# Wallabag Reader — user reviews > 77 indexed App Store user reviews of Wallabag Reader by maxime marinel, rated 3.40/5 from 37 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wallabag-reader/id1170800946/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wallabag-reader/id1170800946.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 15 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 11 ## Newest reviews (14 of 77) ### 4/5 — Where is the share? *2026-02-04* It is missing from the share menu on iOS 18.7 **Developer response:** Hello and sorry for the disruption. The problem has been identified and corrected in the latest version. Can you confirm that this is resolved for you? ### 4/5 — takes a bit thought... *2026-01-03, version 7.8.3* ...to set up but seems to work well. let's see how we get along! ### 2/5 — Basic to the point of broken? *2025-11-06* 1. I can't add articles on iOS via share sheets to my self-hosted instance; it works via browser on Mac/PC "wallabag can't retrieve contents for this article. Please troubleshoot this issue." Searching for a fix, it seems that the app's article parsing engine doesn't fail back to the server's parser if there's an error, and instead defaults to the error message. 2. The app doesn't let me filter by tags. I hope I'm just missing how to interact with this, but I cannot find it. The default app is so feature-limited, I've switched to using ReadKit to read my Wallabag articles. ### 4/5 — Great App—But There Are Issues *2025-06-02* I like the application and will continue using it. I like and value the independence my own server offers, as opposed to being subject to the caprice of other developers who try to make a subscription business out of web clipping. I'd buy the Wallabag subscription upgrade, if the AI features it delivers were useful to me. I’d be wholly enthusiastic were it not for some issues that go beyond just my personal preference. Installation The iOS app isn't directly tied to development of the server instance, yet the server must work for iOS to follow. Installation is more complicated than it needs to be. Other reviews suggest that Wallabag is intended for more experienced users. That's as may be, yet it's not an excuse. Setup would be easier for all user if the documentation were better written and bugs were addressed. Connecting either the web clipper or the iOS app involves using two "keys." Obtaining said keys appears straightforward, excepting that the process doesn't work. In practice, the setup screen fails to obtain the expected "token," even with correct information entered. A fair bit of research reveals that this is a known issue that seems to have existed for a while. There is a workaround that others have suggested (download the failed setup to a file then reinstall the file)--which also doesn't always work. Considerable fiddling with keys and file produced success (the fiddling was such that it isn't clear to me what eventually made the workaround succeed), but in the end all this is unnecessary. This setup looks fairly easy to script and one questions why this is not done. Operation Once the iOS app setup issues are resolved, the app delivers very nice web page clips/reductions. These are typically noticeably better than other clipping tools. The functionality of the server toolbox is also more varied and superior to other products. Yes, I realize that Wallabag are using a third-party toolbox for much of the clipping and simplification infrastructure. All this is when Wallabag works, that is. My early experience showed that the app deleted messages unexpectedly. I assume this is because the server could not properly synchronize the multiple devices that were connected to it. I've not encountered this error again, but it points to the need for an easy backup. Backup is possible (more so that with other products) but the process isn't automatic. There also isn't a trash can to recover deleted notes. There should be. Wallabag clips are beautiful when they work. I don't have an estimated percentage, but the iOS app (and the web clipper) fail to capture some web pages that are not obviously complex, and that other clipping tools handle easily. This makes it impractical for me to wholly abandon my other tool (much as I'd like to). Wallabag also encounters paywall issues that do not really exist. This happens enough to be annoying. Bottom-line: I appreciate the result and I'm coping with the limitations. Overall, I rate Wallabag a B+. **Developer response:** Hi, Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed and constructive feedback. We’re glad you enjoy the quality of the captures and the flexibility of running your own server. We’ve noted your suggestions on setup, documentation, backup, and app reliability, and will use them to keep improving Wallabag. We truly appreciate your trust and honesty. ### 4/5 — Nice little app! *2025-06-01* Really cool to have a server-hosted feed reader to replace Pocket on my NAS! Only two comments: 1/ On the app, it would be really good to be able to access tags. 2/ sometimes content retrieval isn’t optimal, I get some cloudflare warnings, or the text is just not fetched. **Developer response:** For tags, we plan to add this in a future update. For difficulties retrieving certain