Reeder 5 17+

RSS readers don’t seem like the most popular app category. Anecdotally, I don’t know anyone else who uses one, and very few people who know what an RSS feed is or does.

That’s a shame, because when an RSS reader is done right - as it is with Reeder - then it’s by far the most intuitive, personal, digestible way to experience written web content. And it offers up that content in a way that values your time, unlike the websites themselves, which just want to swallow as much of that time as possible.

Reeder is a fantastic RSS reader. In fact I think it might be nearly perfect. It does the essentials incredibly well: it lets me aggregate content from the websites I read regularly, and it keeps that feed in sync across all my devices. It also does a better job of capturing content to read later than some services dedicated to doing just that.

Reeder is also a bit of a masterclass in UX design. It’s clean, clear, attractive, and immersive. I never read a story through Reeder and wish I’d read it natively on the publication’s website instead, which is high praise.

It’s frustrating that so few people use RSS readers, because they’re still - for me - the best way to make web content work for you. And everyone who should really be using an RSS reader should also be using Reeder, because it’s the best one.

Another great iteration of an already great app. The UI refinements are great and everything just feels a bit better than reeder 4. I switched my feeds across from Inoreader to reeder iCloud sync without any difficulty.
Only ask would be for background refresh of feeds so I don’t have to wait for all my feeds to refresh when I open the app. This wasn’t an issue when using an external sync service as it’s just be a refresh from one feed but is a bit slow when lots of feeds are being pulled down.