NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader)

Description

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.

Recent Reviews

• ★★★★★WYCowboy911

  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.

• ★★★★★TheShok

  Loaded articles once, then they disappeared

  After that articles won’t load again, tried following steps in the support section and no luck. Wish I could get my money back.

• ★★★★★naddy6969

  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.

• ★★★★★frossie

  Works on the M1 !!

  So reliable, very happy it works on the M1.

• ★★★★★fcardoza59

  Doesn’t work

  Connection keeps closing without retrieving any articles.

• ★★★★★MJH-!

  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.

• ★★★★★Beernut66

  Disconnects

  After downloading all the newsgroups, program disconnects while downloading the descriptions. I’ve tried several times and waisted many, many minutes in the process. It does this EVERY time! Very frustrating! At this point, it’s unusable.

• ★★★★★xyz_

  App cant request permissions to save photos

  So you cannot save photos. At least it crashes each time i try to save a photo. Which makes this not useful at all. For me

• ★★★★★AirForce MSgt

  Useless

  Disconnects without loading articles.

• ★★★★★Cybersco

  Is it any good

  I have no idea, I have never been able to do anything with this app. I will have to take other's word that it actually does something. If you are stupid, like me, give a pass on this app and find another app which doesn't require a PhD to operate.