforms.
Widgets and Spotlight search — Check headlines at a glance and instantly find articles using system-wide search.
Ultra-fast iCloud sync — Stay perfectly in sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro.
Smart organization — Use tags, blocklists, and smart groups to curate exactly what you want to see.
Custom views — Browse feeds in list, grid, or large-preview layouts.
Unread indicators — Track what’s new with simple dots and badges.
Offline reading — Read saved articles anywhere, anytime.
Thoughtful notifications — Get alerts only when new unread stories arrive.
Automatic background refresh — Feeds stay current quietly in the background.
Full-article reading — Enjoy complete, distraction-free stories without leaving the app.
OPML import — Bring in your existing RSS subscriptions in seconds.
Private by design — Your feeds and reading habits are never tracked or shared.
Whether you’re a casual reader or an RSS power user, Newsbin is a clean, private, and lightning-fast RSS reader that helps you stay informed — beautifully integrated across every Apple device.
What users are saying
“If Apple Mail and Apple Notes had a baby, Newsbin would be it and I lo…ve it!” — A. S.
“I really like the app UI. I have been an RSS reader since the times of Google Reader and have used so many apps for RSS reading. This one has really caught my eye.”
— Guillermo F, Tecnocracia (www.tecnocracia.com.co)
Subscription
• Monthly subscription
• Yearly subscription
Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase.
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more Newsbin 1.16.4
Fixes
• Fixed an issue where grandfathered users could not restore purchase after reinstalling Newsbin. If you're still having this issue please send an email to support@xetabit.com.
1.16.4 4 days ago
Newsbin 1.16.2
Fixes
• Fixed an issue where grandfathered users could not restore purchase. If you're still having this issue please send an email to support@xetabit.com.
Newsbin 1.16.0
New
• Apple Watch companion: browse feeds on your wrist with WatchConnectivity sync and background file transfer.
• Revamped Contact settings with social links.
• Nearby sync: resource-based transport, mutual invites, KV broadcast, and phase sync between devices.
• Import deduplication powered by a new ID registry — no more duplicate articles when importing OPML or syncing.
• Scroll throttling defers heavy work while you scroll for smoother lists.
• Toggle for the in-app logger so you can quiet things down.
Improvements
• CloudKit background sync is more reliable, with automatic change token recovery.
• Smarter RSS parsing, better Accept headers, and fallback link handling for cross-domain feeds.
• Unified Blogger and Reddit parsers with a new feed builder.
• Deferred Spotlight reindex and initial prefetch for faster launches.
• Import batching keeps the app responsive on large feeds.
• TestFlight, audio, and media playback improvements.
• Photo library permissions for saving images from articles.
• Window deminiaturizes correctly on reopen (macOS).
• Background task handling refined; CloudKit disabled on watchOS.
• Migrated app state, themes, tags, discovery, and WebKit to Swift's new Observation API for lower overhead and snappier UI.
• visionOS tuning and refreshed app icons.
Fixes
• Fixed article deletions not propagating across devices.
• Fixed sync timeouts and several sync edge cases.
• Fixed StoreKit log spam and thumbnail parsing issues.
• Fixed lifecycle and emoji rendering glitches.
• Removed stale feed-id regeneration that caused duplicates.
• Numerous small UI, tint, and localization polish items.
Thanks for using Newsbin! As always, please reach out from Settings → Contact if you run into anything.
1.16.2 11 Apr
Newsbin 1.16.1
Fixes
• Fixed an issue where grandfathered users could not restore purchase. If you're still having this issue please send an email to support@xetabit.com.
Newsbin 1.16.0
New
• Apple Watch companion: browse feeds on your wrist with WatchConnectivity sync and background file transfer.
• Revamped Contact settings with social links.
• Nearby sync: resource-based transport, mutual invites, KV broadcast, and phase sync between devices.
• Import deduplication powered by a new ID registry — no more duplicate articles when importing OPML or syncing.
• Scroll throttling defers heavy work while you scroll for smoother lists.
• Toggle for the in-app logger so you can quiet things down.
Improvements
• CloudKit background sync is more reliable, with automatic change token recovery.
• Smarter RSS parsing, better Accept headers, and fallback link handling for cross-domain feeds.
• Unified Blogger and Reddit parsers with a new feed builder.
• Deferred Spotlight reindex and initial prefetch for faster launches.
• Import batching keeps the app responsive on large feeds.
• TestFlight, audio, and media playback improvements.
• Photo library permissions for saving images from articles.
