With the makeover of the app, Silvio Rizzi, the creator behind the well-known RSS app Reeder, hopes to satisfy users who wish to escape the stress of their unread count. Reeder's new avatar is primarily focused on compatibility with a wider range of sources, including podcasts, comic strips, Reddit channels, YouTube channels, Mastodon and Bluesky feeds, and more.

Rizzi will not be removing the previous app. but Reeder Classic is the new name for it. Although Reeder Classic previously supported sites like YouTube and Reddit, he explained to TechCrunch via email that the viewing experience wasn't the best.

Some users might not be aware that Reeder Classic can already be used to access and enjoy the majority of the material that the new Reeder offers, including YouTube, Reddit, and Mastodon. Thus, not much has changed in that regard, according to Rizzi.

The material is no longer retrofitted into a reader that was created specifically for articles from RSS feeds. Different viewers are available for different kinds of material on the new Reeder, including podcasts, social media postings, images, videos, and articles. It is made to be readily expanded in the future to accommodate the addition of new kinds of information.

Rizzi created the software entirely from scratch, despite the fact that some of its fundamental ideas have not changed. The iCloud sync has become inconsistent and sluggish due to its attempt to collect everything using the prior RSS-style app architecture. Only your subscriptions, timeline position, and tagged items are fetched for synchronizing in the updated version. The developer said that eliminating the unread count across devices has also improved performance in general.

Reeder offers a variety of sources, so you may create a personalized feed and share it on social media or with friends.

The software is free to use, but in order to create more than ten feeds, sync Mastodon and Bluesky timelines, and distribute feeds, you will need to pay $1 per month or $10 annually. More swipe actions for lists, more layout choices, smart feeds, and keyboard shortcuts are all in the horizon for Reeder, according to Rizzi.

There are other apps than Reeder that aim to create a solution for storing and accessing several sources in one location.

Several other app developers are also experimenting with the concept of merging different kinds of feeds. One such is the engineer-developed independent app Feeeed by Nate Parrott of The Browser Company. The Tapestry app is being developed by the folks behind Twitterrific for a variety of feeds. Although Joe Fabisevich, a former developer at Twitter, created the Plinky app, it is not only a feed reader; it supports a variety of formats.