Everything happening today. One app.
Your news, social media, podcasts, calendar events, reminders and everything happening today, in one dashboard you can customize. Pick from five themes: Compact, Prominent, Magazine, Platinum, or Terminal.
NewsNinja - Complete App Overview
NewsNinja 3.0 is a privacy-focused news reader for Apple platforms including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS. Its customizable Today dashboard brings together news, weather, calendar events, reminders, and crypto tickers. It combines RSS feeds, Reddit, YouTube, podcasts, X, mastodon, bluesky, hackernews, medium, substack, with summaries, iCloud sync, and a built-in reader.
Key Information
- Developer
- Timelabs Ltd
- Price
- Free
- Platforms
- iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS
- Languages
- English, Italian (Italiano), German (Deutsch), Japanese (日本語)
- Category
- News & Productivity
- Rating
- 4.7 out of 5 stars
- Key Features
- Customizable Today dashboard; podcasts with offline downloads, transcripts, and summaries; unified feeds for RSS, Reddit, YouTube, and social sources; Discover search; Compact, Card, and Magazine layouts; AI-powered summaries; iCloud sync; built-in reader mode; widgets; translation; text-to-speech
- Privacy
- No account required, no personal data collection, no tracking, no advertisements, all processing happens on-device
- Supported Content Sources
- RSS/Atom feeds, Reddit, YouTube, podcasts, X/Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky, Hacker News, Medium and Substack via RSS
Common Use Cases
- Following tech news blogs and RSS feeds in one place
- Reading Reddit discussions without ads or clutter
- Listening to podcasts and downloading episodes for offline playback
- Tracking YouTube channels with AI video summaries
- Starting the day with news, weather, calendar events, and reminders in Today
- Syncing reading progress across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro
- Privacy-conscious users who don't want accounts or tracking
- Professionals staying updated with industry news
- Read Substacks without using their app or website
- Students following educational content and research feeds
Your day, all in one place
Follow RSS feeds, Reddit, YouTube, X, Mastodon, Bluesky, podcasts, and more in one app. Bring your news, calendar, and tasks together.
"Love having Reddit and RSS in one feed. The app has a clean and simple design. Totally worth it."
App Store Review
"Hands down the most enjoyable reading experience I've had since Kindle originally came out."
App Store Review
"The Reddit integration is pretty great, so much faster and cleaner than the official app."
App Store Review
Read without the web getting in the way.
Automatic reader mode lets you focus on the content. No ads, pop-ups, videos or cookie banners getting in the way. Choose themes and fonts to read it your way.
Skip the video, get the point.
Watch videos directly in the app, or choose between multiple summary types. And with the Summarize extension, you can summarize YouTube videos and articles directly in Safari or other apps!
Question the headline, check the facts!
Don't be fooled! Fact-check headlines and social media posts, and make sure what you're reading isn't fake news.
Follow social, skip the login.
Read X, Mastodon, Bluesky, Reddit and Hacker News without logging in. Follow accounts and read comments and discussions.
Stay caught up, even when you can't listen
Follow podcasts, listen, download, transcribe and summarize them.
The big news, in five minutes.
Stories groups your feeds into the news covered by several of your sources, each with an AI title and a short overview. Each event shows up once, with every source that covered it. Part of NewsNinja+.
Read the world in your language
Translate headlines and articles into your preferred language. Read them in full or summarize them, in your language!
Don't miss the conversation
Read Reddit and Hacker News comments. Summarize them to get the sentiment of the discussion.
Everything happening today. One app.
Your news, social media, podcasts, calendar events, reminders and everything happening today, in one dashboard you can customize. Pick from five themes: Compact, Prominent, Magazine, Platinum, or Terminal.
Read without the web getting in the way.
Automatic reader mode lets you focus on the content. No ads, pop-ups, videos or cookie banners getting in the way. Choose themes and fonts to read it your way.
Skip the video, get the point.
Watch videos directly in the app, or choose between multiple summary types. And with the Summarize extension, you can summarize YouTube videos and articles directly in Safari or other apps!
Question the headline, check the facts!
Don't be fooled! Fact-check headlines and social media posts, and make sure what you're reading isn't fake news.
Follow social, skip the login.
Read X, Mastodon, Bluesky, Reddit and Hacker News without logging in. Follow accounts and read comments and discussions.
Stay caught up, even when you can't listen
Follow podcasts, listen, download, transcribe and summarize them.
The big news, in five minutes.
Stories groups your feeds into the news covered by several of your sources, each with an AI title and a short overview. Each event shows up once, with every source that covered it. Part of NewsNinja+.
Read the world in your language
Translate headlines and articles into your preferred language. Read them in full or summarize them, in your language!
Don't miss the conversation
Read Reddit and Hacker News comments. Summarize them to get the sentiment of the discussion.
The world's top news, free for everyone.
Top News groups around 80 major international outlets into stories, updated every 3 hours. Free for everyone, in the Feeds tab, in Discover, or right on your Today dashboard.
Everything happening today. One app.
Your news, social media, podcasts, calendar events, reminders and everything happening today, in one dashboard you can customize. Pick from five themes: Compact, Prominent, Magazine, Platinum, or Terminal.