• Window deminiaturizes correctly on reopen (macOS).
• Background task handling refined; CloudKit disabled on watchOS.
• Migrated app state, themes, tags, discovery, and WebKit to Swift's new Observation API for lower overhead and snappier UI.
• visionOS tuning and refreshed app icons.
Fixes
• Fixed article deletions not propagating across devices.
• Fixed sync timeouts and several sync edge cases.
• Fixed StoreKit log spam and thumbnail parsing issues.
• Fixed lifecycle and emoji rendering glitches.
• Removed stale feed-id regeneration that caused duplicates.
• Numerous small UI, tint, and localization polish items.
Thanks for using Newsbin! As always, please reach out from Settings → Contact if you run into anything.
1.16.1 11 Apr
Newsbin 1.16.0
New
• Apple Watch companion: browse feeds on your wrist with WatchConnectivity sync and background file transfer.
• Revamped Contact settings with social links.
• Nearby sync: resource-based transport, mutual invites, KV broadcast, and phase sync between devices.
• Import deduplication powered by a new ID registry — no more duplicate articles when importing OPML or syncing.
• Scroll throttling defers heavy work while you scroll for smoother lists.
• Toggle for the in-app logger so you can quiet things down.
Improvements
• CloudKit background sync is more reliable, with automatic change token recovery.
• Smarter RSS parsing, better Accept headers, and fallback link handling for cross-domain feeds.
• Unified Blogger and Reddit parsers with a new feed builder.
• Deferred Spotlight reindex and initial prefetch for faster launches.
• Import batching keeps the app responsive on large feeds.
• TestFlight, audio, and media playback improvements.
• Photo library permissions for saving images from articles.
• Window deminiaturizes correctly on reopen (macOS).
• Background task handling refined; CloudKit disabled on watchOS.
• Migrated app state, themes, tags, discovery, and WebKit to Swift's new Observation API for lower overhead and snappier UI.
• visionOS tuning and refreshed app icons.
Fixes
• Fixed article deletions not propagating across devices.
• Fixed sync timeouts and several sync edge cases.
• Fixed StoreKit log spam and thumbnail parsing issues.
• Fixed lifecycle and emoji rendering glitches.
• Removed stale feed-id regeneration that caused duplicates.
• Numerous small UI, tint, and localization polish items.
Thanks for using Newsbin! As always, please reach out from Settings → Contact if you run into anything.
1.16.0 10 Apr
What’s New in This Release
Newsbin is now free to try, making it easier for new readers to get started while keeping the app sustainable long-term.
For Existing Users
Thank you for supporting Newsbin.
If you previously unlocked the app, you will not be charged again. Your access remains intact. In rare cases (such as a new install or device change), you may simply need to tap Restore Purchases. Nothing has been removed.
What’s New (1.15.1)
• Fixed an issue where the "Restore Purchase" button was non-responsive
What’s New (1.15.0)
• Improved purchase messaging, bug fixes
• More reading options
What’s New
• Introduced a freemium model with trial, subscription, and lifetime unlock options
• New Safari Extension for quickly adding feeds while browsing
• Zoom support for images
• Updated app icon
• Resolved an async-related stutter for smoother performance
• Localization and Settings updates to support the new purchase flow
• Fixed parsing issues with Blogger feeds
• Improved Reddit feed parsing
• Corrected tag extraction for certain accented characters
• Fixed a rare issue where opening a link could load incorrect HTML
• Resolved cases where some feeds incorrectly derived full articles from alternate links
• Fixed layout issues where RTL and LTR content was not properly respected
As always, thank you for reading with Newsbin — and for helping make the app better through your continued support.
1.15.1 17 Mar
What’s New in This Release
Newsbin is now free to try, making it easier for new readers to get started while keeping the app sustainable long-term.
For Existing Users
Thank you for supporting Newsbin.
If you previously unlocked the app, you will not be charged again. Your access remains intact. In rare cases (such as a new install or device change), you may simply need to tap Restore Purchases. Nothing has been removed.
What’s New (1.15.0)
• Improved purchase messaging, bug fixes
• More reading options
What’s New
• Introduced a freemium model with trial, subscription, and lifetime unlock options
• New Safari Extension for quickly adding feeds while browsing
• Zoom support for images
• Updated app icon
• Resolved an async-related stutter for smoother performance
• Localization and Settings updates to support the new purchase flow
• Fixed parsing issues with Blogger feeds
• Improved Reddit feed parsing
• Corrected tag extraction for certain accented characters
• Fixed a rare issue where opening a link could load incorrect HTML
• Resolved cases where some feeds incorrectly derived full articles from alternate links
• Fixed layout issues where RTL and LTR content was not properly respected
As always, thank you for reading with Newsbin — and for helping make the app better through your continued support.
