# Basic Reader — RSS & Atom. No Subscription. > RSS & Atom. No Subscription. (iPhone/iPad app by Leander Quiring.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/basic-reader/id6781077283 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Leander Quiring](https://appshunter.io/developer/6781077285) - Category: News, Utilities - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 26.2 · 13 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-19 - Data updated: 2026-11-05 ## What is Basic Reader? Basic Reader is a fast, focused RSS reader for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No account. No nonsense. Most RSS apps have turned into subscription businesses, charging $8–10 a month for features that should come standard. Basic Reader is free to download and free to use for reading your feeds. When you’re ready for more, a single one-time purchase unlocks the full feature set, and it’s yours for good. No subscription. Ever. --- FREE --- Feeds & Folders Subscribe to any RSS or Atom feed, with a preview before you subscribe. Group feeds into collapsible folders with drag-and-drop reordering. Unread counts appear on every feed, every folder and your app icon. Search Search across all your articles, with your recent searches a tap away. Comfortable Reading Adjust text size and reading width, see how long each article takes to read, copy links or text, and mark everything older or newer as read in one step. iCloud Sync Feeds, folders, articles, stars, filter rules and preferences stay in sync across your devices through iCloud. No account needed beyond your Apple ID. Background Refresh Your feeds update automatically on a schedule you choose. Pull to refresh any time. OPML Import & Export Bring your subscriptions in from any other reader, and take them out just as easily. Your data is never held hostage. Swipe Gestures & Shortcuts Swipe to mark articles read or unread without opening them. Marked everything read by accident? Shake to undo. Keyboard shortcuts on iPad and Mac. Star Favorites Star any article to keep it, across all your feeds. Privacy Controls Control image loading and JavaScript to block tracking pixels and reduce data usage. No analytics SDKs. No backend. We never see what you read. iPhone, iPad & Mac Built natively in SwiftUI: a clean adaptive layout on iPhone and a full three-column view on iPad and Mac. Accessibility VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion support, built in from day one. --- UNLOCK THE FULL VERSION --- One-time purchase. No subscription, no recurring fee, no tiers to upgrade later. Unlocks: Enhanced Search Search results are re-ranked by meaning using an on-device AI model, so you find what you mean, not just what you typed. Nothing leaves your device. Content Filter Rules Hide the noise with wildcard, regex or topic-based filters that match by meaning, not just exact words. Timeline Every unread article from every feed, in one combined view. Article View Styles Browse your feeds as compact rows with thumbnails, or as full image cards. Feed Health See which feeds are broken and why, right from the sidebar. Share Extension Add a feed from Safari or any app’s share sheet, even from an ordinary article page. iPhone and iPad. Faster Read Sync Articles you read on one device are marked read on your others almost immediately. --- NO SUBSCRIPTION. EVER. --- The unlock is a one-time purchase. Whatever it includes today stays yours: nothing you’ve already unlocked will ever be paywalled again or moved behind a new tier. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Core Unlock | $3.99 | one-time | ## Is Basic Reader safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Basic Reader. ## Is Basic Reader legit? Basic Reader has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Basic Reader is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.3 — 2026-11-02 Smoother syncing across your devices If you read on more than one device, the morning catch-up is now much faster. Duplicate articles that arrive while your devices sync are hidden straight away, and the cleanup now happens overnight while your device charges. More reliable • Fixed a rare sync issue that could make an article, along with its star, disappear from all your devices. • A feed whose server returns an error now shows that error instead of failing silently. • A server that asks the app to slow down gets an hourglass in the sidebar, and the feed isn’t marked as broken. ### 1.2 — 2026-09-27 What's new since 1.1 Feed Health (Full only) Feeds that stop updating now show a warning icon. Long-press/right-click a feed to see "Feed Health" — how many fetches have failed in a row, the error, and when it last worked. Feed Preview Before you subscribe, Add Feed now shows the feed's title, description, article count, and a few sample headlines — so you can check it's the right feed before committing. Share from Safari (Full only) You can now add a feed straight from Safari (or other apps) via the Share Sheet. Works even if you share a normal webpage, not just a raw feed link — it'll try to find the feed automatically. Faster scrolling with images If you use the Compact or Card article list styles, scrolling through feeds with lots of images should feel noticeably smoother, especially with a large number of feeds. Fixed: some feeds never showing images A few feeds (xkcd was one) never loaded a thumbnail in the article list even with images enabled. Should be fixed now — please check if any feed you know was affected looks right. Fixed: a feed silently stuck for weeks If any feed's "Updated" timestamp looked stuck far in the past, that should now resolve itself on the next refresh. General speed improvements Various fixes to reduce lag, especially for anyone with a large number of feeds (~90+). ### 1.1 — 2026-09-05 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-11-05.*