NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) is a news app developed by Alexander Clauss. The last update, v5.50, released on March 20, 2021, and it’s rated 3.27 out of 5 based on the latest 15 reviews. NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) costs $3.99 and requires iOS 10.0+ and Android 9 or newer to download.
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
How to Use NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) on Your PC or Mac
Want to enjoy NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) on your desktop? Download the latest APK (5.50, 5 MB) or choose your preferred version, and follow our Bluestacks emulator guide for easy installation on Windows or macOS. For any assistance with downloading or installing APK files, feel free to visit our forums!
User Reviews and Ratings
★★☆☆☆NewsTap *used to be* much faster...
I'm a long-time, relatively happy NewsTap user, despite the occasional scrambled article list or crash. But recently I "upgraded" to the latest version, and what a shock!
Everything is five to ten times slower, with "Delete old articles" being the most egregious.
What happened? Is it now running on a Turing machine simulation? ;-(
I'd love to be able to "downgrade" to the older version...it wasn't fast, but it was so much faster than the new one.
Update on Oct. 7:
For no obvious reason,
★★★★★great newsreader - love this ipad version
This is an update to my old review - this app remains 5 stars - it works just fine & allows me to still enjoy the newsgroups I've followed/participated in for decades(!), now. It's unfortunate that people are complaining about account issues and what must be general ignorance of Usenet and blaming the app, itself. It works fine, it works fine for multiple groups, it posts and updates just fine ... 5 stars.
I've been using newstap on the iphone for several years, now, and it worked fine, for me
★★★★☆oijewrjn
All the features they list work well, except one, viz., "Filters (also known as "Killfile") can automatically mark articles as read or mark them with a certain color.” This is not quite right: every article filtered to be marked as read must also be color labeled. I would rather not have articles that I want to ignore stand out in the list of articles. I wish it weren’t necessary to have articles marked as read automatically color marked; but I also wish there were an option to have certain arti
★★☆☆☆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.
★★☆☆☆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
