# Ember Feed — RSS Reader with themes

> Calm, beautiful, and focused RSS reader for curated news and content. (iPhone/iPad app by Lawrence Gimenez.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ember-feed/id6759211455 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Lawrence Gimenez](https://appshunter.io/developer/1496108504)
- Category: News
- Price: $5.99
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.1 · 15 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-02-22
- Data updated: 2026-09-10
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ember-feed/id6759211455/reviews.md

## What is Ember Feed?

A calm, beautiful home for your feeds.

Ember Feed is a modern RSS reader for macOS designed for people who want focus, clarity, and control over their news. No algorithms. No noise. Just the content you choose — presented beautifully.

Designed to Feel Good

Reading should feel calm. Ember Feed features soft pastel gradient themes, light and dark mode, and a curated selection of 20 beautiful fonts so you can create a reading space that feels uniquely yours.

Seamless iCloud Sync

Your feeds and reading progress stay in sync across your devices with iCloud. Start reading on your Mac and continue right where you left off.

Stay Organized
	•	Organize feeds into folders
	•	Personalize folders with custom emoji icons
	•	Mark articles as read or unread
	•	Save articles for later

Your feed structure is fully yours — simple, flexible, and intuitive.

Import and Export with Ease

Already using another RSS reader? Import your subscriptions instantly with OPML. You can also export anytime — your data always belongs to you.

Offline-Ready

Articles are cached for offline reading, so your feeds are available even without an internet connection.

## Key features

- Customizable themes and fonts
- Folder organization for feeds
- iCloud sync across devices
- Offline article caching
- OPML import/export
- Mark articles as read/unread
- Save articles for later

## Chart rankings

- #132 in Top Paid · News (US App Store)

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ember-feed/id6759211455/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Superb!!

*2026-03-07*

What a refreshing RSS reader app! I love the interface and the random pastel radiant backgrounds! I picked a greenish background and saved it.  Love the iCloud sync!!!! Well done!!!!!!

**Developer response:** Thank you so much for trying my small app! More updates are coming soon, please keep checking out the updates.

## Frequently asked questions about Ember Feed

### What is Ember Feed?

Ember Feed is a modern RSS reader for macOS, iPhone, and iPad. It focuses on providing a calm, beautiful, and distraction-free experience for users to manage their news and content.

### How much does Ember Feed cost?

Ember Feed is a paid application, priced at $5.99. This one-time purchase grants you access to all its features.

### Does Ember Feed have ads?

No, Ember Feed is ad-free. It is designed to provide a clean and focused reading experience without any advertisements.

### Can I use Ember Feed on multiple devices?

Yes, Ember Feed supports seamless iCloud sync. Your feeds and reading progress will stay synchronized across your Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

### Can I read articles offline with Ember Feed?

Yes, Ember Feed caches articles for offline reading. This means you can access your subscribed content even when you don't have an internet connection.

### How often is Ember Feed updated?

The latest version of Ember Feed is 1.10, and it was last updated on May 12, 2026. Updates typically focus on improving features and stability.

### What age rating does Ember Feed have?

Ember Feed has an age rating of 4+. This indicates it is suitable for a wide range of users, including children.

### Can I import my existing RSS feeds into Ember Feed?

Yes, Ember Feed makes it easy to import your subscriptions using OPML files. You can also export your feed structure at any time.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.14 — 2026-07-19

Version 1.14 makes Ember Feed more reliable and responsive on iPhone and iPad.
• Fixed an issue where iCloud could appear finished before imported feeds were ready, leaving subscriptions without downloaded articles.
• Improved startup and reconnect behavior so newly imported feeds download correctly while preserving normal retry behavior.
• Enlarged compact refresh, Settings, close, and clear controls to make them easier to tap.
• Improved sidebar, article list, reader, Settings, emoji picker, and editing performance by reducing unnecessary interface updates.
• Fixed hidden-content rules so newly updated articles stay out of timelines, widgets, notifications, and unread counts.
• Improved Saved Links deletion recovery so older cloud data is less likely to reappear.
• Made OPML imports and large or malformed feeds and articles more resilient without slowing normal content.
• Strengthened protection around browser links, Share Extension handoffs, widgets, notifications, and App Intents.
• Improved localization across the app, widgets, notifications, Share Extension, and shortcuts.
• Includes additional stability and privacy improvements.