1.15.0 16 Mar
What’s New in This Release
Newsbin is now free to try, making it easier for new readers to get started while keeping the app sustainable long-term.
For Existing Users
Thank you for supporting Newsbin.
If you previously unlocked the app, you will not be charged again. Your access remains intact. In rare cases (such as a new install or device change), you may simply need to tap Restore Purchases. Nothing has been removed.
What’s New
• Introduced a freemium model with trial, subscription, and lifetime unlock options
• New Safari Extension for quickly adding feeds while browsing
• Zoom support for images
• Updated app icon
• Resolved an async-related stutter for smoother performance
• Localization and Settings updates to support the new purchase flow
• Fixed parsing issues with Blogger feeds
• Improved Reddit feed parsing
• Corrected tag extraction for certain accented characters
• Fixed a rare issue where opening a link could load incorrect HTML
• Resolved cases where some feeds incorrectly derived full articles from alternate links
• Fixed layout issues where RTL and LTR content was not properly respected
As always, thank you for reading with Newsbin — and for helping make the app better through your continued support.
1.14.0 16 Mar
What’s New in This Release
This update focuses on smarter system integration, better media handling, and continued polish across the app.
• Added App Shortcuts, Dock quick actions, and Handoff support for faster access and better continuity across devices
• Improved video detection to reduce false positives and better identify real embedded media
• Fixed an issue where certain link tags were ignored
• Improved reader mode detection and batched media scanning updates for smoother performance
• Updated visionOS styles and visual polish
• Expanded and refined localizations across many languages, including new notification options
• General fixes, build improvements, and internal cleanup for stability and reliability
1.13.0 26 Jan
What’s New in This Release
This release adds full YouTube RSS support and delivers a wide set of fixes and refinements to make Newsbin more reliable and polished.
• Full YouTube RSS feed support – Follow YouTube channels just like any other feed, with proper media detection and consistent handling alongside standard RSS content.
• More reliable refresh & parsing – Force refresh now fully clears cached HTML, ensuring feeds are re-parsed cleanly and stay up to date.
• Improved syncing & performance – Background syncing and iCloud message handling are more robust, with better concurrency and cancellation behavior.
• UI polish & stability fixes – Reduced stale state issues, clearer error feedback, visual refinements, and updated localizations.
Thanks for reading with Newsbin — and enjoy following YouTube in your feed.
1.12.0 19 Jan
What’s New in Newsbin 1.11.1
This update focuses on performance, reliability, and polish across the app, with lots of under-the-hood improvements and quality-of-life fixes.
- Improved performance and reliability when discovering and loading feeds, including better handling of redirected feed URLs
- Background media scanning is now more efficient and lifecycle-aware, reducing overhead while improving article detection
- Fixed several navigation and layout issues, including an iPad double-title bug and iOS navigation glitches
- Parsers are smarter and now ignore non-article “demo” pages, falling back to RSS content when needed
- Cleaner, faster article rendering with updated web APIs and removed legacy scripts and styles
- UI refinements across folders, settings, and context menus for better clarity and interaction
- Added the option to show or hide favicons
- Improved state handling and maintenance task ordering for better overall stability
- French translations have been significantly improved — huge thanks to T.G. for generously contributing the translation
1.11.1 14 Jan
What’s New in Newsbin 1.11.0
Newsbin 1.11 brings new widgets, improved Apple Watch support, Spotlight search, and folder organization — making it easier to catch up on your news, wherever and whenever you want.
Deep System Integration
• Widgets on all supported platforms for quick access to your feeds
• System-wide Spotlight search to instantly find articles
• Vastly improved Apple Watch app with faster sync and better performance
Organization & Navigation
• New folder support to group and organize your feeds
• Cleaner navigation with better structure for large feed collections
• Faster updates when moving or managing feeds
Faster, Smarter Article Loading
• Major overhaul of how full articles are loaded, cached, and displayed
• Articles now load more reliably on demand, with smarter preloading and reduced memory usage
• Cleaner article content with improved HTML processing and formatting
Improved Feed Compatibility
• Better support for non-standard and imperfect RSS feeds
• More accurate handling of dates, authors, links, and CDATA content
• Cleaner, more consistent article titles across feeds
Performance & Stability
• Faster feed refreshes and smoother scrolling throughout the app
• Reduced redundant work during parsing, badge updates, and database writes
• Improved memory usage when handling large feeds and long articles
UI & Navigation Improvements
• More responsive article detail and reader views
• Improved empty states and task handling
• Sidebar and list views now update more efficiently
Under the Hood
• Large internal refactor to simplify architecture and remove legacy code
• Improved logging and error handling for edge cases
• Numerous bug fixes and reliability improvements
1.11.0 6 Jan
What’s New in 1.10.4
This release focuses on making Newsbin faster, smarter, and more reliable—especially when loading articles and syncing across your devices.
