Don’t waste your time
Still a buggy mess after being on the App Store for years. Wasted my money on the lifetime premium and regret it deeply. Wouldn’t even sync with my iPhone or iPad.
Elytra is a Broken App Charging Premium Prices for No Good Reason
Save yourself $55 and get an RSS feed reader that actually works. I recommend NetNewsWire which is free or News Explorer which is a modest $5. Both Sync across your iCloud seamlessly. Elytra is a broken app which cannot handle its own basic intended functionality. I will add an RSS feed, refresh to Sync, and then the RSS feed will disappear. Articles won’t download correctly it only downloads the title, author, and thumbnail. That’s if anything downloads at all. Syncing across iPad and iPhone simply does not work, period. I emailed the developer and they were not helpful. I regret buying the Lifetime, it is simply wrong to charge $55 for an app like this that does not work. I would give this 0 stars if I could. Fellow RSS feed lovers, I hope my bad experience is not in vain and it encourages you to stay far, far away from Elytra. -PKG
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Super App
Man kann alles einlagern
Response from developer
Thank you so much!
ABU
JAFOR
Best In Class
Been a user of Elytra for over 6 years, still one of the best feed readers on the App Store.
Et là, c’est le crash…
L’application crash à chaque action. C’est inutilisable. 🤷🏻♂️
Not Private
They’ve mentioned “private” and “privacy” so many times in the app description, and yet the app collects data according to the privacy label. That all one needs to know about how well this app will work.
Response from developer
Hello, please note that the required data collected is only sufficient for syncing your data. It is in no way linked to your personal data. No personal data is collected from you to begin with. Hence, I can assert that the privacy labels, when read in context, are correct. Please refer to the app’s privacy policy for more details. If you have any questions, I’ll be happy to respond to them, please email me at support@elytra.app.
Can’t use. Stole my money.
This app has not worked since the day after I downloaded it. How can you keep updating the app and not fix the crashing and bugs
Poor developer but great design
The dev is awful for shipping and then charging for an app that has so much bugs. I would not even advise you try your luck to see if the app would work for you, instead take a look at reeder as they are much more polished.
Can’t use. Stole my money.
I had this app months ago and it worked for a little while but then started crashing upon launch so I uninstalled. I decided to reinstall last week or so and I paid the subscription, it worked for a day, and now it’s crashing upon launch.
Escro
Même en payant l application de fonctionne pas
Full of problems
Forced me to set up a subscription even though is said first two weeks are free on a trial. App doesn't import an OPML file which is said it does in their FAQ but completely ignores any OPML files in finder. I manually added an RSS feed but it doesn't appear on the app except in the Feeds view, so cannot move it to a folder or do anything with it. How this app got 2 ratings of 5 stars is beyond me.
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Unstable
Went to hit refresh for the first time, and the app quits immediately. Ventura 13.2.1, few other UI bugs.
Response from developer
Hi Zakk, thanks to your report, I’ve identified and patched this bug. Please try with the latest update available on the App Store.
OPML won't import, sync broke
Looked like a promising app. But on iOS it would not recognize my OPML file (other RSS readers did). And on Mac the OPML import produced a "400: bad request". Seems like the app is terribly broken. Do NOT recommend to anyone.
Response from developer
The issue you’ve reported has been fixed in the latest update.
Looks promising but needs to squash a few bugs
Amazing interface. iCloud syncing with just one app purchase that works on all apple devices. Frequent crashes. Notifications don’t work. AT ALL.
Comments are made to make the developer encourage the work he has done. To make him know that people have been waiting for such and app. If the 2 bugs are resolved I’d rate 5 stars.
Comments are made to make the developer encourage the work he has done. To make him know that people have been waiting for such and app. If the 2 bugs are resolved I’d rate 5 stars.
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App is unusable on iOS 16
I simple can’t get past the onboarding. Had to cancel my subscription straight away. App is basically unusable
Response from developer
Hello, I’ve issued an emergency update for the app which fixes this issue.
Great idea….
but needs work. Running the latest app I had a hard time creating an account like noted in prior reviews. I had to force close the app multiple times and somehow was able to finally get logged in.
Added 1st rss feed that I use daily in my other reader and this app just did circles like it was thinking and got stuck. I force closed the app again.
Eventually was able to add one feed and the generated thumbnails looked all blurry.
App deleted.
Added 1st rss feed that I use daily in my other reader and this app just did circles like it was thinking and got stuck. I force closed the app again.
Eventually was able to add one feed and the generated thumbnails looked all blurry.
App deleted.
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Response from developer
I apologize for the difficulties you experienced while using our app. I understand how frustrating it can be when things don't work as expected. The latest update v2023.1.0 fixes the onboarding issue. As for the images looking blurry: These are all configurable settings depending on your network connectivity and bandwidth.
Can’t even get past the login
Subscribed but loops creating a private id or using an apple id, then asks to subscribe again. Closing or restoring purchase or anything goes back to the start and repeat. Can’t get past it and not able to use the app.
Response from developer
Hi, please update to the latest version of the app. If you still continue to face the issue, please email me at support@elytra.app
No remarks
@Nikhil - Thanks for responding to the issue I raised in my previous update below. I don't have time/energy to send over what was requested, but I wouldn't want to hurt you app rating, either. So I have updated my rating to 5. Nevertheless, I do suggest that please install the app on a fresh machine (mine M1) and see that your subscription popup is broken.( it still says: subscription expired on a "weird" date in spite of the fact that I installed it the first time).
PREVIOUS: I didn't get a chance to see how it looks or works. As soon as I am done registering, the subscription appears that reads my subscription expired on 1 Jan-1 at 5:53:28 AM.
@Nikhil, I want to use the app, but you need to fix it and I'll update my review. Until then, it's a 1 star from me.
PREVIOUS: I didn't get a chance to see how it looks or works. As soon as I am done registering, the subscription appears that reads my subscription expired on 1 Jan-1 at 5:53:28 AM.
@Nikhil, I want to use the app, but you need to fix it and I'll update my review. Until then, it's a 1 star from me.
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Very expensive
These apps that are stand alone are asking for subscription charges that are more than apple and google. You should ask for version upgrade and not monthly charges.
