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Android Apps > News & Magazines > NewsBlur: RSS News Reader
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NewsBlur: RSS News Reader

16.1.1
NewsBlur, Inc.
4.26
2,250 reviews
100,000+
Downloads
Free

Read your favorite sites or listen to stories with voices in 21 languages.

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AppBrain's verdict

EstablishedWell rated
Rating on Google Play
4.26
2,250 ratings
Installs
110 thousand
Last updated
November 1, 2026
Ads
No ads
Size
11.6 MB

NewsBlur: RSS News Reader has 110 thousand installs. Users rate it well: 4.3 stars from 2,250 ratings.

Official page on Google Play

Pros & Cons

  • Strong RSS subscriptions management with offline support
  • Cross-device sync across Web, Android, and iOS
  • Social features for sharing and commenting on stories
  • Multiple viewing options and dark mode for comfortable reading
  • Not ranked in any top list according to the data
  • Competitors often emphasize features like search or podcasts that aren’t foregrounded in NewsBlur’s listing
  • Widgets are not highlighted in the feature set (even though a homescreen widget capability exists in dev features)

User feedback

Ratings and reviews on Google Play

Comments on NewsBlur: RSS News Reader for Android

★★★★★ Emil Sundin · Apr 18, 2025
Stays out of your way when you want to read RSS feeds. Exactly what you want from this type of app.
★★★★☆ Christopher Silsby · Aug 21, 2023
The ability to read offline and dark theme (with all the original features) make this one of the best rss readers
★★★★★ Abhay Singh · Sep 3, 2023
One of the best news app, you can creat your own feed, saves lots of time. Thank you 👍
★★★★★ Douglas Vought · Oct 17, 2024
News Blur is a great app. The fact that I can self-host if I need to make paying for the premium subscription worth it. News Blur is the best feed reader out there.
★☆☆☆☆ Tim Chaplin · Sep 8, 2026
Silently marked all my feeds muted when the free trial ended, so I missed a bunch of articles (which are now all incorrectly marked as "read" so there's no easy way to read them all). I'm uninstalling, this is very much a "you had exactly one job, RSS reader" issue.
★★☆☆☆ Daniel Mckibbin · Aug 6, 2023
When a story is marked read it gets darkened so much I cannot see it, no option to change or disable this. Also, cannot set it to open on a feed or folder on launch. Settings and preferences felt very lacking. Not customizable enough. Just got annoyed using it within 15 mins and uninstalled.
★☆☆☆☆ Andy Hong · Jun 24, 2025
Hasn't worked in days. Refuses to update any feeds. Won't load any new articles. When it does work, it's very hit or miss, especially in regards to marking articles as read/unread. If you use the button to mark all articles in a feed as read, even new articles that haven't been loaded will be marked as read, which means you'll totally miss any articles published after the last time the app successfully updated the feed... which could be hours or even days ago.
★★☆☆☆ Anson Kennedy · Oct 5, 2026
The new foldable layout is bad. I'm unable to adjust it as they claim in the description, and I can't change it back to the old layout. Also, it keeps showing read stories when my selection is unread only.

Google Play Rating history and histogram

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Store listing

By NewsBlur, Inc., from Google Play
Description by NewsBlur, Inc. Written by the developer, not by AppBrain. Click to read.
Bring your favorite sites together in NewsBlur, a personal RSS reader for news, blogs, newsletters, and more. Your subscriptions and reading progress stay in sync across your phone, tablet, and the web.

READ YOUR WAY
Read one site at a time or combine a folder into one story list. Choose a theme, adjust the text, and move between stories with gestures. Download stories for offline reading. On tablets and foldables, keep the story list beside your article, resize the panes, or expand each pane to full screen.

FIND YOUR FOCUS
Train NewsBlur on authors, tags, and words in headlines to highlight stories you want and hide ones you don't. Make your reading list reflect what matters to you.

DISCOVER AND KEEP
Preview new sites before subscribing. Save stories for later, organize saved stories with tags, and search your reading. Share stories with comments on your NewsBlur blurblog and follow what friends are reading.

LISTEN TO YOUR STORIES
Turn articles into audio with voices in 21 languages. Follow highlighted paragraphs, tap to jump ahead, adjust playback speed, and queue stories in Up Next. Keep listening with the screen locked. Premium Archive includes 1 hour of listening per week, and Premium Pro includes 10 hours per week. Allowances reset every Sunday. Auto-continue follows your chosen list order in Saved Stories and Read Stories. Free and Premium accounts can try 30-second previews.

