# Newsify: RSS Reader

> News, Blog & Feed Reader

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id510153374](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id510153374)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id510153374`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ben Alexander
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (4,449 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-16
- **First published:** 2012-04-22
- **Size:** 136 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/newsify-rss-reader/id510153374)
- **Website:** [https://newsify.co](https://newsify.co/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://newsify.co/privacy-policy](https://newsify.co/privacy-policy)

## Description

Newsify: RSS Reader Chrome extension provides a unified, newspaper-style RSS experience. Read, share, and organize news from your favorite sites and blogs with offline support, syncing with Feedly or Newsify, and a variety of layouts for comfortable browsing.

Key features include background updates, full-text and offline viewing, night mode and themes, article search, multiple subscriptions, and easy sharing to social services. This extension keeps your feeds accessible, customizable, and ready to read anytime, anywhere.

## Rankings

- #27,697 — Overall
- #2 — custom feed
- #56 — reader

## Review summary

Newsify is praised for its polished, newspaper-style layout, easy customization, offline article downloads, and responsive support, making it a longtime favorite for RSS management. Users appreciate the intuitive design and reliable updates, along with strong value from a subscription. However, recurring issues across platforms and OS versions—performance slowdowns, syncing and cross-device portability limits (OPML import, iCloud absence, 30-day unread window), and multiple stability/UI bugs—keep the app from being ideal. Accessibility gaps (small fonts, no zoom) and some recent UI changes also frustrate users. Overall, powerful but with notable reliability and UX trade-offs.

### Pros

- Excellent newspaper-style layout and readability.
- Strong customization and features for reading (offline downloads, folders, feed customization).
- Developer responsiveness and support.
- Longevity and reliability; strong value from a subscription.

### Cons

- Performance issues and slowdowns on macOS and across devices; occasional lag or long load times.
- Sync and data portability limitations (OPML import not available on iOS, inability to add custom URLs, no iCloud sync, 30-day unread window, sign-in issues).
- Accessibility/UI usability issues (small fonts on Mac, no zoom, controls shrinking with OS updates, reading-mode compatibility issues).
- Stability bugs and reliability concerns (image save errors, feed syncing failures after OS updates, reset/reinstall issues).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id510153374)