ReadKit - Reading Hub 4+
RSS news and read later
Balazs Varkonyi
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Your All-in-One Reading Companion
ReadKit is a powerful, all-in-one read-later and RSS client that brings together your favorite news, articles, and feeds. Supporting all major providers and featuring a built-in RSS engine, ReadKit lets you save and read articles later, providing a distraction-free reading experience anytime and anywhere.
KEY FEATURES
• All-in-One Reading Hub: Access all your accounts in one place with multi-account support.
• Cross-Platform: Universal app with full feature parity on iOS and macOS.
• Flexible Syncing: Sync with major RSS aggregators and read-later services, or use the built-in RSS engine.
• Advanced Organization: Manage feeds, folders and tags, and create smart folders with automatic updates based on your criteria.
• Smart Folder Actions: Apply actions to items in smart folders, such as marking them as read or starred, and use them for advanced content filtering.
• Offline Access: Read articles offline with cached images.
• Enhanced Reading Experience: Built-in reader mode extracts full article content, with options for automatic activation.
• Wide Gesture Support: Intuitive gesture controls for effortless navigation, marking articles as read, or performing quick actions.
• In-App Browser: View links and references without leaving the app.
• App Badge Preferences: Customize the badge to display the count of unread items.
• Mark as Read Options: Automatically mark articles as read while scrolling, use a pull-up gesture, or mark all with a single tap.
• Contextual Marking: Quickly mark articles as read above or below directly from the context menu.
• Customizable Interface: Choose themes, light or dark mode, and app icons to suit your style.
• Powerful Search: Search articles by content, title, or source.
• Filter Articles: Easily filter articles by read or starred status.
• Background Syncing: Always stay updated with background sync.
• Content Sharing: Use the share extension to save articles from Safari and other apps for later reading.
• Email Articles: Send articles directly via email to share with others.
• Share via Apps and Services: Share articles with apps, social media platforms, and other services through the share sheet.
• YouTube Channel Support: Subscribe to YouTube channels and playlists through RSS feeds.
• Full Keyboard Support: Optimized for hardware keyboards on macOS and iPad.
• Feed Import/Export: Import or export subscriptions via OPML files.
Enjoy ReadKit’s essential features completely free — no ads, no data mining. Unlock additional features with ReadKit Premium, available via a universal subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase for iOS, macOS, or both. A free trial is also available.
PREMIUM FEATURES
• Multi-Account Support: Manage multiple accounts simultaneously.
• Unlimited Smart Folders: Create and customize more than one smart folder per account.
• Enhanced Reader Mode: Extract full-text content from articles, even when missing from the feed source.
• Unlimited Feeds: Remove the 20-feed limit for the built-in RSS service.
• Advanced Organization Tools: Organize feeds and articles into folders or tags.
• Image Caching: Enjoy offline reading with cached images.
• Themes & Custom Icons: Unlock exclusive themes and choose custom app icons.
• Full OPML Support: Import and export feed subscriptions with ease.
• Early Access: Enjoy upcoming premium features as they're released.
• Support Development: Your subscription helps sustain ReadKit’s ongoing improvements.
SUPPORTED SERVICES
• News Reader Services: BazQux, Feedbin, Feedly, Fever, FreshRSS, Inoreader, Miniflux, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, Tiny Tiny RSS and Built-in RSS
• Read Later & Bookmarking Services: Instapaper, Pocket, Wallabag and Pinboard
Privacy Policy: https://readkit.app/privacy
Terms of Use: https://readkit.app/terms-of-use
What’s New
Version 3.3.3
- Fixed syncing with Pocket to better handle missing video information.
- Fixed renaming feeds when using the built-in RSS account.
- Fixed bug with updating the last sync date.
- Fixed a possible crash in the background scheduler.
- Fixed issue with account deletion.
- Other minor improvements and fixes.
Ratings and Reviews
Nice upgrade from version 2.x.x but lost features along the way
I have been using ReadKit 2.x.x for years, and a big fan. I recently upgraded to version 3 to move with the times but also to be able to synch more than 1,000 items as that was a limitation of version 2.
I will not focus on the update as anyone can download it and try it out, it is worth it.
What I feel was lost or missing is as follows:
1 - No way to import Smart Folders from version 2.x. I have built so many and rely heavily on them.
2 - The fact now that one purchase (what I went for) or a subscription gives you access to the app on all platforms is amazing, however, Smart Folders created on any device does not sync to another, I can live with creating them one by one but to have to do that on each device and manually update them each time is not an option.
3 - Starred Items are only shown either in All View or Read View, I cannot create a Smart Folder to show Starred items like in version 2.x.
I still recommend the new version, I hope that the points above will be addressed in future updates, especially the second.
The Best Reader App
I love ReadKit. The developer is great and this latest cross-platform version looks better, functions better, and is in every way better than all competing apps, even those from big development teams. Unlike those other apps you will find no ads here and no one is stealing and selling your data. Plus ReadKit works with more apps and platforms than those other companies and more seamlessly. It's hard to make an app this robust feel this simple. The free version is generous and the subscription prices are fair and with all the extra features you get paying a little for something you will use this much is well worth the upgrade. I don’t write a lot of reviews but when you find an app you love this much, you want to share it with others.
Lot of potential but not quite ready to replace the alternatives
I tried this app out for the free trial period and overall it has a lot going for it. There is much in the design that is reminiscent of Reeder, but is missing some of the design language that I've grown accustomed to. That alone isn't a deal-breaker, this app should be allowed to succeed on its own merits, but where it really falls short is in the basic expectations of a reader. For one, despite choosing background refresh, this app never picked up updates from my miniflux server. I always had to manually refresh to see what's new in my rss feeds. It also lacks some of the integrations that I would expect for it's read later service like being able to tag links that I share with it. Overall it seems like this app could be something great, but not until some of these major issues are addressed.
App Privacy
The developer, Balazs Varkonyi, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Balazs Varkonyi
- Size
- 12.6 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2013-2025 Balazs Varkonyi
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Premium Annual $9.99
- Premium Lifetime Universal $29.99
- Premium Monthly $2.99
- Premium Lifetime iOS $19.99
- Premium Lifetime macOS $19.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.