Reeder Classic Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience61.0% of reviews
Neutral11.8% of reviews
Negative experience27.2% of reviews

~ Based on 525 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Reeder Classic

Is Reeder Classic Safe?

Reeder Classic appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Reeder Classic is 82/100.

This assessment is based on 820 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.1/5.

Safety Analysis

75.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
5.9% of ratings suggest some concerns
18.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 820 App Store ratings for Reeder Classic.

Is Reeder Classic Legit?

Reeder Classic appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Reeder Classic is 95/100.

Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Thank you

Thanks for the maintenance update and fixing the YouTube bug.

Kind of great. Kind of needs love

The Reader views that the in-app browser displays is far superior to either of the app’s built in Extractors (Readability or Postlight Parser). Neither of those displays images properly often not displaying several images in an article if any.

NY Times is broken.
YouTube long broken.

It is a shame because the flow and functionality are great.

Oh yeah, can’t rename or manage Tags whatsoever. Seems straightforward - make tags editable.
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Still the best

Thank you for fixing the text alignment bug! This is still the most elegant way to read RSS feeds, especially if you use a third party sync platform.

Still the best

Glad to see this app still getting updates — with all the nice little details and bits of polish that's made it the best RSS reader for so many years and through so many iOS changes.

Perfect

Thank you for the maintenance update

New update!

Thanks you for keeping this alive. I don’t want to switch to your new app as I want RSS thing agnostic despite the OS and device I use

Awesome

I use this app more than any other app on my phone.

Please Consider Open Sourcing

Reeder used to be my favorite RSS app, but the replacement is not my cup of tea. Unfortunately, because the app is closed source, nobody can pick up where the developer left off and continue to support the true “classic” RSS experience. Please consider open sourcing your code so it doesn’t have to die!
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Useless in Portrait Mode

Reeder Classic on iPhone in portrait mode is useless. You cannot tap the back arrow in the upper left corner. You must be in landscape mode to go back. The updated version of Reeder does not appear to have the ability to subscribe to my existing Feedbin feeds so all the links need to be manually entered. Can we please get one of them or both of them to work properly?
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Когда-то это было лучшее приложение для RSS…

Сейчас - просто нормальное. Приложение больше не поддерживается, ошибки копятся (плывёт разметка, теряются непрочитанные статьи). Пойду смотреть на аналоги.

La meilleure, mais

J’en ai essayé… BEAUCOUP !
Et Reeder est de loin la meilleure pour moi. Néanmoins je ne peux m’empêcher de constater que l’application est la pour rapporter ce qu’elle peut encore rapporter mais que l’effort réalisé dessus est le minimum. Une mise à jour Liquid Glass serait la bienvenue pour donner un coup de frais à cette superbe application.
La version 4 me convenait d’ailleurs très bien mais les instabilités avec The Old Reader on eu raison de la patience et j’utilise iCloud avec la version 5. C’est bien plus stable mais tout ça pour dire qu’un abonnement pour le nouveau Reeder n’est même pas une option pour moi. Donc j’espère que mon achat de la version 5 sera tout de même un peu maintenu.
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Once was great

Can no longer sync Feedly. Other than not displaying feeds, it’s still pretty.

Needs to be updated

Seems the developer has abandoned this app. Unfortunate.

Please fix YouTube bug

Please fix YouTube “Error 153” for embedded videos

Solid RSS reader that needs love

Reeder Classic is by far the best RSS reader on iPhone. Animations are butter smooth and navigation is simple. The challenge is the app is not a prime focus anymore as the new “Reeder” with its inbox for everything approach has taken priority. I would be happy to pay a subscription to have this app actively maintained. Here’s hoping for a resurgence of Reeder Classic.
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The app started crashing on iOS 26

The app started crashing on iOS 26

Perte de fonctionnalités

Malheureusement le développeur à choisi de privilégier la formule avec abonnement et cette version ne reçoit plus de correctifs.

Elle fonctionne encore mais impossible de visualiser depuis 2025 une vidéo YouTube présente dans dans un flux : c’est vraiment dommage que le minimum ne soit plus fait pour maintenir d’aplomb une application qui fut, jadis, l’une des meilleures.
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Deserves Updates

Please update Reeder Classic to Liquid Glass and continue to contain it. Reeder Classic always was and remains THE optional RSS expedience on iOS, but needs optimized. Sorry, Reeder 5 is pretty but makes no sense to me and not something I want to transition to.

Feeds won't sync

Feeds are failing to sync on demand.

EDIT: Reeder appears to still sync feeds on desktop and tablet, but will not sync feeds on mobile. Deleting the mobile app and reinstalling did not fix this.

The worst version yet

I’ve used both Reeder 4 and the latest Reeder, and both sync RSS feeds perfectly. However, Reeder Classic is a disappointment. While my feeds update with two new articles every hour and show up instantly on other versions, Reeder Classic fails to fetch them. Save your money—don't buy this version