NewsTap Lite (Usenet Reader)

Name: NewsTap Lite (Usenet Reader)
Rating: 2.6 (8 reviews)
Author: Alexander Clauss

By: Alexander Clauss

News

Features & Capabilities

NewsTap Lite is a Usenet Newsreader for the iPhone, iPad and the iPod Touch.

"NewsTap Lite" is the free version of the "NewsTap" App. "NewsTap Lite" is a fully functional Usenet Newsreader, but it does not support all features of the "NewsTap" App. The Lite version only supports one server and can only subscribe to two group.

Features of NewsTap Lite:

Optimized for offline usage. Download and send out articles in one go and then you can read and write articles completely offline.
Supports binary groups with photos and other files.
Supports filters to mark articles as read or mark them with a certain color.
Hyperlinks are automatically detected and can be opened in a web browser.
Optimized article layout for the small iPhone display. The original article layout is also available.
A „tree view“ of a whole discussion makes is super easy to follow even large discussions.
Highly customizable.
Post new articles or send follow-ups.
Build-in help.

For more screenshots please look at the developers web site.

Please check out the full version if you want to read more than 2 groups, need newsrc syncing and if you do not want to see iAds.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

Alexander Clauss

Rating:

2.60

(8)

Version:

5.5 Last updated: 2021-03-19

Version code:

840979032

Creation date:

2008-11-19

Compatible devices:

Size:

5.31MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-05

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 535,559 ▼ 4,355

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Developed by:

Alexander Clauss

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/newstap-lite-usenet-reader/id297063247

Website:

http://mobile.clauss-net.de/NewsTap/

User Reviews

As others have said it’s the best USENET reader available. It has many good functions and works well overall. Honestly it’s one of the main reasons I’m not switching from iOS to Android at this time. I would like to see a few enhancements though: — quote selected text. This is a vital function of newsreaders which helps trim down long messages. — the internal browser has stopped working reliably. It will bring up a website but never complete rendering it. — an Android version.

by no*****, 2025-07-22

The app does a ton of work downloading groups and showing how many articles are in them, but it stops there. I’d like a simple way to see a list of those articles and then read some. Those areas do not populate.

by gr*****, 2023-06-24

Works pretty well. The author has done a fine job. It’s not perfect though. And it’s very limited. Below comments are intended to be constructive not negative. The limit of one server and two groups is pretty stingy, even for a trial version. I would suggest 2 servers and 6 groups would be less scrooge-like. The help function is fairly good but a nice touch would be a downloadable tutorial. This is a complicated app so takes a little study to master.