Read without the web getting in the way.
Automatic reader mode lets you focus on the content. No ads, pop-ups, videos or cookie banners getting in the way. Choose themes and fonts to read it your way.
Skip the video, get the point.
Watch videos directly in the app, or choose between multiple summary types. And with the Summarize extension, you can summarize YouTube videos and articles directly in Safari or other apps!
Question the headline, check the facts!
Don't be fooled! Fact-check headlines and social media posts, and make sure what you're reading isn't fake news.
Follow social, skip the login.
Read X, Mastodon, Bluesky, Reddit and Hacker News without logging in. Follow accounts and read comments and discussions.
Stay caught up, even when you can't listen
Follow podcasts, listen, download, transcribe and summarize them.
The big news, in five minutes.
Stories groups your feeds into the news covered by several of your sources, each with an AI title and a short overview. Each event shows up once, with every source that covered it. Part of NewsNinja+.
Everything happening today. One app.
Your news, social media, podcasts, calendar events, reminders and everything happening today, in one dashboard you can customize. Pick from five themes: Compact, Prominent, Magazine, Platinum, or Terminal.
Read without the web getting in the way.
Automatic reader mode lets you focus on the content. No ads, pop-ups, videos or cookie banners getting in the way. Choose themes and fonts to read it your way.
Skip the video, get the point.
Watch videos directly in the app, or choose between multiple summary types. And with the Summarize extension, you can summarize YouTube videos and articles directly in Safari or other apps!
Question the headline, check the facts!
Don't be fooled! Fact-check headlines and social media posts, and make sure what you're reading isn't fake news.
Follow social, skip the login.
Read X, Mastodon, Bluesky, Reddit and Hacker News without logging in. Follow accounts and read comments and discussions.
Stay caught up, even when you can't listen
Follow podcasts, listen, download, transcribe and summarize them.
The big news, in five minutes.
Stories groups your feeds into the news covered by several of your sources, each with an AI title and a short overview. Each event shows up once, with every source that covered it. Part of NewsNinja+.
Don't miss the conversation
Read Reddit and Hacker News comments. Summarize them to get the sentiment of the discussion.
The world's top news, free for everyone.
Top News groups around 80 major international outlets into stories, updated every 3 hours. Free for everyone, in the Feeds tab, in Discover, or right on your Today dashboard.
Everything you need to stay informed
One app, all your sources, zero noise.
Unified feed
RSS feeds, Reddit, YouTube, X, Mastodon, Bluesky, Hacker News, podcasts, Substack, Medium, email newsletters... all merged into a single, intelligent feed.
Stories
Your feeds, grouped into the stories covered by several of your sources. One AI title and overview per event, with every source that covered it. Part of NewsNinja+.
Top News
The world's biggest stories from around 80 major outlets, updated every 3 hours. Free for everyone, in the app and at ainews.ninja/news.
Reader mode
Distraction-free reading with automatic reader mode, customizable themes and fonts, and read aloud for articles, summaries, and translations.
Instant summaries
AI-powered summaries for articles, videos, news, podcasts, newsletters and Reddit comments. Get the key points in seconds.
Email & newsletters
Read your inbox, or just your newsletters, next to your feeds, sorted into People, Updates and Newsletters. Read-only: NewsNinja never sends, deletes or changes your mail.
Podcasts
Follow, stream and download podcasts, then read the transcript or a summary of any episode.
Content discovery
Explore curated categories, trending topics, Top News, and the most popular RSS feeds, subreddits, trending YouTube videos, podcasts, and social accounts to follow.
Cross-platform sync
Start on iPhone, continue on Mac, finish on iPad or Vision Pro. Seamless sync across all your Apple devices using iCloud.
Keep it organized
Organize feeds your way with categories, choose which sources show up in Home, and mute words you don't want to see with the blocklist.
Privacy first
No account required, no tracking, no ads. Your reading habits stay private.
Built-in translation
Translate articles and summaries to read in your language.
Widgets
Follow news directly from your home screen.
Star items
Star your favorite items to read them later.
Summarize from other apps
Summarize articles and YouTube videos directly from the YouTube app or Safari with the share extension.
Fact checking
AI-powered fact checking for news, headlines, videos, and social posts. Verify claims instantly before you share.
Videos
Watch YouTube and social videos directly in the app. No need to switch between apps.
Images & GIFs
Full support for Reddit images in comments, including animated GIFs. Browse rich media without leaving the app.
Integrations
Bring your calendar, reminders, weather, and crypto tickers together in one place.
Your own dashboard
Create and customize your own dashboard with the sources and information that matter to you. Pick one of five themes: Compact, Prominent, Magazine, Platinum, or Terminal.
Easy sharing
Share news and posts using quick links, images, or PDFs directly from the app.
What’s new in NewsNinja 3.3
The big news, in five minutes
Stories groups your feeds into the news that matters, Top News brings the world’s biggest stories to everyone, and five new themes let you make Today your own.
Read the 3.3 announcementMake room for what matters
Shape your day with the sources you choose. Read, watch, and listen with NewsNinja.