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.

    • ClarkZuckerberg
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      41 year 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
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      31 year 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.

    • @dreikelvin
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      11 year ago

      Feedly just updated for some reason and asked me for a login. All of my feed preferences have been wiped from my phone. Hence, I wiped Feedly.

    • peedub
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      81 year ago

      Agreed. Fed by my self hosted FreshRSS server.

      • @Bushwhack
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        31 year ago

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

      • @felipehn
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        11 year ago

        this is the way to go

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

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

  • @anonymous_bot
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    141 year ago

    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]
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        21 year ago

        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.

  • SleepyBear
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    111 year 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
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    91 year ago

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

    • @shinjiikarus
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      31 year 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
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    91 year ago

    NetNewsWire is free and light weight in a good way.

  • @gkeep
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    71 year ago

    Reeder 5 NetNewsWire

  • alonouz
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    71 year ago

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

    • @joneskind
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      31 year 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.

    • @menacingcloud
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      21 year ago

      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.

  • @Bushwhack
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    61 year 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.