RSS, News & Podcasts - uRSS
News/RSS/Podcasts your way
Free · In‑App Purchases
uRSS - Read the Web. Listen to Podcasts. On Your Terms.
Tired of algorithms deciding what you should see? uRSS gives you full control over your reading experience - no “For You” pages, no engagement bait, no corporate curation. Just the feeds and podcasts you choose, delivered cleanly and directly.
Key Features:
• Universal Feed Support - Subscribe to any RSS, Atom, or JSON feed by pasting a URL (we’ll automatically clean it up). Add feeds to folders or browse them individually - your rules, your way.
• Beautiful Reading Views - Choose from five list styles: clean Headline Only, Headline with Icon, Standard, or Large views with thumbnails and summaries. Adjustable font sizes, four font families, optional separators, and subtle grayscale icons.
• Effortless Navigation - In article view, swipe up from the bottom to go to the next article or pull down from the top to go back. Bookmark important articles, mark as read without opening, and enjoy smooth swipe gestures throughout.
• Reader Mode - Avoid ads and distracting layouts with Reader Mode. Strip away the noise and enjoy just the content you want.
• Customize It - Loads of appearance settings. Custom themes (in-app purchase), grayscale icons, gradient accents, and more. Make the app truly your own.
• Premium - Choose a low monthly subscription (less than a cup of coffee) or an even lower yearly subscription (less than a fast food lunch) and unlock everything: custom themes, background refresh, notifications, widgets, unlimited podcasts, import/export OPML, stats, muted words, iCloud Sync, and access to new paid features as they become available.
uRSS - The RSS reader that respects your time, your taste, and your attention. Just the content you asked for, with zero interference.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
more Great app. Well organized and convenient for listening to my podcasts on the go.
Great app. Well organized and convenient for listening to my podcasts on the go.
Tags: tag articles yourself, or let uRSS tag them for you on your device after each refresh. Tags appear in the sidebar and at the bottom of each article.
Accounts: the app now opens on Local Feeds and Local Podcasts.
Sites: folders and sites collapse under one heading, like Tags.
Plus "Go to Site" from Unread and Today, a redesigned topic picker, and fixes for an iPad crash when opening an account and a crash going back from the feed list.
2.2.3 Aug 25
Podcasts: Fixed an issue where pulling to refresh in Discover or What's New could clear the screen instead of updating it. If a refresh can't reach the service, your list now stays put and tells you what went wrong, with a Try Again button.
2.2.2 Aug 13
• Fixed an issue with the sub plans not being available, resulting in an onboarding that could never be completed. Doh.
• New to uRSS? A quick guided tour now highlights the essentials on first launch, so you can get set up in seconds.
• uRSS comes to Apple Watch! Browse your favorite articles, play podcasts, and manage your queue right from your wrist — including offline listening with episodes transferred from your iPhone.
• Podcasts keep playing on your watch while you use other apps, like tracking a workout, and playback controls appear in the watch's Now Playing view.
• Adjust volume with the Digital Crown on the watch player.
• New Card layout.
• New home screen widgets: see the latest episodes from any show in your library, or play episodes from your queue with a single tap — without opening the app.
• A beautiful new compact player. The mini player now sits beneath your content on a frosted glass layer tinted to match the show's artwork — with a light or accent-color style to choose from in Settings.
• Album artwork now appears in CarPlay on the Now Playing screen.
• Refreshed episode view with larger, centered show artwork.
• Smoother favorites. A polished new animation when bookmarking articles, and favorites now sync more quickly and reliably across your devices.
• A fresh refresh. A subtle new animation shows when your feeds are updating.
• Faster and smoother throughout, with snappier sorting in large libraries and quicker feed lists.
• Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.2.1 Aug 8
• New to uRSS? A quick guided tour now highlights the essentials on first launch, so you can get set up in seconds.
• uRSS comes to Apple Watch! Browse your favorite articles, play podcasts, and manage your queue right from your wrist — including offline listening with episodes transferred from your iPhone.
• Podcasts keep playing on your watch while you use other apps, like tracking a workout, and playback controls appear in the watch's Now Playing view.
• Adjust volume with the Digital Crown on the watch player.
• New Card layout.
• New home screen widgets: see the latest episodes from any show in your library, or play episodes from your queue with a single tap — without opening the app.
• A beautiful new compact player. The mini player now sits beneath your content on a frosted glass layer tinted to match the show's artwork — with a light or accent-color style to choose from in Settings.
• Album artwork now appears in CarPlay on the Now Playing screen.
• Refreshed episode view with larger, centered show artwork.
• Smoother favorites. A polished new animation when bookmarking articles, and favorites now sync more quickly and reliably across your devices.
• A fresh refresh. A subtle new animation shows when your feeds are updating.
• Faster and smoother throughout, with snappier sorting in large libraries and quicker feed lists.
• Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.2 Aug 6
New features & UI reworks
- Article list toolbar rework: unread count moved into a red pill next to the title; bottom bar rebuilt around Mark-All-Read / search field / Filter with a floating glass style, working keyboard dismiss/clear, and a smooth refresh animation.
- Today + Unread smart feeds: new smart feeds with a unified filter-toggle bottom bar; per-view Filter badge and a sidebar Favorites count.
- Sidebar long-press menus: context menus on the aggregate rows (Mark All Read / Remove All Favorites / Mark All Played).
