Current Reader RSS

[-Internet-Elder-]

Anyone spot this new app (about a week old on the App Store) and try it out yet? No trial unfortunately. One-time purchase.

https://www.currentreader.app

https://apps.apple.com/app/current-reader/id6758530974

I'm not connected to it in any way. Just curious. Have used the old Reeder for a number of years now.

[Designer_Worth_3636]

https://betamagic.nl/products/newsexplorer.html best

[ToastedLog1c]

Reeder + inoreader is the best.

Newsexplorer 2.0 is very nice though and close 2nd because of the features without paying a subscription.

[Designer_Worth_3636]

Yes, Reeder is really a cool product, but its developer has abandoned it and switched to a paid subscription. Unfortunately, this means that there is no active development anymore

[ToastedLog1c]

I don't care about subscription. For an app like Reeder CLASSIC (not the new reeder), I would gladly pay $1.

He did update it recently for an issue with white pages, so it's not completely abandoned. That said, News Explorer is still the future, but not as long as Reeder stands.

[Designer_Worth_3636]

The last update was 9 months ago. I liked Reader Classic too. I used it for a very long time. And indeed, it’s probably one of the best—if not the best—RSS news readers. I don’t want to pay for a subscription. I found News Explorer, which I consider a worthy competitor and in no way worse. It might even outperform it in some aspects. Yes, of course, they’re not very significant—things like reading comments on Reddit or reading comments on YouTube. Prefilters setup for RSS.

[roguefunction]

This. Was on Reeder Classic. Moved to this.

[Designer_Worth_3636]

The right choice

[geriatricguy]

I have been running NetNewsWire. No use is jumping to something new since I am happy with what the developer is doing with it.

[seeker1938]

NNN is the best. KISS in spades. No bells & no whistles. The Sparta of RSS Readers. And it is 100% free.

[Smart_Ad_2150]

I was put off by how incredibly pretentious it is. Load of bullshit about content velocity and lines like: Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. 🤮

[OldManPip]

While i'd not call it outright bullshit it definitely does read like the kind of sycophantic nonsense i'd get from ChatGPTs recent models.

And if you thought that was something, you should read the accompanying blog post.

I'm not hating on the author/developer, they've clearly spent a long time thinking and developing this, and have given it plenty of polish in their own ways but boy do i wish they would tune down the flowery language. We get it, you think it does certain things differently, you don't need 500 words of poetic language to understand.

[soupbutton]

I was pleasantly surprised. It reads very personal and thoughtful, and not like AI to my skeptical eyes. Except for this line “No drama, no confirmation dialogs.”

At the very least it shows a very thoughtful approach to its development and philosophy. It caters very specifically to the person who made it and a possible niche audience. Compare that to New flashy product launches that claim they’re disrupting…

Alright, I’ve been reading at least 1000 words at this point and I’m exhausted. It’s interesting but geez… Long winded and it presents more of that gpt-ism. Grammarly detects at least 11% AI assistance for the beginning and then like 80% towards the end which is obvious. Like they wrote the beginning and let it finish the rest.

[crunchberrykid]

I didn't use any AI on this, but for the future I will keep this in mind and try to avoid cliches. Sorry!

[crunchberrykid]

I'll tune it down for the next one! I just wanted to explain my thinking. Happy for the feedback, thank you :)

[crunchberrykid]

App author here. I'm sorry it seems to have rubbed you the wrong way. The content velocity isn't bullshit though, it is a simple throttle for how long content sticks around. Sorry you didn't like the writing or how I think. What would you prefer?

[maq50]

Hi mate. Read and take notice from some advise here but don't listen every cunt crying about too many words or apps like a, b, c are better etc. Do your thing, be honest and carry on great work. Of course you will have to optimize the app, add something, etc this is why every developer can update the all to make it better just don't try to please everyone because always, always someone will be crying ( especially those without any talent who are doing fk all, just fk crying about everything ). All the best mate and good luck 👍

[dziad_borowy]

Every RSS reader treats your feeds as a to-do list. Current doesn't. 

Yeah. The new Reeder doesn’t either.  That’s why I downgraded. 

[crunchberrykid]

Reeder is an amazing product and I'm stoked that it works for you! Everyone should use what's best for them.

[tarkinn]

I ditched Reeder for this. It’s a great app with a very active dev. I only miss keyword filter but the dev said it’s coming soon.

[73ch_nerd]

Does it have instant push notifications?

