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About ReadKit
ReadKit gathers RSS feeds and read-later articles in one app. It has a built-in RSS engine and can also sync with Feedbin, Feedly, FreshRSS, Inoreader, Miniflux, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, Tiny Tiny RSS, Instapaper, Pinboard, Wallabag and others, with several accounts at once.
Features include smart folders, tags, a reader mode that extracts full articles, offline reading with image caching, YouTube channel subscriptions, OPML import and export, and full hardware keyboard support. The same features are available on iOS and macOS.
Strengths
- Syncs with many RSS and read-later services
- Built-in RSS engine needs no external service
- Smart folders and full-text reader mode
- Offline reading with image caching
Limitations
- Apple platforms only
- Pricing details not shown on the website
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumPricing is not listed on the website; see the App Store page.
- License
- Proprietary
- Platforms
- macOS, iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Apple users who want feeds and saved articles in one app
- Categories
- RSS readers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to ReadKit
Compare allSoftware that can replace ReadKit for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Reeder
Apple-platform timeline reader for feeds, podcasts and videos.
Reeder is a freemium Apple app with one chronological timeline for feeds, podcasts and videos and iCloud sync, instead of folders mixed with read-later services.
NetNewsWire
Free, open-source feed reader for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
NetNewsWire is a free, MIT-licensed Apple reader with iCloud sync and several back ends, but no read-later integration, filtering or rules.
Reeder Classic
The classic Reeder feed reader, still sold separately.
Reeder Classic is a paid Apple app with folders, unread counts and nearly every sync back end, though it is no longer developed as actively.
Fiery Feeds
Power-user iOS and macOS reader supporting many back ends.
Fiery Feeds supports an unusually long list of sync back ends on iOS and macOS with smart views, but most features require a paid subscription.
Unread
iOS and macOS feed reader designed around comfortable reading.
Unread focuses on typography, gestures and automatic full-text fetching on iOS and macOS, with a subscription needed for most functionality.
News Explorer
A feed reader for Mac and iOS that syncs feeds and read status through iCloud.
News Explorer is a paid Apple reader syncing through iCloud that follows Reddit, Mastodon, YouTube and podcasts and sends articles to Instapaper, Raindrop and Readwise.
lire
iOS and macOS reader that downloads full articles for offline use.
lire is a paid-per-platform Apple reader that downloads full articles for offline use and searches their text, without built-in read-later service support.
Vienna RSS
Open-source RSS and Atom reader for macOS with smart folders.
Vienna RSS is a free Apache-2.0 reader with smart folders, but it runs on macOS only and has limited sync support.
ReadKit as an alternative
Listings that name ReadKit as an alternative.
feeeed
An iOS feed reader that follows websites, RSS, YouTube and Reddit in a chronological feed.
ReadKit covers iPhone, iPad and Mac, combining feeds and read-later articles with sync to many services, smart folders and offline reading.
Matter
Read-it-later app that combines newsletters, RSS feeds, and saved articles.
ReadKit is a freemium Apple app that combines RSS and read-later services with offline reading and smart folders, without AI features.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Instapaper
A read-it-later service that saves web pages so you can read them later on other devices.
wallabag
Self-hosted read-it-later service that keeps a clean copy of articles.
Readwise Reader
Read-it-later app for articles, PDFs, RSS, YouTube, and ePubs.
Feedbin
Paid RSS reader that also handles newsletters and YouTube.
Inoreader
Power-user cloud RSS reader with rules, filters and full-text search.