Unread: An RSS Reader at App Store analyse

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Developer: Golden Hill Software
Price: 0 free
Current version: 3.5, last update: 6 months ago
First release : 26 Feb 2020
App size: 32.1 Mb
4.2 ( 1952 ratings )
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Rediscover the joy of reading your favorite writers with Unread, an RSS reader with beautiful typography, comfortable gesture-based navigation, and a variety of color themes.

Capabilities include:

UNREAD CLOUD: Unread Cloud is a feed retrieval and syncing system for Unread. Create or log in to an Unread Cloud account via Sign in with Apple.

OTHER SYNCING OPTIONS: In addition to Unread Cloud, Unread can sync with your Feedbin, Feedly, Fever, Inoreader, or NewsBlur account.

AUTOMATIC WEBPAGE TEXT: For feeds that contain only article summaries, Unread will display the full article text from the webpage. You can easily switch between feed text and webpage text for any article, or make webpage text the default for individual feeds.

SUBSCRIBE TO UNREAD: This share sheet extension lets you subscribe to a website’s feeds while visiting that website from Safari or any other web browser.

SAVE TO UNREAD: This share sheet extension creates an article in Unread with the contents of the webpage you are visiting from Safari or any other web browser. (Subscription required.)

COLOR THEMES: Unread provides a variety of different color themes. Choose one theme for light mode and another for dark mode.

WIDGETS: Unread’s widgets display your most recent articles or unread article counts.

CACHING: Unread caches webpage text and images for instant loading and offline access. (Subscription required.)

HARDWARE KEYBOARD SUPPORT: Unread’s keyboard navigation capabilities and keyboard shortcuts make it a joy to use on an iPad with a hardware keyboard. Unread is also optimized for the trackpad and mouse.

READ-LATER SERVICES: Unread provides native support for saving articles to Instapaper, Pinboard, Pocket, Raindrop.io, Readwise, and Safari Reading List. (Subscription required.)

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“On the iPhone I use an app called Unread. … If you ever use the Clear app for your to-dos or shopping lists where it’s very opinionated, very limited, and very gesture-based, it’s kind of like that for RSS readers. And I like that a lot on the phone. I have a lot of muscle memory there, and I enjoy the design of it quite a bit.”
— Marco Arment, Accidental Tech Podcast

“Unread carries a strong history as one of the top RSS clients on iOS, and version 2 ensures that will remain true for a long while yet.”
– Ryan Christoffel, MacStories

“Unread is focused on eliminating chrome — it is a pure reading app. It’s like reader mode all the time, and the assortment of color themes is nicely curated.”
– John Gruber, Daring Fireball

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Unread has full VoiceOver coverage. Every screen and every feature is available to users with vision impairments:

• From any screen you can perform a magic tap, a two-finger double tap, to open a menu of options available for that screen.
• When on an article list, there are actions available for each article in the list. After selecting an article, invoke the accessibility rotor and then select “Actions”. There is an action to mark the article read or unread, an action to share the article, and many others.
• Use the VoiceOver escape gesture, a two-finger “Z”, to back out of the current screen.

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UNREAD SUBSCRIPTION

Unread is a free app. Additional functionality is available with a $19.99 (USD)/year auto-renewing subscription:

• Widget customization options.
• Article actions for sending articles directly to supported bookmarking and read later services, and for sharing via email or iMessage.
• Caching of webpage text and images.
• Custom app icons.
• Save to Unread share sheet extension.
• Premium support.

A subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase.

Unread’s Terms of Use are available at:
https://www.goldenhillsoftware.com/unread/terms-of-use/
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France free
Germany free
Italy free
Netherlands free
Portugal free
Spain free
UK free
India free
Japan free
Korea, Republic Of free
Poland free
Russia free
Turkey free
USA free
Ukraine free
Available for devices
iPhone5s, iPadAir, iPadAirCellular, iPadMiniRetina, iPadMiniRetinaCellular, iPhone6, iPhone6Plus, iPadAir2, iPadAir2Cellular, iPadMini3, iPadMini3Cellular, iPodTouchSixthGen, iPhone6s, iPhone6sPlus, iPadMini4, iPadMini4Cellular, iPadPro, iPadProCellular, iPadPro97, iPadPro97Cellular, iPhoneSE, iPhone7, iPhone7Plus, iPad611, iPad612, iPad71, iPad72, iPad73, iPad74, iPhone8, iPhone8Plus, iPhoneX, iPad75, iPad76, iPhoneXS, iPhoneXSMax, iPhoneXR, iPad812, iPad834, iPad856, iPad878, iPadMini5, iPadMini5Cellular, iPadAir3, iPadAir3Cellular, iPodTouchSeventhGen, iPhone11, iPhone11Pro, iPadSeventhGen, iPadSeventhGenCellular, iPhone11ProMax, iPhoneSESecondGen, iPadProSecondGen, iPadProSecondGenCellular, iPadProFourthGen, iPadProFourthGenCellular,

Latest version Unread: An RSS Reader: 3.5

Unread 3.5 adds these improvements:

• This update adds significant performance improvements to Unread’s feed discovery algorithm and changes to the Subscription information screen. Details below.
• This update adds performance improvements around refreshing Unread Cloud and Local accounts.
• Mark All Read is now available in the swipe left menu of an article list showing search results. This change is not available in Fever accounts.
• This update fixes a bug that prevented the app from rotating while zoomed in on an image.
• The list of starred articles in Inoreader accounts is now referred to as “Read Later”, matching Inoreader’s nomenclature.
• Unread now more aggressively tries resubmitting articles to Raindrop.io after failures.
• When removing an account from a device, Unread now uses the phrase “Delete Account” and a trash can icon for deleting a local account. It uses the phrase “Remove Account” and a lock icon for deleting other accounts of other types. When removing an Unread Cloud account, you are given the option of simply removing the Unread Cloud account from the device or destroying the account.
• With this update articles from Facebook via Inoreader’s Facebook integration have no title.
• This update fixes bugs around the display of ads from free Inoreader accounts.
• This update fixes a bug that caused refresh problems with Unread Cloud and Local accounts after significant system clock fluctuation.
• This update fixes a bug that could cause issues syncing read/unread article status changes with a Feedly account under some circumstances.

Feed Discovery, Subscription Screen Changes

In prior versions of Unread, retrieving a list of feeds for a specific webpage could be slow under some circumstances. Unread would attempt to determine before even presenting the list of feeds whether each feed was summary-only or had full article content, and therefore what the default webpage text settings should be. With this update Unread does not attempt to determine this until refreshing the account after subscribing to the feed. This makes the process of subscribing to a feed from either the app or the Subscribe in Unread share sheet extension faster.

Since the best default webpage text settings are not yet known at the time you subscribe to a feed, the webpage text options are no longer part of the Subscription screen in the app. They are set automatically in the background. As in prior versions, when switching from Feed Text to Webpage Text or vice-versa for an article there is an option to apply that change to all articles from that feed.

Apps Changes History:
  • 6 months ago: New App Version 3.4.4 ☛ 3.5