Reeder Classic‪.‬ 17+

I have used Reeder ever since the trial versions of the initial release and it has consistenly been one of my favourite Mac apps. It has one job - serve you your RSS feeds in a way that lets you read the content in comfort without ever getting in your way - and it has always done it exceptionally well with every single version.

The one hiccup in its life as an app is one that was beyond its control - when Google stopped providing its RSS synching service, which meant that Reeder had to rely on third-party, pay-for subscription services. I couldn't afford these on top of an iCloud subscription, so I've only been able to reliably use one version of the app to avoid lack of synching of read/unread articles since that time - the one on my iPhone (also a great app, btw).

So... read the release notes for version 5 and it has iCloud synching for your feeds - instant buy. Hell, I've used this app every day for almost a decade and spent less than £50 on it in that time.

This would be a 5 star review for the initial release except for one simple niggle - I can't work out how to keep the Accounts pane in permanent view and am having to press U to see it too often. Either its an omission in this version or I'm missing something that isn't as obvious as it should be.

Other than that, it looks and feels as good as every other version, but adds that final, missing link for me personally... iCloud synching of feeds.

Feel it's only fair to update my earlier review - I wondered if reeder had become abandonware as it had been broken for nearly 4 months.

Well the author has apparently now returned to it's development, and over the last month there have been quite a few updates, including one to fix the earlier critical error.

I'm therefore happy to say Reeder is back in my software list now, and a good choice of RSS reader on the mac.

I use this RSS app daily to aggrogate the news sites I follow and it works prefectly except, when accessing the timeline. Quite often articles can temporairly loose their image and headline when you navigate too quickly. I have found this bug to be replicated more often on the saved articles but it could be because I check this section more frequently.