It’s been a long time since I did Directories of apps here. Indeed, the last one on RSS readers was this one: A Directory of The Best RSS readers which was started in 2004: 21 years ago. I’ll try to get round to updating that at some point. I feel the time has come to reclaim blogs and directories that are human curated and aren’t pushing anything except more satisfying computer usage.
So here’s a start. I’ll update this when I find new stuff. Please let me know if I’m missing something, or getting something wrong.
lire – for iOS, iPadOS and macOS: You only need to buy two apps to cover all three platforms.
lire for macOS if available on the Mac App Store. lire for iOS and iPadOS is available as a universal purchase on the App Stores of the respective devices. Universal purchase allows you to purchase the app once, and then access it on both platforms.
Supports: Feedly, Feedbin, Feed Wrangler, FeedHQ, The Old Reader, Inoreader, Newsblur, BazQux Reader, FreshRSS, Miniflux, Nextcloud News, and Tiny Tiny RSS is currently included.
I like it. Elegant and simple.
Reeder been around for 15 years, and still looking good. Reeder Classic is the one most of us are familiar with. The new version, 5, is just called Reeder and doesn’t support syncing with RSS services. Both are available for Mac and iOS.
While I like the idea that I think the new Reeder is trying to tackle — RSS bloat, where you have way more than you can ever read — I don’t think the answer is to prevent syncing with third party services. Which is why I’m still using Classic.
Leaf – another nice looker. Syncs with Feedly, NewsBlur, Feedbin and Feed Wrangler. $10
Unread – my current favourite, at least for the Mac. (There is an iOS version as well) I’m still not quite sure about the £5 subscription though the free version delivers pretty much all you need.