There’s no shortage ofnews reader apps and services.
For some of us, Twitter and Facebook do a good enough job.
RSS apps make this process more pleasurable by streamlining the process and giving you control over your feed.
Here are the best RSS readers for macOS.
The app is polished, fast and filled with intuitive gestures and shortcuts.
Even if you’re loading 5,000 unread articles, it still won’t set your MacBook fans blazing.
Reeder supports most popular syncing services like Feedly, Feed Wrangler, Feedbin and so on.
It will even import yourInstapaper feed(but sadly there’s no support for Pocket).
And of course, it’s possible for you to use it without any syncing service.
On the Retina MacBook, reading articles displayed in the crisp San Francisco font is a joy.
So is smooth scrolling in the list view.
The app also has a couple of different gorgeous versions of dark mode.
I’m personally a fan of thesimple Dark version.
The app has a three-pane UI.
You’ll see your folders and sources in the first pane.
The articles in the second and the article text in the third.
Or just press the keyboard shortcut (G) to expand the truncated article right there.
You get all the functionality of the Feedly website in a dedicated window on your dekstop.
What you get instead is all the over-the-top features that Feedly’s web app is famous for.
3.ReadKit($9.99)
I’ve heard people describe ReadKit as Reeder’s slightly-less-attractive sibling.
While that’s not a wholesome way to describe an app, there is some truth to it.
Design-wise, ReadKit doesn’t hold a candle to Reeder 3.
That doesn’t mean it looks bad or it’s unusable.
First of all, you could read your Pocket, Instapaper and Pinboard feeds in ReadKit.
The app also has Smart Folders support, allowing you to filter stories by a tight set a criteria.
If you think you’d value this level of granular control over your feeds, check out ReadKit.
4.Vienna(Free)
Vienna is the only open source RSS Reader on this list.
The app is free and only syncs with Open Reader-compatible services like The Old Reader and InoReader.
The design language is still from the pre-Yosemite redesign phase and on Sierra, and it sticks out.
Design issues aside, Vienna is a solid, stable and feature rich RSS reader.
The main reason to choose it is arguably its price tag of free.
And the Rest
Your choices don’t end there.
There are other RSS readers with, more specific feature sets that didn’t quite make the top four.
Safari
Yes, you could useSafari as an RSS readerusing the Subscriptions feature.
Click onSubscriptionsand then selectAdd Feed.
Just as the name suggests, it’s very minimal and simple.
you’ve got the option to’t sync with a service or import an OPML file.
Leaf($9.99)
Leaf is a visual RSS reader.
It has big and bright UI elements as well as eye-catching icons for websites.
But if you value the actual reading experience, Leaf won’t be the right fit for you.
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