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[iOS, MAC] Free - Reeder 4 (RSS Reader) @ iTunes / Mac Store (Was $7.99 / $14.99)

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[iOS, MAC] Free - Reeder 4 (RSS Reader) @ iTunes / Mac Store (Was $7.99 / $14.99)
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doweyy on 14/08/2020 - 10:39 apps.apple.com (2619 clicks)
Last edited 14/08/2020 - 10:39

Greetings everyone, seems to be the first time Reeder 4 has gone free, last time there was a giveaway, it was for Reeder 3 and was quite popular :)

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A news reader for iOS with support for various sync services.

Reeder 4 adds new features like…

  • The new Bionic Reading mode
  • An in-app Read Later service which syncs with iCloud
  • Image previews in the articles list (finally)
  • Search
  • Much improved article viewer
  • More layout options
  • Automatic reader view
  • More shortcuts, matching the ones of Reeder for Mac

Supported sync services:

  • Feedbin
  • Feedly
  • Feed Wrangler
  • FeedHQ
  • NewsBlur
  • The Old Reader
  • Inoreader
  • BazQux Reader
  • Instapaper
  • Pocket

If you want to use a self-hosted service, Reeder should work with services which use the Fever or the Google Reader API. Or just standalone RSS (without syncing) if you don't want to use any service.

Reeder 4 is also available for macOS.

Please note: If you rely on image caching, this feature unfortunately wasn't ready for the 4.0 release but it's in the works.

As always, enjoy :)

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  • MatteCar on 14/08/2020 - 10:45
    +3

    I was going to write the same post!
    Best RSS reader for iOS and Mac, looks like Reeder 5 is on the way…

    • ocoolio on 14/08/2020 - 11:06

      How about feedly?

      • MatteCar on 14/08/2020 - 11:10
        +1

        Tried at the beginning, I wasn’t happy, stayed with Reeder.
        As an alternative, Newsify was good for me.

      • 0jay on 14/08/2020 - 11:10
        +1

        Feddly's a browser based aggregator so not really comparable.

        Plus Reeder can use your feedly account as a source.

  • 0jay on 14/08/2020 - 10:56
    +3

    Still using Reeder 3 which is still pretty solid apart from the odd formatting glitch.

    Been using Reeder since 1.0, agree this is best of breed.

    • MatteCar on 14/08/2020 - 11:06

      Same for me…till this morning!
      Plus, last update of Reeder 3 (back in 2019) was disabling “temporarily” Feedly auto-sync which is a feature I use so I haven’t updated the app.
      After few days, the developer removed the app from the AppStore (Reeder 3) and, since that, AppStore tells me that I have an update but I cannot do it so is half year that I have the update badge on the AppStore stuck there!

      • 0jay on 14/08/2020 - 11:11

        That's weird, I did a clean install a few days ago and was able to download Reeder 3 from purchased items…

        • MatteCar on 14/08/2020 - 11:18

          Seriously? That’s really weird!
          I can’t update a screenshot as I’m on the phone and no idea on how upload a screenshot but, if I go in the Reeder 3 page from the updates, I get a blank page with just the app icon and name and the update button and if I push it, it says that the app is no longer available as the developer removed it. Is that first it happens something like that to me honestly…

          • 0jay on 14/08/2020 - 11:20

            @MatteCar: Well there's some weirdness going on in the app store.

            I have multiple free items that normally display the download cloud icon but are now showing as 'get' as though I've never downloaded before.

            Could be some backend shenaningans.

            • MatteCar on 14/08/2020 - 11:23

              @0jay: Oh Ye, it also happened to me couple of times, I tried to report that to Apple once and they laughed at me!
              Plus I’m sticking at iOS12, so I might lose some fixes…

              • 0jay on 14/08/2020 - 11:28

                @MatteCar: Well I've got two devices on 13 so it's not your OS

                • MatteCar on 14/08/2020 - 11:31

                  @0jay: I’ll probably wait for 14.1 for the big jump. Maybe going from iOS 12 to 14 I’ll have a so called “major update”!

