Feedly - Smart News Reader 17+

I escaped social media years ago and needed to find a consolidated place where I could get informed. This did it. I used it for free for some time but realized of the benefits of going pro+. I believe it’s a pricy app but this is the only service I use, I’ve connected all the sources I trust, magazines I like and publications I enjoy. I really like the ability to follow specific topics across the web without being source specific. This truly allows you to harness a lot of information in a clean and streamlined manner. I check it constantly and really enjoy reading and discovering things otherwise wouldn’t come across. I don’t get why it gets so many negative reviews. It worked for me since day one without issues.

Those complaining with the ads in the free version, check your phone settings. I’m happy paying to avoid advertising and even when I downloaded it for free, Feedly didn’t throw unreasonable amounts of ads as some say. Now as a premium user, ads is a thing of the past. I also have strict measures in browser to further enforce an ad-free reading experience.

I use Feedly daily and have truly loved the app but these new UI changes are a HUGE step backwards. Amongst other problems the new layout renders a process that used to be more dynamic incredibly boring. On a phone it might not be so bad and probably makes a lot of sense, but the limitations on an iPad are pretty miserable. The randomness of layout and variation of image sizes used to give more of a magazine like reading experience and now what’s being presented has all the charisma of the results of a Google search. PLEASE undo this or give more options to return to what it was prior. Haven't given up on the app yet given how long I’ve truly enjoyed it BUT can’t imagine continuing to use it for too long in this form.

Originally gave this a single star but am raising my rating slightly. I still don’t like the bulk of the changes in this new version but I do appreciate that the developer has given us the option to use what I think is a preferable UI in another app now called 'classic'. That said, I wish the new app had been something one opted into with the old one simply renamed rather than throwing users into something so different via an 'upgrade' like this. Moves like that always make me a little distrustful of developers and less likely to opt into in app purchases, etc. That said, the ability to download 'classic' addresses that distrust a bit.

I cannot believe anyone could even like the new way that you set this up it’s awful I have been using your app since you first started I have always loved your app cannot believe that you changed it to this garbage it is complete utter garbage so glad that you still have the classic version it is very fortunate in my search for a new RSS reader I found that you had not totally give up on the old version I’m very happy and hope that you will keep old version around I don’t even see why people are even using this app it is on usable it’s worthless I do not like it at all and don’t understand why people would want you to change the best app for reading stories on the web I will definitely switch to Apple news or Flipboard before I ever use this app it is terrible Understand I very rarely ever review anything but I had to when you changed one of my go to favorite apps for years for total garbage. You should have made this a new app and seen how many ratings it got on its own to put it under all the good ratings of the old app is totally unfair I don’t understand what you guys are doing but if you continue on this path I am very scared that you’re going to go out of business when you’ve got something good why change it be like apple abandoning the iPhone for A piece of paper and a pen what you’re doing just makes absolutely no sense