- Podcast player: playback speed menu (incl. 1.15x) and a sleep timer with 5/10-minute options and a live countdown under the scrubber.
- Podcast background refresh: episodes refresh in the background, with a new "Refresh Podcasts" setting.
- iPad keyboard shortcuts & menus: full File/Edit/View/Article/Window menu bar with shortcuts (Cmd-F Find in Feeds, etc.).
- Refresh graphics: animated "Fetching Updates" antenna on the main and list views, monochrome accent, no scroll jump when a refresh starts.
- Settings pickers: select menus replaced with a custom popover picker, accent-tinted checkmarks.
Reading-flow behavior changes
- Unread filter behavior: marking an article read (tap, swipe, menu, or Mark Above/Below) keeps it in the list instead of dropping it; read-on-open persists reliably.
- Read-article dimming: archived/read articles dim to 0.4 opacity.
- Instant mark-read/favorite: context-menu toggles update the row immediately with no flicker or cell blink.
- Favorites view: no read styling there, and mark-all-read + filter are disabled where they don't apply.
- Swipe actions: favorite icon is now a bookmark; swipe actions are icon-only. Remove All Favorites uses a slashed bookmark icon.
- IPad launch: lands on Unread instead of an empty placeholder.
Fixes
- Crash unsubscribing a feed.
- Crash from a row's context menu when the article was deleted while the menu was open (sync or cleanup landing mid-press).
- iPad-on-Mac crash presenting Reader mode / Settings.
- iPad background watchdog kill (empty-state layout loop).
- Endless iCloud-export storm on refresh.
- Articles rendering as raw HTML (WordPress post-embed iframes).
- Unread count could show less than Today; it's now computed live.
- Missing feed icons in the list: SVG favicons render like the sidebar, and rows with an orphaned feed relationship self-heal.
- In-body YouTube embeds render as an inline player with cleaned-up text.
- Transparent feed icons get a white rounded backing.
- iPad Edit Feed sheet no longer see-through.
- Image handling: podcast artwork downsampled off the main thread, article hero/lightbox image loading rebuilt, player-sheet scrubber measurement isolated.
- Scrolling performance: main-thread work cut from the All Feeds and group timelines.
2.1.1 Jul 9
Bug fixes -
- Fixed a visual glitch when unsubscribing to a feed in the main view.
- Fixed an issue where the Headline Title wasn't updating on the iPhone.
Update -
- When in the unread view and a refresh is initiated, new refreshing animation.
Optimization -
- Version 2 bundle had grown a bit large. This update slims it back down.
- Refactor the refresh animation so it's more performant, resilient.
2.01 Jun 25
Podcasts: Search for your favorite, browse trending, see what's new. Customize sort order, skip button duration, and more. Free tier allows for 1 Podcast. Paid subscription allows for unlimited Podcasts.
Smart Favorites: Enter keywords to be automatically favorited during feed load. Never miss an article again on a topic you're passionate about! (Paid)
Muted Words: Block any RSS feed article that contains a particular word you don't like. Don't want to hear about a particular topic? Block it. (Paid)
Stats: See detailed stats on your RSS feeds, reading habits and podcast listening habits. (Paid)
Mark As Read On Scroll: Blast thru your unread feeds without manually marking them as read.
Reader Mode Customization: Automatically see Reader mode when selecting an article to view. Customize Reader mode with custom font sizes and selections.
Article View Gradient: Snazz up article view with a content aware gradient.
Themes: Light/Dark/System has been joined by Navy, Maroon, Onyx, Slate and Paper. Each tone also has several versions with complementary accent colors. (Paid)
Widgets: Keep track of your favorites or the latest unread with widgets. (Paid)
iCloud Sync: Keep your data and app state sync'd across devices. (Paid)
Background Refresh/Notifications: Choose your refresh rate. (Paid)
2.0 Jun 19
- Improved scrolling performance.
- Updated article view:
- Reworked toolbar
- Added another reading view option - Reeeed
- Added gradient design option
- Reworked suggested feeds view, added new feeds
- Bug fix for 'Large' variant not showing read or favorite icon
- Bug fix for icons showing the letter placeholder underneath
- Add landscape layout for Pro Max variant phones.
1.1.3 May 29
- Performance enhancements to improve scrolling
- Fix for condition where children of groups would show no unread articles, but parent group would show unread articles count
- Visual tweaks to Feed view
- Added 'Share App' context menu from app icon when in Springboard
- Added ability to tap image in Article view, opening Lightbox allowing zooming and inspection.
- Fix wrong color on text on Update Groups.
1.1.2 May 21
- Bug fix: Icon in Mark All As Read sheet wasn't getting accentColor applied
- Added selection to group name in 'Suggested Feeds' to add the entire group contents.
- Added new feeds to 'Suggested Feeds'
- New view option in Settings > Appearance > List Views - "Headline with Icon"
1.1.1 May 20
Tags: tag articles yourself, or let uRSS tag them for you on your device after each refresh. Tags appear in the sidebar and at the bottom of each article.
Accounts: the app now opens on Local Feeds and Local Podcasts.
Sites: folders and sites collapse under one heading, like Tags.
Plus "Go to Site" from Unread and Today, a redesigned topic picker, and fixes for an iPad crash when opening an account and a crash going back from the feed list.
more Version 2.2.3 Aug 25
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