NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader)

The NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) is now available for $3.99 for both iPhone and iPad owners.The application is available in multiple languages: English, Croatian, German. It weighs in at only 10MB to download. The new NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) app version 3.5.5 has been updated on 2014-11-16. For ensuring consistency with the device you should take into account the following app compatibility information: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.
Bottom Line: For more information about NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) check developer Alexander Clauss`s website : http://mobile.clauss-net.de/NewsTap/

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         Is it any good Cybersco

It s so great to have an iOS Usenet app Thank you for your hard work on the latest update it works great                     Great update frossie

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 articles automatically deleted                 oijewrjn MJF1967

I used to use and recommend this app but can no longer do so Starting a couple of updates ago I started getting the authentication issues and even after contacting the developer could not resolve the issue he could not duplicate it I m sure that I m ever ring the user name and password correctly as I can manually enter them on my laptop and access my newsgroups     Used to be a good app SciFi_Reader62

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 But this ipad version is great the extra screen real estate is used very nicely Now I don t care about binaries I just care about reading my favorite few groups rmgd lives                     great newsreader love this ipad version jminpa

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 NewsTap s speed has improved remarkably Now it seems that it s a bit faster than the old version I don t know what happened but I like it         NewsTap used to be much faster Matterenergy

Won t load more than one newsgroup won t display photos can t delete groups of unread messages hangs if any other function selected during a download nice try but no cigar Eagerly awaiting a working version     Difinitely Broken JonsBlog

When iOS 9 came out it killed the old version which I liked very much Shortly there was a new version for iOS9 it won t retrive articles so it s useless too     Yup new version broken Billy3827

Been using it for years but this update is broken Not picking up messages lost messages that hadn t been read can t scroll through all messages in a group     Broken Jloyless

Can t load groups or post to groups since installing iOS 9 Hope you ll fix     Broken by iOS 9 CCCee

After purchasing the software and the newsfeed connection I wasn t able to get NEWSTAP to make the connection to the newsfeed even after following the step by step instructions The newsfeed company helped confirm the configuration I was using but it still didn t work I emailed the developer of the over a week ago and have yet to hear from him or his organization I m now looking for another interface for my newsnet feed     Doesn t work and non existent support midwicket

The only decent NNTP client for mobile                     Best one tandauioan

Nice try sometimes it loads other times it does not and MOST TIME IT WILL NOT save the money not worth the time the effort or the money     SAVE THE MONEY BSabio

There are things I find missing from newstap such as not tracking crossposts as read but the thing that keeps me from using it much is how annoying the synching of a newsrc file is Despite request from many people on news software readers and comp sys mac apps developer refuses to add support for Dropbox or anything else Instead you must go through several annoying hoops The inability to easily sync the newsrc really does make this software useless unless you ONLY read on one device         Newsreading is decent but syncing is painful lbutlr

Does not work correctly or use multiple connects It should function like pan but doesn t     Does not load images Seaoftea

You can t upload files you have to reply on the bottom of the message and the iCloud feature completely messes up the app I tried it for about a week and it constantly took read messages and marked them unread sometimes hundreds t a time         Took a step backwards Jscott004

I have used this for a while Replying to news articles get worse and worse I absolutely hate replying to articles using this program Who replies to a message at the BOTTOM of a post It s impossible to reply at the top where it belongs You try and insert at the top and you just hit cancel every time It s a chore to reply to posts using this program It s boggles my mind why you can t reply to an article just like you do in every single email program in the world That cancel button again makes even trying to get the cursor up that impossible It s why I can t stand using this program     Replying stinks RobertPInSF

I spend a lot of time on the nntp forum at dictatorshandbook net and bought this app for keeping up Knowing a newsreader for the ipad existed made it easier to buy the ipad It could benefit from a few more features but in general it s a clever use of screen real estate and an intuitive and useful interface I love the fact i can use it offline and it will send messages i wrote while offline the next time I connect In all it s one of my most used bits of software on this ipad and well worth the money I spent                     Good at what it does Zafiro17

