NetNewsWire 7.0 for iOS

NetNewsWire 7 for iOS 26 and up is available now on the App Store!

This version adopts Liquid Glass — and we think it’s a better looking version of NetNewsWire. We think even people who aren’t fans of Liquid Glass will agree with us. 🐣

Credit goes to Stuart Breckenridge for the design and implementation. Wonderful work! Check out the screenshots.

This version also fixes some small bugs and adds some small performance enhancements. (iOS developers might appreciate this bit: it adopts Swift structured concurrency.)

But, again, the main thing is the updated UI. It’s cool!

People who like details might enjoy this big list of UI changes from Stuart:

  • [Sidebar] What was previously a UITableView is now a UICollectionView. This was needed in order to adopt modern styling across iPad and iPhone. iPad uses the .sidebar style, and iPhone uses .insetGrouped. This is similar to the behaviour you see in Mail.
  • [Sidebar] The current refresh status is now located in the navigation bar as a subtitle, having previously been the footer
  • [Sidebar] Toolbar buttons follow Liquid Glass standards
  • [Sidebar (iPad)] Like the Mac refresh, the Feeds view floats and allows Timeline content to slide underneath
  • [Sidebar] Smart Feeds and Account headers now adopt modern secondary styling
  • [Sidebar (iPad)] Selected feeds have a modern capsule background and the text is bold
  • [Sidebar] Folders have been entirely redesigned to match modern standards—they now have the same indentation as any other feed, but the enclosed feeds are indented further
  • [Sidebar] Folders will highlight when Feeds are being dragged and dropped into them
  • [Sidebar] Separators have been realigned
  • [Sidebar] Unread counts are larger and are no longer backed by a filled capsule
  • [Sidebar] Unread counts for folders are only displayed when the folder is closed
  • [Sidebar] Swipe actions reveal icons
  • [Sidebar (iPad)] Users can resize the sidebar (within reason)
  • [Timeline] What was previously a UITableView is now a UICollectionView. This was needed in order to adopt modern cell styling—e.g., selected and swipe status—across iPad and iPhone.
  • [Timeline] Navigation bar images have been removed
  • [Timeline] Unread counts are now located in the navigation bar subtitle
  • [Timeline] Adopts hierarchical text colours for titles and summaries
  • [Timeline (iPad)] The search bar has been moved to the app-wide toolbar and behaves similar to the Mac search
  • [Timeline (iPhone)] The search bar has been moved to the bottom toolbar
  • [Timeline] The Timeline width is user adjustable (again, within reason)
  • [Timeline] Timeline cells have been redesigned in Interface builder and now have the rounded corner selection style
  • [Timeline] The Mark All as Read image (on both iPad and iPhone) has had alignment changes to make sure it sits in the middle of an englassified button
  • [Article (iPad)] Articles can be read in three-pane view without hiding the Sidebar
  • [Article (iPad)] The top toolbar inherits search capabilities
  • [Article] The bottom toolbar buttons have been grouped in a 2-1-2 formation with the Next Unread button sitting in the throne seat
  • [Sidebar, Timeline, Article] Visual state is restored on relaunch
  • [Widgets] Home Screen widgets have been redesigned to make better use of horizontal space
  • [Widgets] New Lock Screen widget with Today, Unread, Starred counts
  • [About] Tending to the dark corner of the garden, the About view on iOS has been redesigned and inspired by the Credits from Vesper