News Explorer vs NewsBlur
News Explorer
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NewsBlur
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| Figure | News Explorer | NewsBlur |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $14.99/mo | $3/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 9 |
| Spec score · RSS Reader Software | 8.6 (#10) | 9.0 (#4) |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 4.7 out of 5 from 640 ratings | 4.7 out of 5 from 509 ratings. |
| What it does | News Explorer is an Apple-platform RSS and news reader that gathers feeds and synchronizes reading data across devices. | NewsBlur is a personal reader that combines websites, blogs and RSS feeds in one place. |
Plans
News Explorer
- Mac editionPriced on request
- Mobile edition$4.99, paid once
- Mac personal license$9.99, paid once
- Setapp edition$14.99 a month
NewsBlur
- FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Premium Pro$29 a month
- Premium Pro$29 a month
- Premium$36 a year
- Premium$36 a year
- Premium Archive$99 a year
- Premium Archive$99 a year
- DIYPriced on request
In their own words
News Explorer
News Explorer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
NewsBlur
NewsBlur is a personal reader for RSS and web feeds, synchronized across web, iOS, Android, API, and self-hosted use. Readers can train feeds to highlight or hide stories by author, tag, and title; the Archive plan adds full-text training. Web Feeds monitor sites without RSS and present updates as custom feeds. The free plan supports up to 64 sites, real-time RSS updates, story saving, training, and mobile apps. New accounts receive a 30-day premium trial without a credit card, then retain feeds and training on the free tier. Premium costs $36 a year, Premium Pro $29 a month, and Premium Archive $99 a year. Depending on plan, features include search, larger site limits, more frequent fetching, River of News, story clustering, permanent searchable archives, Ask AI, daily briefings, and MCP tools. NewsBlur also describes IFTTT and Zapier workflows, a public API, third-party reader sync, and open-source self-hosting.