# SwiftWire - RSS Reader — RSS Reader for Blogs and News

> RSS Reader for Blogs and News (iPhone/iPad app by Dustin Olsen.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swiftwire-rss-reader/id6760581651 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Dustin Olsen](https://appshunter.io/developer/1860536993)
- Category: News, Utilities
- Price: $3.99 with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.6 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-03-18
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swiftwire-rss-reader/id6760581651/reviews.md

## What is SwiftWire?

SwiftWire is a clean, no-nonsense RSS reader. No ads, no subscriptions, just your feeds. iCloud syncing keeps your RSS feeds up to date across all your devices, so you can read what matters wherever you are on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Customize your feeds, stay organized, and catch up on news, blogs, and articles effortlessly.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $3.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Small Tip | $0.99 | one-time |
| SwiftWire Medium Tip | $3.99 | one-time |
| SwiftWire Large Tip | $9.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.4 — 2026-05-22

What's New in SwiftWire 1.4

New progress bar tracks where you are in every article, and estimated read times now appear right in the feed so you know what you're getting into before you tap.

Feed Statistics gives you a breakdown of any feed — total and unread counts, how often it posts, the most active day, average read time, and more. Find it in the feed context menu or the article list toolbar.

Text-to-Speech has been completely overhauled. You can now browse all the voices installed on your device, grouped by language, and pick your favourite — with badges marking Premium and Enhanced quality voices. A new speed slider lets you dial in exactly the pace you want.

Mac and iPad keyboard users get a new Article menu with shortcuts for jumping between articles (⌘] / ⌘[), toggling read status (⌘⇧M), and opening in the browser (⌘⇧O).

Finally, notifications have been fixed, no more burst of alerts when you first add a feed, and refreshes now send one tidy summary per feed instead of one ping per article.

### 1.3 — 2026-04-03

Version 1.3

This update fixes several issues that were silently preventing feeds from loading correctly, and brings a handful of quality-of-life improvements.

Bug Fixes

Fixed Atom feeds (Substack, many tech blogs, and podcasts) showing no articles
Fixed article dates appearing blank, causing incorrect sort order
Fixed feed titles sometimes appearing incomplete
Fixed notifications firing during manual refreshes
Fixed special characters like em-dashes and curly quotes being stripped from article previews
Improvements

Feeds now refresh in parallel — significantly faster on larger feed lists
Unread article counts now appear on feed rows and folder headers
Reader mode preference is now remembered between articles
OPML import and export now preserve folder structure
Folders can now be renamed, and new folders can be created from the feed list
App Store "What's New" has a ~4000 character limit and no formatting, so here's the plain-text version ready to paste:

This update fixes several issues that were silently preventing feeds from loading correctly.

Bug Fixes:
• Fixed Atom feeds (Substack, many tech blogs) showing no articles
• Fixed article dates appearing blank, causing incorrect sort order
• Fixed feed titles sometimes appearing incomplete
• Fixed notifications firing during manual refreshes
• Fixed special characters being stripped from article previews

Improvements:
• Feeds now refresh in parallel — much faster on large feed lists
• Unread counts now show on feed rows and folder headers
• Reader mode preference is now remembered between articles
• OPML import and export now preserve folder structure
• Folders can now be renamed and created from the feed list

### 1.2 — 2026-03-30

What's New in SwiftWire 1.2

- Pull to refresh on iPhone and iPad — just drag down to check for new articles
- Articles are now automatically marked as read when you open them
- Various improvements and bug fixes

### 1.0 — 2026-03-18

No release notes.

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All apps by Dustin Olsen: https://appshunter.io/developer/1860536993

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