content, I invite you to contact the project support directly to help you. ### 3/5 — Sorting is Not Correct *2025-04-03* Thank you for the development of this app. The sorting is not correct, and cannot sort webpages as what is shown on the web app. Hope it will be resolved. ### 4/5 — Highlight *2024-03-01* Is it possible to incorporate the highlight function? ### 3/5 — The latest updates broke pushing to server *2024-02-11* I was able to send web URL to my server regularly using this app but after the latest update that function is not broken I am getting error during pushing to your wallabag server **Developer response:** Hello and sorry for the disruption. The problem has been identified and corrected in the latest version. Can you confirm that this is resolved for you? ### 4/5 — Kann Eintrag nicht mehr löschen *2023-10-15, version 7.0.1* Hallo, ich nutze die App wirklich sehr gern. Schade ist nur, dass ich mit der letzten Version keine Einträge mehr löschen kann. Das Menü öffnet sich jetzt links, wo man eigentlich die Schriftgröße anpassen kann - was dadurch nicht mehr möglich ist. Darüber werden zwar alle Funktionen ausgeführt, ausgenommen das Löschen eines Eintrags. ### 4/5 — Good app *2022-07-21, version 6.2.0* Now you can delete articles using the bottom right menu in the article view. Swipe actions in the main list don‘t work for me so far. Maybe you could add the delete action to the long-click (context) menu for articles in list view. Thank you for your continued work and effort. ### 1/5 — Login dosn‘t work *2022-04-02, version 6.1.1* I‘m not able to login. I‘ve got the message „Unknown error“. The same with my iPad. I have had tried with an other Password - same error. What can I do? ### 4/5 — Bon début *2021-09-11* Formidable application, malgré des lenteurs et quelques frizzes… Merci, continuez comme ça 👌🏻 **Developer response:** Merci beaucoup pour votre message et encouragement. ### 4/5 — Thank you, great start *2021-06-20, version 6.0.4* It would be great if we could reach articles by their tags. AFAIK this is still missing. Personally this would make the app good enough to leave pocket. Thank you again! ### 3/5 — Einfach gehalten *2021-04-08, version 6.0.3* eigentlich nur zum zufügen zu gebrauchen. Anzeigen nach Tags fehlt wie eine Share Funktion ( welche auch nützlich ist um zum Beispiel zu Drucken) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Zero support options *2026-05-14* No, not for getting it setup — that went fine, thanks. But I updated the app three days ago and since then no saved article will open. They don’t respond to clicking in the app (or, they sometimes kind of flash white as if they’ll open, and I can hold to add to favourites, but they won’t actually open). It was working fine before the update. But who can I turn to for support? The app here sends me to the original, and now archived, GitHub page. I posted on the new GitHub page and there has been no reply. I would like to actually continue using this app, I do believe you developed it so that if could be used 😒 **Developer response:** We apologize for the inconvenience; we have just released the emergency fix, and everything is back to normal. We sincerely apologize again. ### 1/5 — Application propriétaire *2026-04-07* Cette app était le client officiel et était sous licence libre. C'est maintenant une app propriétaire intégrant des services IA. Je ne recommande donc pas, pour toutes les raisons éthiques évidentes. **Developer response:** Bonjour, Merci d'avoir pris le temps de partager vos réflexions. Nous comprenons vos préoccupations concernant le changement de statut de l'application et l'intégration de services basés sur l'IA et cela fait plus d’un an si vous suiviez le projet. Votre opinion est importante pour nous, et nous prenons en compte les retours de notre communauté pour améliorer nos services. ### 1/5 — Barely usable *2025-08-08* Shuffles link in arbitrary order. Doesn’t work with many major websites and fallback doesn’t even show titles (eg YouTube or X). Support email completely unresponsive (been 2 weeks now without a reply) even if asking about potentially contributing code fixes to the open source project. I was quite excited to switch from Pocket to an open source project but sadly seems like an abandoned project. If you don’t mind very dated UX and don’t care about reviewing prior links might still work, but would recommend other apps/projects. **Developer response:** We have not received any email from you, could you go through the support link and directly to our github to help you? ### 1/5 — Continuous reloading *2025-07-08, version 7.6.3* Continuous reloading makes the app unusable. This app has one purpose - to display an article and unfortunately fails at it. Whenever you read, after a few minutes the app tries to reload the article. The only other option is to go back and start reading from the top, because the app also loses the reading position. The developer is aware but still can’t fix it for well over a year. That’s very unfortunate ### 1/5 — Nutzlos *2025-01-13, version 7.4.0* Funktioniert nicht. Nachdem ich diese furchtbar langen API keys eingegeben habe, musste ich noch Benutzer und Passwort eingeben, nur um dann „unknown error“ präsentiert zu bekommen. 