  • mostlygordon on 14/08/2020 - 11:15

    Thanks OP. Looks OK from a quick play.

  • PainToad on 14/08/2020 - 11:56
    +1

    Self hosted FreshRSS and Reeder is the best combination.

    laughs at feedly

    • MatteCar on 14/08/2020 - 11:58
      +1

      What’s the difference between a service (like Feedly) and a self hosted?

      • ocoolio on 14/08/2020 - 12:02
        -7

        Self-hosted goes down sometimes, fiddly, generally lacks features but you can say "See, now the communist spies don't know what RSS feeds I'm reading. I'm also wearing a foil-hat", for what it worth

        • 0jay on 14/08/2020 - 12:10
          +4

          Self hosted's also free of the danger of being bought out, deprecated or discontinued.

          • ocoolio on 14/08/2020 - 16:23
            -2

            @0jay:

            Self hosted's also free of the danger of being bought out, deprecated or discontinued.

            Of course, none of it is true. A recent a really painful reminder of this was when Onlyoffice removed the mobile editing feature from their free tier on NextCloud

            This is just one of the countless examples when a self-hosted stack became unusable - many other examples were due to simply being abandoned by developers and eventually became stale.

            On the other hand, when a feature is being discontinued on large platform, often better alternatives pop up. Such as Feedly after Google Reader, Yahoo Finance portfolio after Google Finance, etc. etc.

            Thinking that self-hosting equals to a future-proof solution is nothing but naiveté.

            • 0jay on 14/08/2020 - 16:50

              @ocoolio: A free-tier cloud service altering their featureset is in no way analogous to hosting a service from a home server, whether using open-source code or otherwise.

              As to futureproofing, most people use the term ironically. Suggesting it might be idealistic to strive for it is stating the obvious were you to work from the premise that anyone believed that were actually possible.

              • ocoolio on 14/08/2020 - 17:32
                -4

                @0jay:

                A free-tier cloud service altering their featureset is in no way analogous to hosting a service from a home server

                Oh dear, you really know nothing. NextCloud is one of the most popular self-hosted services.

                The example I gave was a very specific one to counter your incorrect statement about "free of the danger of being bought out, deprecated or discontinued."

                Of course, it's not a problem that you know very little about the topic; the problem is that you are so sure of your opinion.

                • 0jay on 14/08/2020 - 17:41
                  +1

                  @ocoolio: I think you need to look into the concept of self-hosting in this context.

      • PainToad on 14/08/2020 - 14:05
        +2

        What’s the difference between a service (like Feedly) and a self hosted?

        Feedly is dog shit. The frequency that they update/parse feeds is depended on the popularity of the feed. Ie. if not many other Feedly users follow the feed, you items will show up late.

        You can pay Feedly for “Pro” to update “faster” but I still found it slow for unpopular feeds. Especially true if you host your own feeds and your the only subscriber.

        Mean while, chuck FreshRSS on your server and not pay a cent and get feeds updating every 15 minutes.

        • MatteCar on 14/08/2020 - 14:42

          Thank you! I saw that feedly is pretty slow, that’s why is was thinking to try something else but, from what I got, for free it’s still the best.
          STUPID QUESTION: As a common user (so no owned servers or computers running 24/7), any way to have a self-hosted service? (I know is contradictory, just doublechecking!)

  • kaleidoscope on 14/08/2020 - 12:47
    +1

    Thanks OP,

    Brace yourselves for Reeder 5 😊.

    • 0jay on 15/08/2020 - 12:35

      I really hope it's not a subscription based model.

      • kaleidoscope on 15/08/2020 - 13:00

        so far it’s been upfront payment for next version of app… But it’s kinda like a subscription because he makes new version as separate app and separate purchase needed…

        • 0jay on 15/08/2020 - 13:03

          I can usually deal with yearly/biyearly buy-in for essential apps, although 4 was a bit too pricey for me when 3 was still working fine and I preferred the interface.