### 1.13 — 2026-07-11

• Improved iCloud sync reliability, including better cross-device updates, reconnection recovery, and handling of deleted feeds, folders, Rules, and Saved Links.
• Improved startup speed and fixed crashes that could occur while loading local or iCloud data.
• Fixed issues that could cause imported feeds or downloaded articles to disappear after launching, refreshing, or reloading.
• Improved article-list scrolling, thumbnail loading, inline images, search, Smart Feeds, and reader performance.
• Improved custom font imports, including variable fonts and multi-file font families.
• Improved widgets and Share Extension handoffs so shared and synchronized content appears more reliably.
• Strengthened privacy for notifications and Shortcuts, and improved safety when opening links or downloading external content.
• Fixed additional sync, cache, background refresh, and reader reliability issues.

### 1.12 — 2026-05-25

- Added Rules management on iPhone and iPad, letting you create, edit, enable, disable, reorder, scope, and delete keyword-based content rules.

- Added keyword highlighting in article lists and reader content so matching search, Smart Feed, and rule terms are easier to spot while reading.

- Added WidgetKit summaries for Today, Unread, Saved, selected Smart Feeds, and feed counts.

- Added Share Extension workflows to subscribe to feeds, save links for later, or open shared links in Ember Feed from the system share sheet.

- Added iPad multi-window support with state restoration so each scene can keep its own selected feed, article, filters, and search state.

- Added priority-feed and keyword-triggered notifications with better tap routing back into the relevant article, feed, Smart Feed, or search.

- Improved in-app test notifications so diagnostics can produce visible foreground alerts when notifications are allowed.

- Improved imported font support for variable fonts and multi-file font families.

- Improved performance for OPML imports, refresh completion, search and Smart Feed derivations, inline image loading, reader highlighting, and large article lists.

- Improved iCloud reliability for Saved Links, downloaded articles, feed and folder recovery, stale tombstones, and share-extension handoffs.

- Fixed regressions where downloaded articles or feeds could disappear after launch or reload.

- Fixed iOS feed visibility and background layering polish, plus several launch, sync, cache invalidation, and reader reliability issues.

### 1.11 — 2026-05-15

- Laid the groundwork for syncable content rules, giving Ember Feed a stronger foundation for future filtering, keyword matching, and personalized article workflows across devices.

- Improved the iOS visual experience by fixing gradient background layering across Feed, article lists, article detail, and Settings.

- Kept article thumbnails, images, text, feed rows, folder rows, and Settings rows readable while preserving the softer app background.

### 1.10 — 2026-05-12

- Added Smart Feeds on iPhone and iPad so you can build dynamic article views for unread items, saved items, date ranges, specific feeds or folders, source text, and search terms.

- Added saved searches, allowing an active search and its filters to be saved as a reusable Smart Feed.

- Added native article-list search with filters for text, feed or folder scope, date range, read state, and saved state.

- Added per-feed reader defaults and restored the article reader mode control so articles can open in Feed Text, Extracted Text, Web View, or the global automatic mode.

- Improved offline reading by caching inline article images locally and keeping stored reader content bounded with cleanup and diagnostics.

- Added feed health details so failed or recently refreshed feeds can show clearer last-successful-refresh information.

- Added Shortcuts actions for adding feeds from URLs, saving or unsaving articles, marking articles read or unread, and opening saved Smart Feeds.

- Improved responsiveness for large libraries by caching article search and Smart Feed results, loading hot reader images from memory first, making offline cache maintenance lighter, and using smaller lookup paths for Shortcuts suggestions.

- Fixed the missing Add Smart Feed icon and improved the reliability of the article reader mode toolbar control.

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*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 2026-09-10.*
