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NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) is #13 in News Paid in United States and charting in 15 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) update history & changes
Last change · 12 events since 7 Oct 2008Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 12 events
- 📈NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) charting in a new countryArgentina
- 📈NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) hit #1Top Paid · News · GB
- 📈NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) hit #1Top Paid · News · BR
- 📈NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) entered the top 10Top Paid · News · BR
- 📈NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) entered the top 100Top Grossing · News · BR
- 📈NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) hit #1Top Paid · News · CA
- 📈NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) entered the top 10Top Paid · News · US
- 📈NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) entered the top 10Top Paid · News · CA
- 📈NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) entered the top 10Top Paid · News · GB
- 🆕NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) first spotted by AppInsider#12 in Top Paid · News · Canada
- 📦NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) version 5.6.3No release notes
- 🆕NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
News PaidNewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-23. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
NewsTap is a paid Usenet newsreader for iOS devices that enables offline reading, binary group support, and cross-device synchronization of read states via cloud services. The app holds top-25 positions in the Paid News category across diverse markets including Germany (#3), France (#8), and Russia (#8), indicating steady niche demand despite its age.
Similar apps: Thunderbird, Yahweh! (Usenet Reader), Readit
NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader)'s downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | NewsPaid | #13 |
 Germany | NewsPaid | #11 |
 United Kingdom | NewsPaid | #13 |
 France | NewsPaid | #8 |
 Japan | NewsPaid | #26 |
 Italy | NewsPaid | #7 |
 South Korea | NewsPaid | #15 |
 Russia | NewsPaid | #8 |
| Canada | NewsPaid | #12 |
 Australia | NewsPaid | #16 |
 India | NewsPaid | #19 |
 Brazil | NewsPaid | #19 |
 United Arab Emirates | NewsPaid | #19 |
 Indonesia | NewsPaid | #29 |
 Saudi Arabia | NewsPaid | #30 |
Apps near NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) on the chart
News Paid, around #13.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader)
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report severe functional regressions including broken article loading, connection failures, and inability to save images or reply correctly. While some long-time users praise the interface and M1 compatibility, recent updates have caused significant frustration regarding performance slowdowns and missing features.
Mixed (46% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its design, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and speed and performance. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Design: “The user interface is great”
- Ease of use: “Easy to use, fast and highly configurable”
- Updates: “After adjusting to the new version for a few days I am liking it”
- Features & content: “Like the new custom header feature too”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Doesn't work and non existent support!”
- Speed & performance: “Disconnects without loading articles”
- Updates: “Shortly, there was a new version for iOS9”
- Connection & sync: “Newsreading is decent, but syncing is painful”
About NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader)
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.
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