Reeder

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Country: Switzerland (CH)
Founded: 2009
Developer: Silicon Mac
Pricing: Paid app (one-time purchase)
Open source: No
Platforms: macOS, iOS

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RSS Readers Read Later

Overview

Reeder is an application that aggregates content from RSS feeds, YouTube channels, podcasts, and social media into a unified timeline, replacing traditional unread counts with synced timeline positions across devices. It enables users to follow diverse sources including text articles, videos, audio, and posts in one interface, with options to filter into Home, Video, and Audio timelines, and open content in external apps for deeper interaction. Designed for users seeking a centralized reader without full social media client features, it syncs subscriptions, timeline position, and tags via iCloud.¹²⁴

Key Features

Timeline Syncing - Syncs timeline position across devices via iCloud, eliminating unread counts and allowing resumption from last position.
Unified Inbox - Combines RSS feeds, YouTube videos, podcasts, social media posts into a single Home timeline.
Filtered Timelines - Provides separate Video and Audio timelines filtering content with respective media types.
Shared Feeds - Turns tags into public, auto-updating JSON feeds shareable via browser or other RSS readers.
iCloud Sync - Syncs subscriptions, timeline position, and tagged items (Links, Favorites, Bookmarks, Later) efficiently.
Content Fetching - Fetches latest content directly from sources, supporting diverse formats like text, images, videos, and audio.
External App Integration - Opens content in other apps for additional interaction when supported.

Pricing

Plan	Price	Includes
Reeder (iOS)	$9.99 (one-time)	Full app access on iPhone/iPad with all features.
Reeder (macOS)	$29.99 (one-time)	Full app access on Mac with all features.
Reeder Classic	Paid (one-time)	Traditional RSS and read-later functionality with iCloud sync.

Platforms & Requirements

Reeder runs on macOS and iOS (iPhone, iPad), requiring recent Apple devices with iCloud support for syncing. No Android, Windows, or web versions are available. Reeder Classic is a separate macOS/iOS version focused on RSS.¹²⁷

Integrations & Ecosystem

iCloud for syncing
RSS feeds
YouTube channels
Podcasts
Social media posts
JSON Feed export for shared tags

Alternatives

App	Difference
Feedly	Web-based RSS reader with team collaboration and broader cross-platform support including Android.
Inoreader	Full-featured RSS client with advanced search, automation rules, and web access.
NetNewsWire	Free, open-source macOS/iOS RSS reader emphasizing speed and OPML import/export.
Instapaper	Read-later service focused on saving articles for offline reading, less emphasis on live feeds.

Reputation

Reeder is praised for its innovative timeline syncing and unified handling of mixed content types, reducing app-switching for Apple users. Criticisms include the absence of unread counts, which some find disorienting, and lack of support for non-Apple platforms. The shift from pure RSS has divided users, with some preferring Reeder Classic for traditional reading.⁴⁵

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