Great usenet newsreader Nothing better on the iPad                     Great in every way jazzy-guy

This app is promising but has a long way to go before it offers the power and features of a full news package such as Newsleecher Binary support is pretty weak             A good start Proteusduxbury

Can t watch or ignore a thread It is Annoing to see the headers for something I m not going to read every time I sync It takes a few extra taps to delete each one Otherwise it works no problem             Limited features Realhkp2000

Newstap is your only choice when it comes to accessing Usenet from iOS So the author has gotten away with creating a mediocre news client Competition in this area would be great as it would force the author to listen to the many good suggestions given to him regarding ways to make the app better He seems to be unwilling to invest much effort into it other than periodic bug fixes and very small features Some common gripes about Newstap that the author has so far ignored Newstap is very slow and really does nt have to be Compared with news clients on Mac OS and Windows it s dog slow which is the opposite of what you want on a mobile device where time matters A mobile Usenet client should be at least as fast as desktop clients if not faster Newstap s network code needs to be greatly improved Newstap doesn t mark cross posted articles read in all other groups when you read them So you end up marking them read again and again Any decent news client should do this for you automatically Newstap doesn t support shared newsrc files hosted on an FTP or WebDAV server which means if you read news with any other news clients you get to play the laborious use a computer to sync the newsrc from here sync it over there when you are done update it over there with another client sync it back over here again blah blah blah game which goes against the idea of mobile computing and makes using this app much more painful than it should be Newstap has an annoying bug where sometimes while you are authoring a reply message the keyboard will obscure the bottom portion of the message preventing you from seeing or editing anything behind the keyboard This bug has been around for a long time multiple versions I could go on but the point is Newstap is a workable Usenet client but not a good one It needs significant improvement to be worth the 4 the author is charging             Could be so much better monoclast

Big fan for the past couple of years developer is responsive if you have questions or suggestions Like the new custom header feature too Rules as the best newsreader for iOS just as Unison does for Mac                     The best iOS newsreader Cotton-Eyed Moe

I generally like the design of the app and find it intuitive I especially like the way it displays replies in a particular thread as a tree sorted by author To me the benchmark for all newsreaders is Unison on the Mac though and NewsTap has a way to go before it rivals it Filters need to provide an option to kill cross posts and subsequently 90 of Usenet spam At version 3 x lack of support for binaries seems like a huge oversight The app was developed by the same individual who made iCab and he s done some great work over the years I m faithful that he will improve NewsTap as well A quick glance at other clients for iOS leads me to believe this is still the best reader for iDevices                 A Good Start bedouin

But as a longtime usenet newsgroup participant who was looking for a simple yet configurable interface that allowed threaded newsgroup reading and replying on my iPad2 I m extremely happy with my purchase of NewsTap I ve used desktop versions of every nntp client out there over the years and can truthfully say that this app is as good as the best in ease of reading and replying in text based newsgroups and it really leverages the screen real estate on the iPad Highly recommended                     Was reluctant to purchase 1Karlac

Loading 500 or more articles from the same server using my Mac takes but a few seconds but with this app it takes minutes Skipping to the next article also requires that you scroll back up to the forward backward arrow keys So the app is functional but not great         Too slow niella (ZA)

The program delivers a primitive newsgroup reader This program can be made better if they provide full functionality for pictures and mp4 multimedia downloads A thumbnail image viewer is vital and it would be nice to have an auto slideshow of newsgroup pictures Flipping through articles to view images is somewhat annoying The program misbehave between picture flipping and saving to the camera roll An auto viewer would resolve this issue Still it does exactly what it currently stated in its ad             Fairly good Master57Blaster

A very nice newsreader I was without conventional internet service for over a year and this program kept me sane In fact even though I finally have internet in my house I still find myself using NewsTap for reading Usenet                     Very nice and intuitive Gary Schiltz

This is a very nice app The interface is straightforward and it supports SSL A few things would make it even better though Ability to bookmark entire threads rather than just individual posts A quick sync button for one tap send receive Automated sync every X number of minutes Push notifications But overall still very good for text based usenet browsing                     Pretty good projectmoon

