TidBITS News

Name: TidBITS News
Rating: 3.8 (6 reviews)
Author: Matt Neuburg

by Matt Neuburg

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 6 Aug 2026

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What it is: Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
At a glance: Free to download

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News

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News & magazines

Key functions

Function	Availability	Access	Scope	Evidence
Free app	Yes	Free	—	Store published

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4 store screenshots

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Free

Last verified 6 Aug 2026

Ratings & reviews

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3.8 6 ratings · App Store

5/5Thanks for keeping updated!
I don’t see any recent reviews and I wanted to let you know I appreciate the app and continued updates!

ksheppard · 6 Aug 2026
5/5Fantastic, fixed the one bug that bothered me.
I reported a bug, TidBITS didn’t work with voiceover. They fixed it, fantastic! It works wonderfully now. Really appreciate that.

jdenning · 6 Aug 2026
5/5Old guys know stuff
Okay, five stars, really? It's not the handsomest app, being no more than a set of containers for the updates on their site. So yes, not for looks or interaction. It used to have the option of listening to the articles being read aloud which, in an era of polished podcasting, was just a step above goofily endearing. Didn't quite merit the amount of work, I'd say. It has news and updates keeping some measure of lockstep with the Apple universe. But it's no Ars Technica or Verge or MacNewsSiteDuJour. But no five stars for any of that. It's TidBITS, the oldest continuous Internet publication focussed on all things Apple. And what you read here is good stuff. Consistently. For a very long time. In depth articles, useful features, intelligent commentary. For that Five Stars. If that's your bag and apps (over email or websites) are your thing, then download this. Tidbits rocks old school, fine by me.

@TommyW · 6 Aug 2026
2/5App not updating
In the past week the TidBits app has stopped updating on my iPhone. I deleted and reinstalled but that hasn’t fixed it.

OstrichEgg77 · 6 Aug 2026
1/5Content 5⭐️, app no longer functional.
"Error: failed to download latest Tidbits feed." That's all, folks.

davidbuckley · 6 Aug 2026

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Versions

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1.0
1.1
* Fixes a bug where the user could evoke an error dialog by tapping the Reload button while the data was being downloaded. * Works around a difference between iPhone OS 3.1 and iPhone OS 3.2 so that the iPhone version of the app displays correctly on an iPad.
1.2
* Now a universal app, presenting native interfaces for the iPhone/iPod touch and the iPad. * Behind-the-scenes interface tweaks that should, for instance, make list scrolling smoother.
1.3
* Now a universal app, presenting native interfaces for the iPhone/iPod touch and the iPad. * Behind-the-scenes interface tweaks that should, for instance, make list scrolling smoother.
1.4
* Allows background music to continue playing while in the app * Fixes a minor image display bug on the iPad
1.5
Bug fixes. Rewritten from the ground up for iOS 6 and iPhone 5 (and now requires iOS 6).
2.0
Added 64-bit architecture. Rewritten from scratch, in Swift, as an iOS-10 native app.
2.1
Compatibility with iOS 11 and iPhone X.
2.2
Work around crash when switching between apps on iPad.
2.3
Major interface modernization; works with revised TidBITS feed. Restore offline mode. Many bug fixes under the hood. Updated for iOS 12, Swift 4.2.
2.3.1
Add VoiceOver compatibility. Slightly larger text size in articles list.
2.3.2
Work around RSS feed bug where HTML entities can appear in article title. Work around crashing bug where user permission is required to save image from web view.
2.4
New feature: track which articles have been read (swipe left to toggle). Added haptic feedback (iPhone only). Removed audio player because articles are no longer recorded. Modernized for iOS 14; big interface cleanup and behind-the-scenes reorganization.
2.5
Updated for iOS 15. Fixed entity bug in some article titles. Added preference to suppress spinner while story is loading.
2.6
Completely rewritten from scratch for iOS 26 and Swift 6.2. New feature: dark mode! Some improvements to the layout of story content.
2.6.1
2.6: rewrite for iOS 26. — 2.6.1: bugfixes: improve iPad launch behavior, show selection when table of contents reappears, add alert if feed fetch fails.
2.6.2
Work around pictures of emojis that sometimes show up in the feed.
2.6.3 · 20 Apr 2026
App responds more quickly to user actions.

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Last verified: 6 Aug 2026
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