# ReadKit - Reading Hub — RSS news and read later

> All-in-one read-later and RSS client with offline access and organization. (iPhone/iPad app by Balazs Varkonyi.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/readkit-reading-hub/id1615798039 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Balazs Varkonyi](https://appshunter.io/developer/338541078)
- Category: News
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 125 App Store ratings · 125 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 30 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2022-05-04
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/readkit-reading-hub/id1615798039/reviews.md

## What is ReadKit?

Your All-in-One Reading Companion

ReadKit is a powerful, all-in-one read-later and RSS client that brings together your favorite news, articles, and feeds. Supporting all major providers and featuring a built-in RSS engine, ReadKit lets you save and read articles later, providing a distraction-free reading experience anytime and anywhere.


KEY FEATURES

• All-in-One Reading Hub: Access all your accounts in one place with multi-account support.
• Cross-Platform: Universal app with full feature parity on iOS and macOS.
• Flexible Syncing: Sync with major RSS aggregators and read-later services, or use the built-in RSS engine.
• Advanced Organization: Manage feeds, folders and tags, and create smart folders with automatic updates based on your criteria.
• Smart Folder Actions: Apply actions to items in smart folders, such as marking them as read or starred, and use them for advanced content filtering.
• Offline Access: Read articles offline with cached images.
• Enhanced Reading Experience: Built-in reader mode extracts full article content, with options for automatic activation.
• Wide Gesture Support: Intuitive gesture controls for effortless navigation, marking articles as read, or performing quick actions.
• In-App Browser: View links and references without leaving the app.
• App Badge Preferences: Customize the badge to display the count of unread items.
• Mark as Read Options: Automatically mark articles as read while scrolling, use a pull-up gesture, or mark all with a single tap.
• Contextual Marking: Quickly mark articles as read above or below directly from the context menu.
• Customizable Interface: Choose themes, light or dark mode, and app icons to suit your style.
• Powerful Search: Search articles by content, title, or source.
• Filter Articles: Easily filter articles by read or starred status.
• Background Syncing: Always stay updated with background sync.
• Content Sharing: Use the share extension to save articles from Safari and other apps for later reading.
• Email Articles: Send articles directly via email to share with others.
• Share via Apps and Services: Share articles with apps, social media platforms, and other services through the share sheet.
• YouTube Channel Support: Subscribe to YouTube channels and playlists through RSS feeds.
• Full Keyboard Support: Optimized for hardware keyboards on macOS and iPad.
• Feed Import/Export: Import or export subscriptions via OPML files.

Enjoy ReadKit’s essential features completely free — no ads, no data mining. Unlock additional features with ReadKit Premium, available via a universal subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase for iOS, macOS, or both. A free trial is also available.


PREMIUM FEATURES

• Multi-Account Support: Manage multiple accounts simultaneously.
• Unlimited Smart Folders: Create and customize more than one smart folder per account.
• Enhanced Reader Mode: Extract full-text content from articles, even when missing from the feed source.
• Article Summary: summarize articles using AI on supported devices (requires ReadKit Premium, Apple Intelligence and iOS 26).
• Unlimited Feeds: Remove the 20-feed limit for the built-in RSS service.
• Advanced Organization Tools: Organize feeds and articles into folders or tags.
• Image Caching: Enjoy offline reading with cached images.
• Themes & Custom Icons: Unlock exclusive themes and choose custom app icons.
• Full OPML Support: Import and export feed subscriptions with ease.
• Early Access: Enjoy upcoming premium features as they're released.
• Support Development: Your subscription helps sustain ReadKit’s ongoing improvements.


