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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.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
[–] ClarkZuckerberg 4 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] Sipuloija 3 points 2 years ago

Note that it deletes posts older than 30 days. This came as a surprise to me and was not a nice thing to notice.

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[–] C_Gajewski 28 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I have tried many and Reeder is my default rss reader on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Reeder 5

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Agreed. Fed by my self hosted FreshRSS server.

[–] Bushwhack 3 points 2 years ago

I love this implementation. No charges, no random shut down, etc. basically free. Amazing. Glad I’m not the only one.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Another for Reeder here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Saw yours and others recommendation for reeder5 and tried it today. Really liking it so far. Thank you for that.

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[–] anonymous_bot 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] kratoz29 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Feedly is the one I used since Google Reader died, haven't looked back since.

[–] shinjiikarus 3 points 2 years ago

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).

[–] oehm 9 points 2 years ago

NetNewsWire is free and light weight in a good way.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Feedbin, with Reeder on iOS and Mac.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] gkeep 7 points 2 years ago

Reeder 5 NetNewsWire

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Reeder, since 10 years maybe

Reeder iOS

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] joneskind 3 points 2 years ago

I came here to say Reeder because it’s the absolute best on Apple platforms, as it syncs with iCloud hence doesn’t rely on third party services.

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[–] alounoz 7 points 2 years ago

Inoreader. It has a great iOS client and the web interface is fantastic too.

[–] yemmy 7 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Reeder with Feedly as the source on iOS, Feedly website on the Mac.

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[–] Bushwhack 6 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] naclis 6 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use Inoreader and have been very happy with it

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[–] scotty 5 points 2 years ago

+1 for Inoreader. I was an avid user of Google Reader and Inoreader was the closest that I’ve found.

[–] dontwakethetrees 5 points 2 years ago

Another +1 for NetNewsWire. Its simple, ad-free, syncs over iCloud, can set an entire feed to reader mode (so convenient for certain feeds that only broadcast the headline), and its FOSS.

The creators encourage supporting other FOSS devs and accept no donations to themselves or NNW.

[–] nightscout 5 points 2 years ago

I use Reeder and like it. I also have Reader by Readwise and tried to use the RSS feature in that, but it didn’t work as well as Reeder last I tried it.

[–] sijt 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I stopped using Feedly after all the creepy AI stuff. Reeder synced over iCloud with an OPML export every now and then keeps it so I'm not reliant on a central service and can run it all locally should I choose.

Anyone using Feedly, or equivalent, hasn't learnt the lessons of Google Reader. Manage it yourself, don't rely on a central service that's going to do creepy monitoring on you to power their AI model.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I have set TinyTinyRSS to a web server. There, with fever plug-in I use it to read feeds in Apple-devices with Reeder. This also allows me to use various apps in Windows and Android devices, whenever I feel like it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I use Feedbin. Happy user since the early days. Feedbin on the web on macOS, Feedbin app on iOS.

[–] SiblingNoah 4 points 2 years ago

I use the Feedbin service and the ReadKit app. I used to love Reeder, but ReadKit’s Wallabag integration won me over.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Unread is super clean with minimal UI distraction. Probably not for everyone, but I think it’s perfect

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah I use Unread on mobile and Feedly on desktop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I love Unread. Its design goes out of its way to focus on the reading experience, not filtering, not “triage”, just beautiful, readable text of the sites you subscribe to and the basic management features to add or remove.

I also love that Unread has “saved articles” which lets you use that same interface and readability for random articles you find, without having to subscribe.

Used it for years, happily pay the subscription for premium.

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[–] antijava 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reeder and Newsblur is a great combo! I don't even miss Google Reader anymore.

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[–] sliceable_aspirin 3 points 2 years ago

NetNewsWire

[–] wildcelt 3 points 2 years ago

I’ve used Feedly ever since Google Reader shut down. I’ve stuck with it because it does what I need it to do.

[–] randomaccount43543 3 points 1 year ago

I switched to Reeder with Feedly when Google Reader shut down and never looked back

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Lire rss

The developers is frequently updating and he has fixed bugs I reported. Full text is good and it had caching. However you will have to pay for it.

[–] pacman326 3 points 2 years ago

+1 for reeder

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Reeder it is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

FreshRSS with NetNewsWire

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