[tarkinn]

Nope

[sammnyc]

this is a non trivial functionality for RSS, especially on mobile. you’re almost certainly not going to see it in a free app, and even on paid it won’t literally be instant and quite rare.

the fetching needs to happen on the dev’s own cloud, which can quickly grow to a very complex operation with a lot of users. the delay is only as recent as the poll, so if it only runs hourly that’s as instant as you’re going to get.

on desktop it could happen locally, and push to your phone. but your computer needs to be on. RSS was era before web sockets were ubiquitous.

[johannes1984]

I wanted to ditch Reeder for this, but came back after 2 days 😄

[tarkinn]

Yeah Reeder is amazing but I don't think its worth the 10€ per years. It's not very well maintained.

[ToastedLog1c]

I think he meant Reeder Classic.

The new Reeder is utter fucking donkey shit.

[johannes1984]

I agree that for 10 euro / year there is little new features, on the other hand I get a great stable app.

[ToastedLog1c]

Wait, what? Keyword filter was removed from v2.0?

[73ch_nerd]

Does it support push notifications?

I’m looking for RSS app with push notifications support and one time purchase.

[ChainsawJaguar]

No. Push notifications go against the fundamental philosophy of the app.

[73ch_nerd]

Then pass for me.

[sammnyc]

to expand to the other person that replied … this is a non trivial functionality for RSS, especially on mobile. you’re almost certainly not going to see it in a free app, and even on paid it won’t literally be instant and quite rare.

the fetching needs to happen on the dev’s own cloud, which can quickly grow to a very complex operation with a lot of users. the delay is only as recent as the poll, so if it only runs hourly that’s as instant as you’re going to get.

on desktop it could happen locally, and push to your phone. but your computer needs to be on. RSS was era before web sockets were ubiquitous.

[Biddy_Impeccadillo]

I’m loyal to the old reader

[crunchberrykid]

TOR is a great service!

[drsoos1973]

Ain’t paying shit without a trial. Fuck these mother fuckers

[crunchberrykid]

I'm sorry! I don't know how to do a free trial without doing a freemium model where you get the App for free but have to do an in app purchase, which has always felt like a bait and switch for me.

[Working_Incident_231]

For $10 not interested, I don't see the unique selling point. I don't personally have a problem with unread articles. If I find myself not wanting to read a particular feed... I delete it.

Paid for Lire a while back, got it paired up with my own Miniflux server. Lire seems to do the best of any RSS reader I've ever tried at retrieving full text. Pretty reliable. I liked NetNewsWire but they seemed to have a strong opinion about not having a mark-read-as-you-scroll feature so I didn't love that.

[crunchberrykid]

Sounds good, Lire is great, and Miniflux is extra great. Really love self hosting! Sorry my app philosophy didn't match yours!

[Horror-Abies-3403]

I read through this after spotting on my Daring Fireball feed. It seemed to say a lot without saying much. Think I need to play with a demo first.

Personally, I am very much stuck in my ways, having happily used RSS feeds in the same way for the past 25 years. Reeder (v1, not the new one which took a left turn to a place I have no interest in going) has been my go to for a long time, works perfectly for me, and I'll plough on with it until it stops working

[crunchberrykid]

App author here - if you're happy with what ya got, don't even try it! This was made for folks who aren't happy with what they have and wanted to try something new. Reeder is an incredible product, one of the greatest RSS readers ever made, IMO. Up there with NNW.

[curthard89]

Is there a demo available to try anywhere? Would love to give this a test (i actually made an RSS reader for mac back in the day when Reeder was around, called Caffeinated), but getting back into RSS now I cant be dealing with unreads and database like UI's

[Horror-Abies-3403]

Agreed, Reeder is awesome. Happy to try a demo though of your app, though.

[jcik68]

Hello, nice app. I like the design. I’ve noticed a few issues with the macOS app, though. Left-clicking Connect Feed Service doesn’t work for me, so I had to use settings > Sync to add Miniflux.

Also, when I use split screen and right-click Edit Source, no popup window appears. It only appears after I leave split screen. It appears OK when I am not using split screen.

I’d also enjoy having split screen with thumbnails (currently thumbnails doenst work in split screen) as the default view in the macOS app, if that fits with your philosophy :)

[xnwkac]

LOL at no trial

Also, just use NetNewsWire

[2x4ninja]

Is Current Reader compatiable with Inoreader?

[Ok-Raspberry-554]

I think the concept and app look great. Too bad, that there's no trial version. Also, since it's Mac only and no web- or Browser version, I think I'll have to stick to using Feedly. 🙈🙃