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NetNewsWire vs Smartsheet
A side-by-side editorial comparison of NetNewsWire and Smartsheet — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
NetNewsWire vs Smartsheet: at a glance
What is NetNewsWire?
NetNewsWire 7.3 hands timeline layout and feed media to user settings.
NetNewsWire 7.3 is now shipping on iOS while the Mac version reaches beta 6. Over the past week both apps gained a long run of layout settings, including feed icon visibility, grayscale icons, fading read articles, hidden smart feeds and full-title rows, and the Mac got dedicated Appearance and Timeline settings panes. Themes can now place a feed's main image, video or audio with new primary_media and enclosures tags.
What is Smartsheet?
Smartsheet adds a Gantt view and lifts table view to 500,000-cell sheets.
Smartsheet is rebuilding its core around table view. Since late October it has added a table view report builder, support for Enterprise sheets above 500,000 cells and reports above 1,500,000 rows, and a new Gantt view with critical path and % Complete. Earlier that month it retired card view for Enterprise and limited AI to Table, Board and Timeline views.
NetNewsWire vs Smartsheet: editorial side-by-side
NetNewsWire
5.0COLLAB
NetNewsWire 7.3 hands timeline layout and feed media to user settings.
◆ Current state
NetNewsWire 7.3 is now shipping on iOS while the Mac version reaches beta 6. Over the past week both apps gained a long run of layout settings, including feed icon visibility, grayscale icons, fading read articles, hidden smart feeds and full-title rows, and the Mac got dedicated Appearance and Timeline settings panes. Themes can now place a feed's main image, video or audio with new primary_media and enclosures tags.
◆ Where it's heading
The 7.3 cycle started with feed media (enclosures, Media RSS, thumbnails) and is ending with the controls to tune how that media and the timeline look. iOS and Mac are being brought to the same settings and defaults, with iOS shipping builds alongside the Mac betas.
◆ Prediction
A final Mac 7.3 release looks close, with the same settings already live on iOS; further changes are likely fixes for feeds whose images render oddly, as with Engadget and Wired here.
Smartsheet
5.0COLLABPM
Smartsheet adds a Gantt view and lifts table view to 500,000-cell sheets.
◆ Current state
Smartsheet is rebuilding its core around table view. Since late October it has added a table view report builder, support for Enterprise sheets above 500,000 cells and reports above 1,500,000 rows, and a new Gantt view with critical path and % Complete. Earlier that month it retired card view for Enterprise and limited AI to Table, Board and Timeline views.
◆ Where it's heading
The pattern is consolidation onto a newer set of views: old views retire, and table, board, timeline and now Gantt pick up scale and features. The size limits point to large enterprise portfolios as the target customer.
◆ Prediction
More features will likely move into the new views and older ones retire, as card view did; which view goes next is not stated.
Alternatives to NetNewsWire and Smartsheet
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Recent activity from NetNewsWire and Smartsheet
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 9h agoNetNewsWireNetNewsWire 7.3 (7233) for iOS
- 9h agoNetNewsWireNetNewsWire 7.3b6 for Mac
- 2d agoNetNewsWireNetNewsWire 7.3b5 for Mac
- 3d agoNetNewsWireNetNewsWire 7.3 (7231) for iOS
- 3d agoNetNewsWireNetNewsWire 7.3 (7230) for iOS
- 3d agoNetNewsWireNetNewsWire for Mac 7.3b4
- 7d agoSmartsheetVisualize your project schedule in the new Gantt view
- 7d agoSmartsheetWork with large-scale sheets and reports in table view
- 13d agoSmartsheetBuild reports in table view
- 15d agoSmartsheetUse AI tools in Table, Board, and Timeline views
- 15d agoSmartsheetManage your sheet and row attachments in table view
- 15d agoSmartsheetSync Workday data into Smartsheet
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between NetNewsWire and Smartsheet?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. NetNewsWire and Smartsheet are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is NetNewsWire better than Smartsheet?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. NetNewsWire and Smartsheet are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to NetNewsWire?
Top NetNewsWire alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "NetNewsWire alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/netnewswire for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Smartsheet?
Top Smartsheet alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Smartsheet alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/smartsheet for the full list with editorial commentary on each.