SUPPORTED SERVICES

• News Reader Services: BazQux, Feedbin, Feedly, Fever, FreshRSS, Inoreader, Miniflux, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, Tiny Tiny RSS and Built-in RSS
• Read Later & Bookmarking Services: Instapaper, Wallabag and Pinboard

Privacy Policy: https://readkit.app/privacy
Terms of Use: https://readkit.app/terms-of-use

## Key features

- All-in-one reading hub
- Cross-platform support
- Flexible syncing options
- Advanced organization with smart folders
- Offline article access
- Enhanced reader mode
- Customizable interface

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Annual | $9.99 | per year |
| Premium Monthly | $2.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Lifetime macOS | $19.99 | one-time |
| Premium Lifetime Universal | $29.99 | one-time |
| Premium Lifetime iOS | $19.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of ReadKit?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🎨 Stunning modern design with excellent customization options
- 📱 Great iOS platform citizen with robust state restoration
- 🚀 Fast and reliable performance across devices
- ✨ Apple Intelligence AI summary feature implementation
- 🔄 Excellent gesture controls and natural navigation
- 📖 Superior readability features and reading experience
- 🌐 Wide support for multiple RSS services (Feedly, Miniflux, FreshRSS, Wallabag)
- 💰 Reasonable pricing with lifetime subscription option
- 🎯 Smart folders functionality for advanced filtering
- 📱 Universal app works across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
- 🔧 Regular updates and bug fixes
- 🎭 Liquid glass UI touches showing developer care
- 📰 Excellent article rendering and formatting
- ⌨️ Strong external keyboard support

**Cons**

- 🐛 Persistent toolbars that cannot be hidden in reading view
- 🔄 Inconsistent sync functionality across devices
- 💾 No iCloud sync support for local feeds
- 🔒 OPML import/export locked behind paywall
- 📊 Mac version feels like iPad port, not native macOS app
- 🎨 Limited display options (no sepia background in light mode)
- ⚙️ Rough edges and unpolished UI in places
- 📱 iOS version feels limited compared to Mac version
- 🔧 Inconsistent Premium feature restrictions
- 📝 Text rendering issues with underline overlap
- 🐛 Background sync unreliable and inconsistent
- 👤 Developer responsiveness to support requests lacking
- 🎯 Smart folders don't sync across devices
- 📋 Article list view customization limited

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Persistent toolbars blocking distraction-free reading
- Background refresh not working reliably
- Wallabag sync errors and failures
- App crashes when integrating multiple services
- Reading articles not marking as read automatically
- Embedded tweets not displaying in web view
- Favicon and headline display issues in article list
- Thumbnail images not showing in article list
- Text overlap with underline formatting
- Inconsistent behavior between iOS and iPadOS versions
- Sync errors preventing account setup
- Partial feature support without clear disclosure

**Most requested features**

- iCloud sync support for feeds and data
- Raindrop read-later service integration
- Sepia background option for light mode
- Widgets support
- Automatic reader view option
- Push notifications for new articles
- Import Smart Folders from previous versions
- Sync Smart Folders across all devices
- Additional read-later service integrations (GoodLinks, etc.)
- Mark all as read button
- Pinboard API key login support
- Article position sync for read-later services
- More article list view customization options
- Highlight and annotate text functionality
- Built-in annotation and newsletter management
- Podcast playing capability
- Automatic full article text loading
- Quick article opening in Safari
- Image zoom and preview functionality

## Recent user reviews (10 of 125)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/readkit-reading-hub/id1615798039/reviews.md

### 5/5 — App works great with FreshRSS and I love the way reading mode looks

*2026-07-22*

I tried a lot of apps that would integrate with FreshRSS and Wallabag, but always found them lacking. ReadKit on the other hand is really good and has a great Reader mode also.  

While there are some stuff missing like hotkeys, and maybe ability to highlight, this app is great for what it's made to do. I even bought the lifetime license

### 4/5 — Overall a good RSS reader

*2026-05-01, version 3.4.4*

I do like this app, but there are some things that would be nice to see improved if it’s being updated at all.

1. When there’s an error syncing a feed, the only options we have are to Unsubscribe or Clear Errors. It would be nice to be able to copy the URL in some way to investigate further whether the sync error is because the RSS link has been discontinued, or if it’s a temporary problem that can be ignored.

2. A number of YouTube videos playing in the app are in any number of languages. I imagine that’s something in the way Google feeds the data to an RSS reader. But I don’t know if it’s possible in this app to be able to change the language of video that’s playing in it. 

3. Once you’ve cleared all the feeds in the app, it would be nice if the focus remained on the Unread option so the next time you put focus on the app, it is already showing you the newest unread items. A very minor thing, but just a smoother user experience in my mind.

