Reeder 2 for iOS

[terabytest]

The website (at least when visited from an iPhone) does a great job of not explaining what the app is about, unless you click on the App Store button and read the description over there, but I don't think many potential users will put enough effort in it to get to that point. You might want to address that.

[veidr]

No kidding!

For those who aren't interested in clicking through to the site, and then clicking through to the app store launcher page, and then having iTunes automatically open:

"Reeder is a RSS reader and client for Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler, Fever, and Readability."

[Nekorosu]

I won't buy it. This developer will drop support of his app as soon as it's not too lucrative. This happened with a desktop version of the Reeder. I had been waiting for the google-reader-api-free version but had to buy Caffeinated app instead.

[jasonpbecker]

Mac OSX Reeder is in public beta this fall. He has not dropped support. Like with the iPad version, he was already in the process of rewriting from scratch when Google Reader happened.

[biturd]

Same. No support, no bug fixes.

[jimwise]

Without newsblur support, not really likely to rebuy.

I respect the work involved in moving what had been a google reader client into a true multi-provider client, so would rebuy it it supported the provider I actually use. :-)

[thirdsun]

The author mentioned before that NewsBlur won't be supported as the service works in a different way compared to Feedly, Feedbin & Co. - I imagine this could be related to NewsBlurs constantly live updating nature, but then again I only tried NewsBlur briefly, so maybe I just got that wrong.

Anyway, happy feedbin user here.

[od2m]

Reeder developer(s): Please, PLEASE get the desktop app working again. I used it EVERY SINGLE DAY from the day it was released to the day it was shut down. Reeder was by far the best RSS workflow there is. (And we'll be needing NewsBlur support!)

[mandeepj]

Sorry for shameless plug - I am working on this windows app to be released soon which will have social, rss feeds, Email and weather. The app is called - OnTop because it helps you to stay on top of things that matter most to you.

It is accessible at http://stayontop.co/

[lleims]

Same here :\

[jreed91]

Probably won't rebuy this due to the developers slow updating time.

[gphreak]

Reeder was near-perfect until Google Reader was shutdown. Giving a developer another 5 bucks for an updated code base that unifies iPhone and iPad versions is so worth it.

The app is by far the best RSS reader on iOS imho.

[orofino]

Which rss app will you switch to? I own many of them and reeder still seems like the best.

[uptown]

Reeder has always been great - but Google Reader's shutdown (through Reeder) forced me to cut down on my RSS use. I use Feedly sporadically now. I focus on a few sites, and feel like I've saved TONS of time previously wasted "keeping up" with my RSS feed. While I realize I could have done the same self-moderating with Reeder, I don't see myself going back.

[jhawk28]

My disappointment is that I purchased Reeder 1.x after hearing about the Google Reeder shutdown expecting that it handled multiple services. A few weeks later, the author releases it for "free" which gave the only forward path a new app with a recharge. It is an interesting issue. Which is more important, the product or the customer service?

[swombat]

I'll probably buy this because it is the best feed reader app out there, but not very pleased with being charged again - which I assume will also be done to the mac app!!...

[angerman]

While I do feel the sentiments against paying again for a successor, it makes me feel sick[1]. It's 5 bucks; generously about two coffees. After apple takes it's cut the developer receives about US$3.5, just how many copies does the developer need to sell to make it a worthwhile venture? Reeder has been in the AppStore since September '09, until it went free in June '13. That's, in todays terms, 3.75years of support and updates for an app that cost's US$5 today. If Reeder2 takes the same path, that would be about US$1 per year taxable income to the developer.

[1]: I think this will become even more apparent over the next few years. Buy once for 99c, get lifetime updates is no sustainable business model.

[orofino]

Reeder is an app I bought years ago, that my wife and I both use daily, and comprises a large percentage of our time on our iPhones and ipad. I got my $5 worth after 6 months, and I'm happy to pay again to ensure that development continues.

[coldtea]

>I'll probably buy this because it is the best feed reader app out there, but not very pleased with being charged again

You can always use the online Google Reader, which has a great free of charge model just as you like it -- oh, wait, actually you can't. Because they closed it down for not making them any money!

>which I assume will also be done to the mac app

Why, did the Mac app appeared magically complete from the heavens? As I understand it, it too took time, effort and money from the developer, which needs to be compensated separately from the time and effort that went into the iOS app.

Seriously, are the people making these comments professional developers, or 16 year old kids?

[coob]

So don't buy it. Stick with 1.x. Did you expect perpetual support for a £2.99 app?

[DrJokepu]

But how else would the developer be compensated for his work?

[jfb]

I would have paid $25 for this app. It is by far the best RSS reading experience I've yet encountered, and I use RSS multiple times a day. $5? Cheap at 5x the price, as far as I'm concerned.

[robmcm]

My biggest problem with reeder is that in order to navigate articles you need to swipe down or up. This is ok if you have short articles but if they are long you have to scroll all the way through the article to get onto the next one.

I know there are up and down buttons but these are hard to hit and break the fluidity of scrolling through feeds.

Byline navigates through feeds left to right, which if find a lot easier, the only problem with byline is it's got a bit buggy and is very pre ios7 themed.

[flixic]

It looks and feels just like iOS 7 app, but it's not. So it makes me wonder - why release now, and not wait a week, and make it true iOS 7 app, iOS 7-only.

[wvanwazer]

Apple is apparently already approving releases built against the iOS 7 SDK, so it may indeed be an iOS 7 app already.

David Smith (FeedWrangler, and a bunch of other things) has had an iOS 7 update approved too: https://twitter.com/_DavidSmith/status/378147860774395905

[zeckalpha]

Not everyone will be on iOS 7 right away. Remember the Maps debacle last time around? This way they can get their userbase used to a new look for when they transition.

[jwallaceparker]

I dropped Reeder after the Google Reader shutdown and went looking for a new service.

I wanted an RSS service that would sync seamlessly on all my Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, two computers).

I found NewsBar to be (AFAICT) the only service currently offering this.

The UI leaves a bit to be desired but it's been working flawlessly and serving its purpose.

[bnycum]

Congrats on the launch, but with the slow launch and Google Reader shutdown I have to say I'm out. I used Reeder daily for 2+ years, but it's been deleted from my phone for months now. None of the solutions compare to Google Reader to me. I've gone on to just following everything on Twitter.

[kmfrk]

Maciej Ceglowski (@pinboard, @baconmeteor) is working on an RSS reader I expect to be the best out there.

I agree that the readers available are largely awful - although I'm quite fond of using Fever, but the Pinboard Reader could change that.

[kepano]

It's a great app. I've been using it every day for the past 2-3 years. The transition to Feedly was fairly seamless. Happy to to throw in 5 bucks to help keep the updates coming.

[nuthje]

I'm still pretty happy with the first version on my iPhone combined with Feedbin. Are there compelling reasons to upgrade aside from the fact that it's an iPad version as well?

[nathants]

Landscape mode is where?