- All-new HTML loading system with caching, deduplication, and prefetching for smoother reading
- Smarter feed parsing with improved fallback handling for unusual or non-standard RSS/Atom formats
- Better video support, including cleaner detection, improved thumbnails, and media-aware UI updates
- More robust Nearby syncing, now using a streamlined transport layer for faster device-to-device refresh broadcasting
- Cleaner article titles and more accurate dates thanks to improved normalization, CDATA handling, and Unicode cleanup
- Performance upgrades across the app, reducing memory use and speeding up parsing, rendering, and badge updates
- Plus: refined reader behavior, improved empty states, better error handling, and miscellaneous bug fixes
1.10.4 09/12/2025
What’s New in 1.10.3
This update focuses on clearer syncing feedback, smoother setup, and small quality-of-life improvements.
- Improved iCloud and device sync feedback with a new sync status indicator
- Cleaner, more consistent status messages throughout the app
- Refined onboarding with clearer iCloud and nearby sync setup
- New option to restore from an iCloud backup during onboarding
- “Show followed with no unreads” setting moved to Reading preferences for easier access
- Improved sidebar and toolbar behavior with smoother animations
- Minor design tweaks, localization updates, and general bug fixes
1.10.3 26/11/2025
This update makes Newsbin faster, smoother, and more customizable than ever.
- Huge speed improvements for users with lots of feeds (you know who you are ;))
- Edit your tags directly with simple, built-in tools
- Hide followed feeds that have no unread articles
- Faster loading and smoother scrolling throughout the app
- More accurate unread badges and improved notifications
- A refreshed article reader with cleaner transitions
- Better syncing and more reliable behavior across all your devices
- Polished visuals, tidier menus, and small design improvements
- Many under-the-hood fixes to keep everything running smoothly
1.10.2 24/11/2025
What’s New in This Version
This is our biggest update yet — a complete redesign of Newsbin’s appearance, performance, and sync foundation. Inspired by your feedback, nearly every part of the app has been refined for speed, polish, and consistency across all Apple platforms.
Highlights
• Accent colors everywhere — Customize your tint, icons, and themes with full sync across iCloud.
• New app icons — Choose from multiple color sets like Blue, Graphite, Green, Indigo, Orange, Purple, Red, and Yellow.
• Redesigned Settings UI — A brand-new two-column layout for faster navigation and a more native feel.
• Dynamic sidebar design — New sidebar label styles, accent highlighting, and custom selection rendering for Mac, iPad, and Vision Pro.
• Improved multi-device sync — Completely refactored iCloud and Nearby (peer-to-peer) sync for faster, more reliable updates.
• New peer backup system — Transfer or restore your database between nearby devices securely and instantly.
• Smarter organization — Enhanced selection handling, “Mark All Read” flow, and improved tag management.
• Refined toolbar layouts — Cleaner toolbars and menus optimized for iPhone, Mac, and watchOS.
• Improved focus and keyboard navigation — Move seamlessly between sidebar, content, and detail panels.
• Expanded localization — Updated translations and localized feature highlights in Settings and Welcome screens.
• Polished performance — Faster startup, smoother scrolling, reduced background churn, and improved RSS parsing.
Under the Hood
Massive internal refactors to ThemeState, AppState, and sync logic — simplified architecture, better concurrency, cleaner asset management, and modern Swift 6 best practices for improved stability and reliability.
1.9.0 08/11/2025
What’s New in Newsbin 1.8.4
This patch fixes an issue that prevents smart groups from being deleted as well as other minor improvements
1.8.4 15/10/2025
What’s New in Newsbin 1.8.2
This patch addressees performance and stability issues
1.8.2 13/10/2025
What’s New (v1.8.0)
Newsbin 1.8.0 introduces Nearby Device Sync, a fast and private way to keep your feeds and reading progress up to date across all your devices — even without iCloud. This update also brings smoother performance, smarter badges, and thoughtful UI refinements throughout the app.
