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19 reviews
Last 30 days
Last 30 days
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19 reviews
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Competition level
Low competitionUnder 100K on both downloads and revenue — the kind of niche a small team can still take.
Tracked since
First seen October 2008 · 52 releases since
NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) is an iOS app ($3.99) by Alexander Clauss in the news category, holding #28 in the paid news charts. It holds a 3.4-star rating.
- A paid app priced at $3.99.
- Ships new versions about one a month.
- Latest version is 5.6.3, released January 20, 2026.
- 53% of ratings are five-star.
- Available in 2 languages.
- Strongest in DE, US, IT.
- Downloads at 3.6 MB and requires iOS 10.0+.
- Rated 16+.
App details
- Version
- 5.6.3
- Release status
- Worldwide
- Age rating
- 16+
- Requires
- iOS 10.0+
- Size
- 3.6 MB
- Languages
- English, German
- Price
- $3.99
- First seen
- October 2008
- Top markets
- DE, US, IT
- Publisher country
- Germany
- Website
- Visit website
- Support
- Visit support
Release history
52 versions tracked
- Version 5.6.3Latest
- Version 5.6.2
- Version 5.6.1
- Version 5.6
- Version 5.5
- Version 5.4.1
- Version 5.4.1
- Version 5.4
- Version 5.3.5
- Version 5.3.4
- Version 5.3.3
- Version 5.3.2
Ships about one a month.
What users say
- 5.0
Works just fine
I have no idea what others are complaining about. Possibly setup wrong. Anyways, I use this every day now, after being away from Usenet for many years. It’s fast, the layout is fine on the iPad screen and it is easy to navigate. A bargain at $4.
Reviewed on version 5.5
- 5.0
Works for me
Been using this app for a while now as my usenet reader. Never had any of the problems mentioned in other reviews. Works as advertised for me.
Reviewed on version 5.4.1
- 2.0
Well, it works at least
Unfortunately, it lumps EVERY message on the server into EVERY group. Example: I subscribed to only 3 or 4 groups. Every single message on the server shows up in each of the groups I subscribed to. Kinda pointless.
About NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader)
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NewsTap is a powerful Usenet Newsreader for the iPad, iPhone and the iPod Touch.
Features: - Optimized for offline usage, so you can read and write news articles without an internet connection
- It's easy and simple to subscribe, manage and read news groups.
- Filters (also known as "Killfile") can automatically mark articles as read or mark them with a certain color.
- The application fully supports the portrait and landscape mode.
- Support for binary groups (photos and other files). Photos and pictures can be displayed directly. It's possible to add photos into the photo album or open them in other Apps.
- Quotes are displayed in different colors. Colors are also used to distinguish between read and unread articles, filtered articles.
- 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.
- Navigate within the articles from within the thread view or simply by flipping to the next/previous article with your finger.
- A graphical „tree view“ visualizes a complete discussion and makes it super-easy to follow and participate discussions.
- It's possible to hide articles that are already read and to hide quotes.
- Sync the read/unread states of the articles using a „newsrc“ file with other usenet client. The sync can be done via SFTP, WebDAV, Dropbox and iCloud.
- Post new articles or send followups.
- Build-in help, which explains all the application features.
For more screenshots please look at the developers web site.
Screenshots
5 iPhone screenshots
NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) iOS app is available. The app maintains a 3.4-star rating based on 19 user reviews, indicating mixed user feedback in the mobile app market.
NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) iOS app competes actively in the mobile app category.
You can download NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) iOS app from the App Store for iOS devices, requiring iOS 10.0 or later. The app provides its core features without requiring in-app purchases.
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