GO DEEPER
Switch to Text view for an extracted article. Ask AI for a summary, background, or answers about a story. Availability and usage limits depend on your account plan.

IN YOUR LANGUAGE
Choose from 21 interface languages, including right-to-left layouts for Arabic and Hebrew. Set your language in the app or follow your device settings. Stories stay in the language they were published in.

A NewsBlur account is required. Free accounts and optional paid subscriptions are available. Some features require a paid plan.

Terms of use: https://www.newsblur.com/tos
Privacy policy: https://www.newsblur.com/privacy

Recent changes:
Listen improvements: start from the reading toolbar and skip with the mini player’s Next story button. Auto-continue follows your sort order in Saved Stories and Read Stories, moving down the list. Repeated headlines are read once. Weekly listening: 1 hour with Premium Archive, 10 hours with Premium Pro, resetting Sunday. Settings show remaining hours and minutes.

Safety and technology

Found in the app by AppBrain
Ads
No ads
Price
Free
Libraries
14
App size
11.6 MB
Needs Android
8.0+
Content rating
Everyone

Technologies used by NewsBlur: RSS News Reader

12 permissions · 14 libraries
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Releases

Updates seen on Google Play
Version
16.1.1
Launched
October 2012
  • Nov 1, 2026UpdateVersion 16.1.1
  • Oct 25, 2026UpdateVersion 16.0.5
  • Oct 9, 2026UpdateVersion 15.1
  • Sep 18, 2026UpdateVersion 15.0.4
  • Aug 31, 2026UpdateVersion 14.5.8
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Installs

Tracked by AppBrain
Last 30 days
630
Per day
21
30-day average
Play install range
100+ thousand
Launched
October 2012

Installs over time

NewsBlur: RSS News Reader has been installed 110 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 21 installs per day.

Rankings

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About the app and developer

About NewsBlur: RSS News Reader

NewsBlur: RSS News Reader is a news & magazines app developed by NewsBlur, Inc.

How many times has NewsBlur: RSS News Reader been installed?

NewsBlur: RSS News Reader has been installed 110 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was installed 630 times.

What is the rating of NewsBlur: RSS News Reader?

NewsBlur: RSS News Reader is rated 4.26 out of 5 stars, based on 2.3 thousand ratings.

Is NewsBlur: RSS News Reader free?

NewsBlur: RSS News Reader is free. The app size is 11.64 MB. The latest version available is 16.1.1. The last update was on November 1, 2026.

What are the requirements for NewsBlur: RSS News Reader?

NewsBlur: RSS News Reader requires Android 8.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play since October 2012.

NewsBlur: RSS News Reader is made and published by NewsBlur, Inc. AppBrain is an independent app data site and isn't affiliated with NewsBlur, Inc. The app name, icon, screenshots and description belong to NewsBlur, Inc. and are shown as published on Google Play.

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Frequently asked questions about NewsBlur: RSS News Reader

Is NewsBlur: RSS News Reader free?

Yes. NewsBlur: RSS News Reader is free on Google Play.

Is NewsBlur: RSS News Reader still available?

Yes. NewsBlur: RSS News Reader is on Google Play, and the last update we saw was on November 1, 2026.

Does NewsBlur: RSS News Reader contain ads?

No. Google Play does not list NewsBlur: RSS News Reader as containing ads.

What Android version does NewsBlur: RSS News Reader require?

NewsBlur: RSS News Reader runs on Android 8.0 and higher.

How large is NewsBlur: RSS News Reader?

NewsBlur: RSS News Reader is 11.64 MB.

Is NewsBlur: RSS News Reader suitable for children?

Google Play rates the content of NewsBlur: RSS News Reader as suitable for everyone.

How many times has NewsBlur: RSS News Reader been installed?

Google Play lists 100,000+ installs for NewsBlur: RSS News Reader.

How do people rate NewsBlur: RSS News Reader?

NewsBlur: RSS News Reader scores 4.26 out of 5 stars, from 2,250 ratings on Google Play.

Who made NewsBlur: RSS News Reader?

NewsBlur: RSS News Reader was developed by NewsBlur, Inc. It is listed in the news & magazines category on Google Play.

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