Current Reader

A calm RSS feed reader

$9.99

An RSS reader that respects your time. No unread counts, no guilt, no inbox zero. Just a calm, beautiful way to read the web when you want to. Current is an RSS reader built on a simple idea: your feed should never make you feel behind. There are no unread counts. No red badges. No number climbing while you sleep, silently tallying everything you haven't read. Current shows you what's new right now, and that's it. Nothing is owed. Nothing is overdue. You open it when you want to read, and whatever's there is what's there. The design is intentional. Every screen, every interaction, every animation was built to feel calm and unhurried. Articles are presented beautifully with clean typography and generous whitespace. Navigation is fluid and intuitive. The app gets out of the way and lets you focus on what matters: the writing. Current supports multiple sync providers so you can bring your existing subscriptions: - Feedbin - MiniFlux - FreshRSS - The Old Reader - NewsBlur - Local RSS (on-device, no account needed) Features: - Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Beautiful article reader with smart formatting - Full-text article extraction - Light and dark themes - Background refresh - OPML import and export - Share extension - Keyboard shortcuts on iPad and Mac - iCloud sync for local feeds Current is a one-time purchase. No subscription. No ads. No tracking. Just an app you buy once and own forever. Built by an indie developer who wanted to love RSS again.

  • 4.7
    out of 5
    28 Ratings

iPhone What’s New * Improved river display pipeline: read status changes from sync now appear immediately * Smarter thumbnail extraction from RSS feeds, filtering out tracking pixels and spacer images * Better readability for secondary text throughout the app (improved contrast) * Share sheet now shares clean URLs for easier copying and pasting Sync & Feeds * Miniflux: surface actual server error messages instead of generic failures; detect duplicate feeds * Failed feed subscribes now roll back cleanly instead of leaving orphaned sources * Duplicate sync call prevention when tapping articles quickly * Server errors (5xx) no longer retry endlessly in the sync queue * Video-only sites (YouTube, Vimeo) skip expensive full-page extraction Fixes * Fixed reader body injection race condition where content could fail to appear * Much more reliable favicon discovery * Significantly more reliable velocity pruning * Significantly more reliable cross platform iCloud sync * Fixed offline content store race condition during concurrent prune operations * Blank/white favicons are now detected and purged automatically --- iPad Everything in the iPhone notes, plus: Voices * Improved typography and accessibility labels throughout Voices * Smoother profile band animations in Voices timeline All Platforms * New RiverPipeline architecture: centralized, testable filtering for the article river * Host-level 429 rate limit handling: blocked hosts are skipped for the rest of the refresh cycle * Released items now expire after 1 hour instead of persisting forever * Person source detection no longer fires automatically, removing many such bugs!

The developer, Jupiter Interactive Group LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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    The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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    • Seller
      • Jupiter Interactive Group LLC
    • Size
      • 29.9 MB
    • Category
      • News
    • Compatibility
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
      • iPhone
        Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
      • iPad
        Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
      • Mac
        Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
    • Languages
      • English
    • Age Rating
      4+
    • Copyright
      • © 2026 Terry Godier