Exactly what I ve been waiting for If you want to follow text groups on your iDevice buy this app now                     Usenet on iPhone Yes please Orpheanjmp

After some consternation I found that one of the multiple servers I use was dead Thats what was causing newstap to give the connection errors I ve re rated the app What I learned is that with multiple servers it will not identify the one that is not responding Requiring one to check Each server individually                 Falling apart update bslug205

Works great for those few remaining nntp groups that I follow Frankly the interface is so nice I prefer to use my iPad to read the newsgroups rather than my desktop machine The ipad version makes great use of the extra screen space making it much more comfy to use than the iphone version Nice work                     Fantastic app GarethConner

Ipad version With the ability to resize all the panes with just one control this is just a killer newsreader In fact it may become my go to casual newsreader regardless of platform it s that elegant and full featured and fun to use on the iPad It s nice to have the iPhone version always in my pocket as well it s equally elegant and full featured Bravo to the developer iPhone version Nice addition to be able to download headers srticles in the background Can t wait till iPad can support that functionality as well                     Great newsreader for text groups New SMB Fan

A lot of potential but not quite there yet Really like the layout and it does a number of things well thread hierarchy tree is really cool but missing a key feature that for me makes it unusable There is no ability to flag threads in a group that you want to Watch So you have to manually scan the entire group each time you start Newstap to see if anything you are interested in has changed I monitor a very active group with hundreds of new threads per week and unfortunately can t use Newstap without this feature Had to go back to other alternatives On the plus side Alexander was very responsive to my queries on this subject and will hopefully consider adding a Watch function in the future             cannot Watch threads jcraigcx

Exactly what I was looking for The free lite version written for the iPhone does not do this app justice The iPad user interface allows much more flexibility                     Fantastic Tagkeys

Great idea but doesn t display images from the newsgroups Waste of time         Forget it Mike21345

Thanks for the free version A lite version of an app should be a developer requirement in my opinion This reader comes close to doing all I use of Agent by Forte on PC That is saying a lot as Agent outclasses all The setup and help are clear The user interface is great Threading by date or subject are here I am new so if I see any significant problems I will report                     Almost Agent on iTouch El Baron Rojo

If you actually want to USE usenet then avoid this app It s slow clunky is NOT user friendly and is almost useless for binaries         Needs lots of work toddlcsw

The best app for newsgroup readers Easy to use fast and highly configurable                     Great App fascik

After adjusting to the new version for a few days I am liking it                     Like the new version charles4515

It took SO long but finally we have a nice app complete and finished Thanks for this update Late but excellent                     New review Gregolandia

Nice app handles about 99 of my needs Very good browser integration excellent retention deletion control and excellent forward backward control interface in a thread Would be nice to have O ROT13 on display even if not feasible in editor O ability to specify multiple servers IDs passwords O ability to add modify headers for e g self moderated groups O regexes in filters O article display honor newlines in text I write code for a living and think this is GOOD STUFF I d like to see it just a little bit better Mikea                     NewsTap good Udsd007

A must have if you own a iPhone and subcribe to newsgroups                     Works great fosite47

This does a great job with syncing to one news server if your purpose is to read Usenet groups I have heard of some problems with binaries but I do not use it for that purpose I sync it and read things at a later time This app had two problems with the software keyboard with an iPhone iPod update 3 1 which caused posting and filter editing problems These have recently been fixed I wish I could add more servers I wish I could use regex filtering But all in all this has been working well for me                     Great news reader rastyk

Barely works Forget about it if want to get jpg s The author should flat out say doesn t work for pics Yenc pics are distorted beyond recognition and the filters don t work It s the only game out there Buyer beware     Not for pics gp14210

Excellent offline reader Online doesn t make sense for 3g or EDGE connection Ratings for v 1 0 1 1 should be removed or at least ignored                     Excellent Michelle_eris

Appli superbe Fais exactemetn ce qu on lui demande Interface excellente Bravo                     Superbe ManuManu06