• Nearby Device Sync — Sync your articles, read states, and preferences directly between devices with improved reliability and conflict handling.
• Smarter, faster badges — Badge counts now update instantly and stay accurate thanks to new atomic updates and local caching.
• Manual sidebar sorting — Reorder followed feeds and smart groups exactly how you like them.
• Streamlined reading — Improved animations, smoother scrolling, and better media handling make reading more fluid than ever.
• Enhanced date parsing & logging — Smarter date detection for more feed formats, plus a new modular logging system for clearer diagnostics.
• UI polish everywhere — Refined progress indicators, updated dialogs, and localized improvements across the app.
1.8.0 09/10/2025
What’s New (v1.7.1)
This patch fixes issues with badges, subtitles and certain feeds
1.7.1 30/09/2025
Patch (v1.6.2)
- This patch addresses some stability and performance issues
What’s New (v1.6.0)
This is our biggest update yet — Newsbin is fully ready for Apple’s all-new iOS 26, macOS 26, and visionOS 26. Under the hood, we’ve re-engineered core parts of the app for speed, reliability, and rock-solid syncing. The result: faster feeds, smoother reading, and a better Newsbin everywhere.
- Fully updated for iOS 26, macOS 26, and visionOS 26
- Major performance boost with a new foundation under the hood
- Reader mode now preserves audio, video, and rich embeds
- Cleaner, more consistent design across all platforms
- Smarter iCloud sync for settings, unread counts, and badges
- Improved unread badge accuracy and reliability
- More viewing options, text size, and row size
Big changes behind the scenes mean Newsbin is lighter, faster, and built for the future.
1.6.2 22/09/2025
What’s New (v1.6.0)
This is our biggest update yet — Newsbin is fully ready for Apple’s all-new iOS 26, macOS 26, and visionOS 26. Under the hood, we’ve re-engineered core parts of the app for speed, reliability, and rock-solid syncing. The result: faster feeds, smoother reading, and a better Newsbin everywhere.
- Fully updated for iOS 26, macOS 26, and visionOS 26
- Major performance boost with a new foundation under the hood
- Reader mode now preserves audio, video, and rich embeds
- Cleaner, more consistent design across all platforms
- Smarter iCloud sync for settings, unread counts, and badges
- Improved unread badge accuracy and reliability
- More viewing options, text size, and row size
Big changes behind the scenes mean Newsbin is lighter, faster, and built for the future.
1.6.0 18/09/2025
What’s New (v1.5.0)
You asked for it, you got it — full articles are here!
Now you can read complete articles right inside Newsbin with the new reader mode, no more snippets. No more click throughs.
• Full articles with built-in reader mode
• Cleaner, easier-to-read formatting
• Force refresh for instant feed updates
• Faster, leaner, and more reliable overall
1.5.0 28/08/2025
This update makes feed discovery smarter and smoother:
• More accurate validation when adding new feeds
• Smarter detection powered by improved pattern matching
• Cleaner and more reliable OPML imports
• General fixes and polish throughout
1.4.2 26/08/2025
What’s New (v1.4.1)
This patch polishes up the brand-new discovery engine and smooths out some rough edges:
• Improved feed validation - fewer false "invalid" errors
• Added manual feed entry as a fallback option
• Better handling of enclosure tags in feeds
• Fixed OPML import button during onboarding on macOS
1.4.1 22/08/2025
What’s New (v1.4.0)
Newsbin 1.4.0 is our biggest update yet! We’ve reimagined feed discovery, made parsing smarter, and polished the experience across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Highlights
• Smarter feed discovery with improved validation and fallback strategies
• Better article previews with enhanced thumbnail and media parsing
• Easier OPML imports with improved reliability
• Cleaner summaries from multiple feed fields for more accurate previews
• Faster sidebar rendering, smoother tab changes, and streamlined unread counts
• New connection settings for troubleshooting feed connections
• Expanded translations across multiple languages
Bug Fixes
• Fixed crashes from missing feed titles
• Improved markdown handling for links, line breaks, and captions
• Refined UI details including bookmark badges and button icons
• Removed deprecated code and simplified background logic
1.4.0 21/08/2025
Newsbin 1.16.4
Fixes
• Fixed an issue where grandfathered users could not restore purchase after reinstalling Newsbin. If you're still having this issue please send an email to support@xetabit.com.
more Version 1.16.4 4 days ago
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