### 3/5 — Good, but rough around the edges

*2026-04-30*

I still use it daily as I prefer the user experience over Reeder, but I am finding lots of rough edges where things don't work well or at all. For a paid version 3.x, this is unacceptable.

### 5/5 — Un des meilleurs lecteur RSS

*2026-04-15*

Très bon lecteur de RSS. 
Il comporte une fonctionnalité que devraient avoir tous les lecteurs RSS : la création de dossiers de recherche intelligents (extrêmement pratique pour toute veille ciblée). 
Un seul petit bémol concerne la présentation avec le titrage des flux qui gagnerait à être paramétrable.

### 1/5 — WTF is Going on???

*2026-04-08, version 3.4.4*

Readkit doesn’t work. PERIOD.  Nothing works.  To make it worse there is now number to call to get Tech. HELP.  These people don’t respond to emails asking for help.

### 1/5 — UI Issues and no support

*2026-04-02, version 3.4.4*

I have a lifetime subscription to ReadKit and I want to give it every chance to be great - I’ve been a syndication-feed user for over 20 years now.

However, the program for months and months and months has a UI issue where the article column completely disappears.  

I submitted support on this and was met with complete silence from the developer.

I’m tired of letting these things slide.  Maybe it’s a Tahoe problem - but this makes the app completely unusable .

### 4/5 — Almost perfect

*2026-03-26, version 3.4.4*

Like this a lot and paid for lifetime. Just wish it had an option to automatically load full article text for selected feeds rather than requiring an additional gesture.

### 3/5 — Almost…

*2026-03-12, version 3.4.4*

I was looking forward to using this application with my FreshRSS instance, but it doesn’t appear to support OAuth for authentication.

### 4/5 — Great but not perfect

*2026-03-08*

Great set of features and I like it - also knowing that it’s supported over many years now!
What’s buggy: I use Miniflux and RSS-Bridge behind it for some feeds and some of those don’t show up with a feed icon… other readers like Lire or so show them and also Miniflux via webui.
Also it would be nice to be able to put the feed title and icon in the article list to the bottom of each article or hide them..

### 5/5 — The most modern, simple RSS reader

*2026-03-08*

ReadKit has a stunning design interface that gives good amounts of customization for the reading experience. The readability features provide meaningful enhancements to the RSS experience, and the AI summary feature is one of the neatest little implementations of Apple Intelligence. After the free trial, a lifetime subscription was the easiest decision.

## Frequently asked questions about ReadKit

### What does ReadKit do?

ReadKit is an all-in-one application designed to consolidate your favorite news, articles, and RSS feeds. It allows you to save articles for later reading, provides a distraction-free reading experience, and offers robust organization features.

### What are the key features of ReadKit?

Key features include an all-in-one reading hub for multiple accounts, cross-platform availability on iOS and macOS, flexible syncing with RSS aggregators and read-later services, advanced organization with smart folders, offline access to articles, and an enhanced reader mode.

### How much does ReadKit cost?

ReadKit offers essential features for free with no ads or data mining. Additional premium features are available through a universal subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase for iOS, macOS, or both. A free trial is also provided.

### What devices is ReadKit compatible with?

ReadKit is a universal app with full feature parity on both iOS and macOS. It is optimized for hardware keyboards on macOS and iPad, and supports gesture controls for intuitive navigation.

### What are common use cases for ReadKit?

Common use cases include subscribing to and reading RSS feeds from various sources, saving interesting articles encountered online to read later, organizing content into custom folders for easy access, and catching up on news offline.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.4.5 — 2026-06-25

• Minor improvements and fixes.

### 3.4.4 — 2026-02-28

• Enabled navigation bar hiding while scrolling articles on iOS/iPadOS 26.
• Fixed authentication and syncing issues for Instapaper and Tiny Tiny RSS.
• Other minor improvements and fixes.

### 3.4.3 — 2025-12-14

• Fixed an issue where navigating between articles caused lag and delayed loading

### 3.4.2 — 2025-11-10

• Show AI Summary at the top of the article without replacing the original content
• Fixed loading YouTube videos and improved their layout
• Minor UI improvements and fixes on iOS and iPadOS 26.1

### 3.4.1 — 2025-11-04

• Fixed issue where selecting feeds didn't work in some cases.
• Fixed potential crash when displaying the feed list.

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