          Monthly subs or even yearly tend to be quite a bit more than the odd $8-$14 that my favourite apps used to go for.

          Not into this subscription trend at all, understand they have to make a living but it just really rubs me the wrong way.

          • kaleidoscope on 15/08/2020 - 16:22
            +1

            @0jay: yeah … subscriptions for tooling softwares without perpetual licenses is beyond evil.

  • zan5hin on 14/08/2020 - 13:15
    +1

    In case people are using other platforms, I use FeedLab from the Windows store for my desktop and tablets. It's abandonware but still the best I can find.

    Same with Palabre on Android. Abandonware but still the best one.

  • alwayskeepinitreal on 14/08/2020 - 13:29

    Is this the same as InoReader?

  • klif-e on 14/08/2020 - 13:33

    Sigh paid for v4 update when it came out for iOS and MacOS and it was buggy crap with memory leaks and crashes on both platforms.

    So I had to keep using v3.

    Now v4 has been patched finally they make it free.

    If v5 is around the corner, I certainly will be reconsidering paying for it again.

    Shame it has always been a great app before v4.

    • MatteCar on 14/08/2020 - 13:44

      So is not just my first impression that v3 was better than v4?

      The only problem will be that if v3 has some incompatibilities with iOS 14, no way they’ll be patched…

      • 0jay on 14/08/2020 - 13:46

        Yeah I like 3 a lot better myself.

      • robothat on 14/08/2020 - 14:38

        4 was a bit rough at the beginning, but it's been years and the issues have been ironed out.

        • MatteCar on 14/08/2020 - 14:47

          Yep, works pretty good and graphics are smooth and nice, the only worsening I noticed is in the customisation.

          …and I still can’t see why it has be released asking to buy it again!
          From v2 to v3 it has been completely rewritten in Swift so, even if it doesn’t impact the user experience at all, ok, but last time… would be funny next month with the v5!

  • haru on 14/08/2020 - 14:46

    Thanks OP, I paid for Reeder 3 and having been using it for years. Time to jump ship!

    Edit: I just tried R4 on iOS and the swipe gesture feels sluggish compared to R3. It could be because I'm using an iPhone SE ('16). Time to jump ship again!

    • PainToad on 14/08/2020 - 15:14

      Running fine on my old SE.

      • haru on 14/08/2020 - 15:22

        Perhaps sluggish isn’t the right word. The R4 swipe animation seems to move slower than on R3.

        • 0jay on 15/08/2020 - 12:31

          There's an option in 4 to accelerate (or to slow) the animations/transitions.

          • haru on 15/08/2020 - 13:18

            @0jay: Tried that, made no difference for me.

            • 0jay on 15/08/2020 - 13:20

              @haru: Are you using low power mode?

              • haru on 16/08/2020 - 17:00

                @0jay: No.

                • 0jay on 16/08/2020 - 17:16

                  @haru: Hard to know what your issue might be then.

  • Procyon on 14/08/2020 - 15:09
    +3

    Check out NetNewsWire 5 for a super-polished free and open-source alternative :) https://ranchero.com/netnewswire/

    The only downside is Feedbin is currently the only sync service supported. Additional services are planned for future 5.X releases (feedly is almost ready).

    • jamver on 14/08/2020 - 16:37

      Thanks. I was going to ask about NNW (as a long-time desktop NNW user).

  • roberte on 15/08/2020 - 12:06

    Best rss reader for Apple if you enjoy a clean look. I've happily used Reeder with Feedly and Google Reeder before that. Reeder 4 minimum spec is MacOS 10.14 and iOS 12.

    In v4 you can optionally set feeds to always display in "reader" view. That's for RSS feeds that only deliver summary not full texts.

  • cheep cheep saidbird on 15/08/2020 - 12:13

    Looks like it is free for iOS now too.

  • JoKing on 15/08/2020 - 13:39

    Never heard of this before. I got it because I like the concept, time to start RSSing.

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