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Unread: An RSS Reader
Experience your favorite writers through beautiful typography and distraction-free navigation. A premium RSS reader built for the Apple power user who values focus and craftsmanship.
Key Figures
Downloads
117K+
User Rating
4.6/5
Total Ratings
1K+
Publisher
John Brayton
Category
News
Locales
1
Latest Version
4.6.9
Size
37.3 MB
First Released
Feb 26, 2020
Features
The Art of Reading Online
Reclaim your attention with a premium RSS experience that prioritizes beautiful typography, intuitive gestures, and complete privacy across all your Apple devices.
Distraction-Free Clarity
Eliminate web clutter and intrusive ads. Unread presents every article in a clean, book-like format that lets you focus entirely on the writing.
Instant Full-Text Access
Bypass truncated summaries. Unread automatically fetches the complete article text, allowing you to stay within the app without clicking through to messy websites.
The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.
App Store
Screenshots
Unread RSS reader app on iPhone showing an article with clean and professional typography
A list of light and dark color themes in the Unread RSS Reader app interface.
Unread RSS reader app showing an article in dusk theme on an iPhone
Unread RSS Reader app displaying an article about spotted lanternflies using the Dawn color theme on an iPhone.
Unread RSS reader article view featuring the dark Campfire theme with orange text on an iPhone.
Unread RSS reader app compact article list display on iPhone
Unread RSS Reader app expansive article list view on iPhone featuring news from Bellingcat with maps and photography.
A list of article actions and third-party integrations in the Unread RSS Reader app on an iPhone
iPhone home screen displaying Unread RSS reader widgets with unread article headlines and thumbnails.
Unread RSS reader syncing options screen showing various services like Feedbin and Feedly on an iPhone
Description
Rediscover the joy of reading your favorite writers and publications with Unread. Unread is an RSS reader with beautiful typography, comfortable gesture-based navigation, and a variety of color themes. Unread is available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Capabilities include:
SYNCING: Our free Unread Cloud service keeps your devices in sync. Unread also syncs with Feedbin, Feedly, Fever, Inoreader, and NewsBlur.
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.
WEBSITE ACCOUNTS: For news websites that require an account, sign in and get full webpage text.
SUBSCRIBE IN 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 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.)
READ-LATER SERVICES: Unread can save articles to Anybox, Flyleaf, GoodLinks, Instapaper, Matter, Pinboard, Plinky, Raindrop.io, Readwise, Safari Reading List, and wallabag. On a device with a hardware keyboard, assign a custom keyboard shortcut to each. (Subscription required.)
SHORTCUTS: Perform shortcuts on articles and links inside articles. On a device with a hardware keyboard, assign a custom keyboard shortcut to each. (Subscription required.)
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“Most importantly, I should stress again how refreshing it feels to have such a great native experience with Unread. The app is really fast, even when it’s loaded up with hundreds of feeds.”
— Niléane, MacStories
“It’s an RSS reader made with taste. It has great typography, themes, search, and compatibility with the usual suspects. I love having this app on my Mac.”
— David Sparks, MacSparky
“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 $29.99 (USD)/year auto-renewing subscription:
• Article actions for sending articles directly to supported bookmarking and read later services, and for sharing via email or iMessage.
• Ability to execute shortcuts on articles and links.
• Caching of webpage text and images.
• Widget customization options.
• Save to Unread share sheet extension.
• Custom app icons.
• 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/
This page is not an official page of the app or its developer, but an independent editorial publication created for informational and commentary purposes. Unless expressly stated otherwise, neither the app nor its developer is affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, authorized by, or otherwise officially connected with MWM, Apple, Google Play, the app publisher, or the app's developer, and nothing on this page implies that the app was developed using MWM's services. Any trademarks, logos, screenshots, and other content remain the property of their respective owners.