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@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      a 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      a 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.

  • anonymous_bot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    a 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.

      • Lumilias@pawb.socialEnglish
        1·
        a 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@lemmy.myspamtrap.comEnglish
    11·
    a 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.

    • shinjiikarus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      a 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).

    • joneskind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      a 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      a 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    a 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.

  • naclis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    a year 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.

    • cazool@cazool.xyzEnglish
      2·
      a year ago

      What is the advantage of Feedly as a source?

      Thinking of getting rss setup again and have a lifetime Feedly account that goes unused.

      • grahamj@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        a year ago

        Mainly just that it’s a web service so I can access it anywhere, but also has good client support for when you want to use an app. I like to use multiple platforms with everything in sync.

        • cazool@cazool.xyzEnglish
          1·
          a year ago

          Ah. Ok so use it as a common source list regardless of app. Cool.

          Was trying out Feedly for the first time in years. Felt a bit dated. Still does it’s job but would be interesting to see how Reeder or others do things.