Earlier today I set out to write a round up post on the topic of feed reader apps. I am trying to devote Sunday morning to staying in bed and catching up on my news feeds on my iPad, and I thought that would be a great reason to download all the apps, test them, and then write a blog post talking about which one was best.
But then I found the list of compatible apps, and I realized the project may take more time than I have to spare.
- Reeder, Feeddler, ReadKit, Fiery Feeds, Lire, Slow Feeds or Web Subscriber, and Unread on iOS,
- FeedMe, Gravity, NewsJet, FocusReader, and Readably on Android.
I haven’t really looked at this topic since about 2014, and I was frankly surprised to see that the list of options had grown so long. Speaking of which, there’s an app missing from the list: your web browser.
I am a paying subscriber of the Bazqux feed reader, and I read it in Chrome on my iPad. It works so well that I have no real need to find an app to replace it.
I will start trying those apps, but in the meantime I wanted to get recommendations.
What app should I try? Which one do you think is best?
Feedly
+1 for Feedly. Great on iOS and desktop via web.
Feedly
Inoreader. I use it on PC, IOS, and Kindle Fire. Syncs great across devices. Frequently updated. Tons of features. Can’t recommend it enough.
Since you’re using BazQux, have you thought of moving to a self-hosted install of Tiny Tiny RSS (https://tt-rss.org/)? I’ve been using it for years and it’s great.
Now that I have my own VPS, I really should do that.
I used ttrss for a long time, but I got super annoyed by the snotty attitude of the devs. Finally just abandoned it.
I also spent way too much time looking into Feed Readers after Google killed theirs (whenever that was), eventually went with Inoreader, and have been paying for their Pro tier since.
I am liking Flym right now. I installed it and Feedly together, and it won.
I replaced reeder with NetNewsWire. Mine is setup to sync with feedly, but it supports on device subscriptions.
Combo of Feedly classic, apple news, and Flipboard. Articles sent to Instapaper for read later.
News Explorer is great if you’re fully in Apple’s ecosystem. It’s a local client, but syncs your feeds and read status across iCloud.
I second News Explorer. I was a long time Reeder fan but News Explorer beat them to the punch on being native for Apple Silicon so I bought that rather than Reeder’s latest version.
On the Android side I never found a better reader than Press Reader but it was abandoned years ago alas.
I use newsblur.com, via web on my PC, and with their iOS app. I particularly love the ability to turn email newsletters into feeds, so I can get email, RSS and twitter all in one place.
I enjoy NewsBlur, there is a web version as well as an app for iOS and Android.
Reeder
Partly for nostalgic reasons, I’m using NetNewsWire on iPad. It’s available for the Mac as well but syncing is available only through Feedbin and Feedly (for now), so I just use it on iPad (for now). Before NNW was available for iPad, I was using Reeder 4 and was happy with it.
Feedly! Heck, that’s how I was informed of this article
NetNewsWire is great on my Mac. It syncs with Feedly on my Android phone.
Feedly
Feedly website in Chrome on Win10.
Feedly app on Android.
FeedlerPro is what I use.
Newsify
Feedly app.
Inoreader. I searched for a long time after Goggle reader shuttered. On my desktop or laptop computer, I appreciate that it uses the same keyboard shortcuts to quickly sift through my feeds. It’s also valuable to me that it easily forwards longer articles to my instapaper account, which I read on my Kindle.
Feedbin in my browser works just as well and any iOS or Android app that I’ve tried.
Newsblur on my phone, tablet, and PC. I also have a Chrome extension, RSS Subscription Extension (by Google), that lets me find the feeds that are not as easy to locate.
Inoreader is a no brainer if you’re in the “power user” category. Extremely powerful and efficient
I use Feedly (smartphone, tablet, or browser).
I used to combine Feedly with elfeed when I am working in Emacs, but I don’t keep both feed collections in sync, so I’m using elfeed less and less these days.
NetNewsWire, ios and Mac, mostly on iPhone
One more vote for feedly!
Another vote for Newsblur. The social parts of it remind me of the dearly departed father of most RSS apps, Google Reader.
I’m going to bookmark this for the future! I’m currently using a self hosted app called Fever but it’s been out of development for a few years. Still works great! But I suspect one of these days it’ll stop working when the PHP outpaces it.
I use Liferea every day and like it a lot.
I use Feedly on my laptop (via browser) and its iOS app (on my iPad/iPhone). It’s worked fine for me.
I’ve been using Feedly Pro some time and recently upgraded to Feedly Pro+ On my iPad and iPhone. On occasion I’ll use Feedly via Chrome on my PC.
Feedly in Firefox on Windows 10. Your article title confused me since it never used the term RSS but all of the Android apps use that term. To me they’re RSS feeds, not merely feeds, but maybe I’m old school.
NetNewsWire. I’ve been using it “forever” and like it.
Wanting a stand-alone feed app for Windows, I now use QuiteRSS.