I’m always surprised at just how often I’m asked about how I read RSS. For years, this was a very stable setup, but has recently changed.
I’ve used Feedbin for ages. It is widely supported by RSS clients, and has the ability to receive emails newsletters and put them inline with articles coming in via RSS. As someone who doesn’t like reading newsletters in his inbox, this is great.
For years, I was using what is now known as Reeder Classic on all of my devices. It looked great, worked well, and was super customizable. However, as the developer has moved on to the new version of Reeder, Classic has begun to get a bit creaky, and its future doesn’t seem very bright, unlike the blank screens I would often get as the app tried to load articles on iOS.
The macOS version was still holding up, so several months ago, I switched to NetNewsWire on the iPhone and iPad. It’s lean, fast, and I love the fact that it’s a community project. It has a handful of customization options, but I struggled to get it to look the way I wanted. This wasn’t enough to go looking for a new app, however, until Jason mentioned ReadKit on this week’s episode of Upgrade.
I hadn’t used ReadKit in over a decade, and when I checked it out again, I was impressed. It’s looks modern with Liquid Glass support, works with Feedbin, and works as well on the Mac as it does on iOS and iPadOS. I’ve been running it this week and so far, so good!