Back in the olden times, I was an avid user of Google Reader. I had dozens of RSS feeds and went through my feeds religiously. When Reader was killed I jumped to Feedly, and while it was alright for a while I just couldn’t get into it and eventually fell off and found Reddit.
Well, it’s been around a decade and I’m interested in jumping back into RSS. I’ve seen a lot of suggestions, but right now Reeder and News Explorer are the two I’m looking at. Ideally I’m looking for one that can at least sync between macOS, iPadOS, and iOS; but watchOS would be a an excellent bonus (and tvOS is ludicrous, but News Explorer supports it, so sure?).
Do you use an RSS reader anymore? What do you use or recommend, and why? I’d love to know.
NetNewsWire with Feedly
My choice too. I used Feedly mixed with Reeder for a while but after a while didn’t want to use Feedly anymore, so just using the feeds directly inside of NetNewsWire. The only thing I wish it had was a mute filter feature. Sometimes I want to filter words to avoid spoilers if a movie/game/whatever is coming out soon. Haven’t found a great looking RSS app with a mute filter feature without a subscription. I’m happy to pay for an app if it has what I want, but I’m not interested in a subscription.
Note that it deletes posts older than 30 days. This came as a surprise to me and was not a nice thing to notice.
I have tried many and Reeder is my default rss reader on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Reeder 5
Agreed. Fed by my self hosted FreshRSS server.
I love this implementation. No charges, no random shut down, etc. basically free. Amazing. Glad I’m not the only one.
this is the way to go
Another for Reeder here.
Saw yours and others recommendation for reeder5 and tried it today. Really liking it so far. Thank you for that.
+1 for Reeder
NetNewsWire with syncing through Feedly.
The Feedly web UI is decent, and NNW is great on Mac and iOS.
I use Feedly directly in the web UI primarily on Windows and Linux
It all stays in sync nicely.
I use Inoreader though I don’t have any experience with using it in an Apple ecosystem. And if you want yet another alternative look at The Old Reader.
I also use Inoreader but on iOS and it’s very good. It will also draw in from sources other than RSS (even Reddit before the API changes)
It still works for Reddit post-API change. Just add .rss to the sub you want to read and it’ll pull it in as an RSS feed.
How long will that keep working remains to be seen.
NetNewsWire is free and light weight in a good way.
Feedly is the one I used since Google Reader died, haven’t looked back since.
I had been using Feedly as well, as my GReader replacement. But they put a lot of features behind an arbitrary paywall with a few quite high. I understand people need to feed their families, but Reeder had the better value proposition for me (especially since I am already paying for iCloud storage).
This doesn’t meet your platform requirements, but for non-Appley types reading - Feeder:
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.nononsenseapps.feeder/
Very minimal (in a good way) and clean RSS reader that can sync across Android devices. I think if it had a Web version it’d be perfect.
Reeder, since 10 years maybe
Reeder 5 NetNewsWire
Definitely NetNewsWire (https://netnewswire.com/).
I use inoreader https://www.inoreader.com. Pretty happy with it.
I use it too on Android, but it’s a shame that they add ads to the RSS feed when used in a third party app (such as Reeder 5, which I like to use on my Mac). So I’m kind of stuck between using Feedly for syncing with third party apps and using Inoreader for their superior mobile app.
Feedbin, with Reeder on iOS and Mac.
For iOS it’s Reeder. I’ve been using it forever. It’s awesome. I use an RSS aggregator on my rPi FreshRSS which uses an API to connect to my phone. Works really well.
I’ve been a Feedbin user ever since Google Reader’s shutdown. It’s simple, it loads fast, and gets new features occasionally that I like. Does help that it looks nice af and not outdated too even after many years in.
Reader wise, always Reeder. I don’t like it as much as the very earliest versions (I think it looks generic now especially on iPad), but I always felt like it was the best designed and the most reliable.
A bit of a shame that it’s basically frozen in place feature wise. I remember double and triple dipping Reeder 3, 4 and now 5 and it’s barely changed since.