0 Sterne, völlig nutzlose App ### 1/5 — Lack of updates *2024-03-06* Removed the app due to lack of fixes, the developer seems more interested in adding "AI" features. I have moved to ReadKit **Developer response:** I'm sorry you are not satisfied. I continue to work on the application. Hoping that future improvements will bring you back ### 1/5 — Schrott - leider *2024-01-21, version 7.0.2* Nachdem ich Wallabag als self hosting project aufgesetzt habe, darf ich jetzt feststellen, dass diese App gruselig schlecht funktioniert. Außer einloggen funktioniert faktisch gar nichts. Die App aktualisiert sich nicht mehr und das Hinzufügen von neuen Seiten funktioniert weder über Teilen noch manuell. Auf dem Desktop funktioniert hingegen alles einwandfrei und auch im Safari-Browser per Bookmarklet. Das ist einfach nur ärgerlich. ### 1/5 — Require iOS 17 *2023-12-16, version 6.2.0* It is a shame this app cannot work with iPhone SE 1st gen still very used. It doesn’t have so leading edge functionality to require iOS 17 ### 1/5 — bug report *2023-03-02* The server uses the HTTP protocol to display the unknown error directly, and there is no network request at all. Packets are sent only using the HTTPS protocol. **Developer response:** Hello you can report an issue directly in our GitHub. Thanks. the application uses the address configured by the user, try to put http or https in host configuration ### 1/5 — „Unknown Error“ *2023-01-17, version 6.2.0* Whatever I do, i get an error connecting. In addition, I fail to understand why app specific and user specific credentials are needed which is more than uncommon and adds a lot of complexity which - in combination with this vacuous error message - reduces the possibility to track down the problem to zero. /Update: Still unable to log in. /Update 2: Still unable to log in. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good enough and free! *2026-06-30* Self hosted freedom :-) **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad to hear you’re enjoying the self-hosted features of our app. If you have any tips or suggestions on how we can make your experience even better, feel free to share! Happy exploring! ### 5/5 — It Works! *2025-08-29, version 7.8.0* The interface is a little weird at first. But it works and I really like it. Keep up the good work ### 5/5 — Fantastic RIL service for *technically-minded* users *2024-08-20* This is a read-it-later app par excellence, but only for those willing to get their “hands dirty” using its powerful features. For instance, this app requires that you create an API key to set up synchronization with your various devices and browser extensions. The developers don’t make it obvious how to do this. That’s not because the app / service is bad or the developers are incompetent: it’s because the intended audience already knows how to do this and, for us, this feature is awesome. Please stop giving low ratings because you don’t know what you’re doing: instead, please read the documentation and inform yourself. **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your answer. Indeed the application is aimed at an informed public and able to understand the configuration sometimes difficult to do. But it is also a great way to improve ourselves. Thank you very much for your comment. ### 5/5 — Extraordinary improvement *2024-05-08* Very cool and nice for my day to day reading now ! **Developer response:** Thanks, I'm glad wallabag can help! Thank you for your positive comment ### 5/5 — The latest updates broke pushing to server *2024-02-17* Edit: thanks for the fixes the latest update fixed the problem I was able to send web URL to my server regularly using this app but after the latest update that function is not broken I am getting error during pushing to your wallabag server **Developer response:** Hello and sorry for the disruption. The problem has been identified and corrected in the latest version. Can you confirm that this is resolved for you? ### 5/5 — Great app, just takes some config thanks to iOS constraints *2021-09-23, version 6.0.4* This is the best privacy based news app you can utilize but it is complicated to setup on iOS. The good news is that on every single other platform, even Linux and lesser utilized ones, it works perfectly, full end to end encryption, organization cannot even see what you have which is what adds some of the complexity, and project is 100% open source so you can actually validate information is secure instead of just trusting that a company says so. ### 5/5 — Great app *2021-04-06* Really like it however I don’t see wallabag in the share sheet. Any ideas? **Developer response:** Hello, Thanks for your feedback. To answer you in more detail, do not hesitate to open a bug from the application ### 5/5 — Good, self-hosted pocket alternative *2020-06-11, version 5.1.0* Now it got ,,open in the browser” and it’s feature complete to me. ### 5/5 — Problème de connexion corrigé *2018-12-21* Très bonne application qui fonctionne bien pour lire en mode offline. Merci au développeur. ### 5/5 — This update makes me confident for this app *2018-05-02* I have been waiting for this update so long time. Everything works well for now. Thanks for your efforts. --- *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 2026-08-21.*