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Unread: An RSS Reader 17+
Golden Hill Software
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Rediscover the joy of reading your favorite writers with Unread. Unread is an RSS reader with beautiful typography, great handling of summary-only feeds, and a variety of color themes. Unread is available for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
Capabilities include:
SYNCING: Unread Cloud keeps your Mac, iPhone, and iPad in sync. Unread also syncs with Feedbin, Feedly, Fever, Inoreader, and NewsBlur.
AUTOMATIC WEBPAGE TEXT: For feeds that contain only article summaries, Unread will display the full article text from the webpage. You can easily switch between feed text and webpage text for any article, or make webpage text the default for individual feeds.
SUBSCRIBE IN UNREAD: This share extension lets you subscribe to a website’s feeds while visiting that website from Safari or any other web browser.
SAVE TO UNREAD: This share extension creates an article in Unread with the contents of the webpage you are visiting from Safari or any other web browser. (Subscription required.)
COLOR THEMES: Unread provides a variety of color themes. Choose one theme for light mode and another for dark mode.
WIDGETS: Unread’s widgets display your most recent articles or unread article counts.
CACHING: Unread caches webpage text and images for instant loading and offline access. (Subscription required.)
READ-LATER SERVICES: Unread provides native support for saving articles to GoodLinks, Instapaper, Omnivore, Pinboard, Plinky, Pocket, Raindrop.io, Readwise, and Safari Reading List. (Subscription required.)
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“On the iPhone I use an app called Unread. … If you ever use the Clear app for your to-dos or shopping lists where it’s very opinionated, very limited, and very gesture-based, it’s kind of like that for RSS readers. And I like that a lot on the phone. I have a lot of muscle memory there, and I enjoy the design of it quite a bit.”
— Marco Arment, Accidental Tech Podcast
“Unread carries a strong history as one of the top RSS clients on iOS, and version 2 ensures that will remain true for a long while yet.”
– Ryan Christoffel, MacStories
“Unread is focused on eliminating chrome — it is a pure reading app. It’s like reader mode all the time, and the assortment of color themes is nicely curated.”
– John Gruber, Daring Fireball
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UNREAD SUBSCRIPTION
Unread is a free app. Additional functionality is available with a $29.99 (USD)/year auto-renewing subscription:
• Widget customization options.
• Article actions for sending articles directly to supported bookmarking and read later services, and for sharing via email or iMessage.
• Caching of webpage text and images.
• Custom dock icons.
• Save to Unread share extension.
• Premium support.
A subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase.
Unread’s Terms of Use are available at:
https://www.goldenhillsoftware.com/unread/terms-of-use/
What’s New
Version 4.1
This update adds article actions for GoodLinks and Omnivore, new settings around clearing read items, and more.
** New Article Actions: GoodLinks and Omnivore **
This update adds new article actions for GoodLinks and Omnivore.
The keyboard shortcut for GoodLinks is Control-G (^G). The keyboard shortcut for Omnivore is Control-O (^O).
Like other premium article actions, these require a subscription to Unread’s premium features.
The GoodLinks article action requires that the GoodLinks app be installed. On iPhone and iPad, the GoodLinks article action works by opening GoodLinks. GoodLinks will open briefly, and it will then bring Unread back to the foreground. On Mac, the GoodLinks article action works by opening GoodLinks in the background.
The Omnivore article action sends links directly to Omnivore via its API.
I updated Unread’s privacy policy, adding links to the GoodLinks Privacy Policy and to the Omnivore Privacy Policy.
** Clear Read Items Settings **
This update adds a setting to enable clearing read items automatically when manually refreshing. When an article list should only include unread articles, either because you are in the list of unread articles or because Hide Read Items is enabled, articles stay in that list even after they are marked read – until you perform a Clear Read Items action. If this setting is enabled, Unread will clear read articles automatically when you manually refresh the account by selecting Refresh from the View menu on Mac, by using the Refresh toolbar button on Mac, by selecting Refresh from the swipe left menu on iPhone or iPad, or by pulling to refresh on iPhone or iPad.
On Mac there is also a setting to automatically clear read articles on Mark All Read. When this takes effect, marking all read will result in an initially empty article list.
On Mac, these options are under the General pane of the Settings window. On iPhone and iPad the new setting is on the Read & Unread settings screen.
** Additional Improvements **
• The prompt offering to apply a display mode change between feed text, webpage text, or both to all articles from a feed is now displayed more prominently on Mac.
• Under the Advanced tab of the Settings window on Mac, there is now a setting around whether to mark an article read when opening it. By default this is enabled.
• This update fixes bugs around the display of emoji from feeds generated by WordPress.
• This update fixes a bug around the layout of images inside blockquotes on iPhone.
• This update adds fixes around article list images for articles from uploadvr.com.
• This update fixes a bug that prevented some images from loading.
• This update fixes a bug around keyboard focus when using the Unread Articles, All Articles, etc., menu items on Mac.
• This update adds a Certificate pinning setting to the Advanced pane of the Settings window on Mac. This is enabled by default. When enabled, Unread uses certificate pinning when making requests to Unread Cloud and to the webpage text service. This provides an additional layer of security, but it results in requests failing when used in combination with some antivirus software and on some corporate devices. I recommend leaving it enabled unless you have specific reason to disable it. Unread for iPhone and iPad always uses certificate pinning when making requests to Unread Cloud and to the webpage text service.
• For customers not subscribed to Unread’s premium features, the main window toolbar on Mac now has an Upgrade button making it easy to upgrade. Similarly on iPhone and iPad the swipe left menu for several screens now has an Upgrade menu item making it easy to upgrade. Neither appears when already subscribed to Unread’s premium features.
• The first time Unread is opened on iPhone or iPad after installing this update, it will display a news alert about the availability of Unread for Mac.
If you enjoy using Unread, please consider purchasing a subscription to its premium features.
App Privacy
The developer, Golden Hill Software, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Diagnostics
- Other Data
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- John Brayton
- Size
- 19.8 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 14.2 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 17+ Unrestricted Web Access
- Copyright
- © 2024 Golden Hill Software. All Rights Reserved.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Unread Monthly Subscription USD 4.99
- Unread: Discounted first year USD 29.99
- Unread: Free first year USD 29.99
- Unread Annual Subscription USD 29.99
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.