lire: RSS Reader

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Description of App

Love RSS feeds? So do we!!

RSS feeds are a great way to follow updates on your favorite website. However, some sites set up their feeds to only show a portion of each entry, you know, to get you to click through to their actual website. We find that really annoying, and we're sure you do too.

Which is why, unlike other RSS feed readers, that either push you into a browser (in-app or otherwise), or depend on third party text parsing services and require you to be online to fetch the full text of one article at a time (which makes it no different from having to click/tap through to a website), in lire, you get your favorite RSS feeds as they should've been. You don't need to click through to any website (though, you do still have the option to, if you really wanted). It takes your favorite partial feeds, does it's magic, and converts them in to full feeds, so you don't have to click/tap on those annoying 'Read more' or 'Continue reading' links.

Once they're cached, you don't even need to be connected to read your full-text feeds.

Use as a standalone feed reader,

or,

sync with any of the several services: Feedly, Feedbin, FeedHQ, The Old Reader, Inoreader, BazQux Reader, Newsblur, Feed Wrangler.

Version

6.1.0

Free or Paid

Paid

Apple Watch Support

No

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

17.2

Accessibility Comments

All is fully accessible with VoiceOver.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

All buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.

Other Comments

This is my favourite app for managing feeds. First of all, you can read the articles also offline, because the app retrieves all full text of a feed. this is the most comfortable service I know about this kind of app. Second, it run as a standalone app, managing feeds without need of third party app. Anyway, from version 2.0 it supports Feedly and many other third party services. If necessary, you can convert the article in ebook format, or share also with evernote, and obviously with main social networks and services. Anyway, when you read an article, you have only the text, because the app has cached it, so no images, no ads or links, just all the complete article.
And finally, if there is a difficult feed to parse and text is not available, you can use Mercury service that process text and formats it well for you.

Developer's Twitter Username

@LireApp

Recommendations

13 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by Michael Hansen 1 year ago

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Comments

By alex wallis on Saturday, November 21, 2015 - 18:41

Hi all, wondering if someone knows the answer to this,
I have one rss feed added to lira, what I want is to get notifications whenever the feed is updated like you get push notifications with emails and other apps.
I have the background app refresh enable in lire for the feed and background app refresh on in settings.
However despite this lire never seems to refresh unless I actually launch the app.
any ideas? I am running this on a 6s plus running ios 9.1.
I also have it set to enable notifications for lira under notification settings.

By Apple Khmer on Monday, November 21, 2016 - 18:41

So far, I'm liking this app better than BWRSS and Newsify.

By Apple Khmer on Monday, November 21, 2016 - 18:41

Hope you found al the feeds to the sites you wanted.

By lelia on Monday, November 21, 2016 - 18:41

In reply to by Apple Khmer

Yes I did!

By Chris on Saturday, January 21, 2017 - 18:41

I'm thinking about purchasing this app. Does it still work with iOS 10? It hasn't been updated in over a year.

By AnonyMouse on Saturday, January 21, 2017 - 18:41

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

Hey Chris,

Yes, it still works just fine under iOS 10. As the matter of fact the developer is currently working on a new major release. So hope to see this soon.

By Simone Dal Maso on Saturday, January 21, 2017 - 18:41

In reply to by Chris

Hello, yes Lire is still working and don't worry, 3.0 is almost ready.

I use Lire everyday, but as from last week, whenever I launch Lire, I'm always presented with an error message: no API found. As a result of this, I've switched to 'Newsify'.

By Chris on Saturday, January 21, 2017 - 18:41

Hello,

How do I view my list of articles grouped by feed? I imported an OPML file with my feeds from Vienna on my Mac. However, I just get this extremely long list of articles that is called all articles. I'd rather have them grouped by the feed name and then drill down to view the individual entries per feed. How do I do this? While I'm talking about feeds, it seems like the list of all articles is sorted from oldest to newest even though I checked the option in the settings to show newest first. What am I missing. Aside from these issues, I love this app. However, if I can't figure it out, this will be pretty much useless with all these entries scattered around.

By splyt on Saturday, January 21, 2017 - 18:41

Try to look for subscriptions in the app main screen .. there you go and do have fun!

By Chris on Saturday, January 21, 2017 - 18:41

I figured out the feed issue. There is an item in the main screen called subscriptions. I passed it because I thought it was a heading of text. NOw I feel like an idiot. heh!

By Amir on Saturday, January 21, 2017 - 18:41

As expected, this major update takes accessibility quite seriously as well as offering a wide range of enhancements everywhere.

By Michael Hansen on Saturday, January 21, 2017 - 18:41

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

WARNING: If you are currently using version 2.0 in standalone mode, please make sure that you have a backup of your feeds in an OPML file, before installing 3.0.

Major 3.0 update..

  • New sync services: FeedHQ, The Old Reader, Inoreader, BazQux Reader.
  • Completely redesigned UI.
  • Several new fonts.
  • State Restoration (lire will now start where you left it when you were last using it).
  • Standalone feed engine is completely rebuilt from the ground up.
  • New background refresh/sync engine: You can now set the minimum amount of time that must elapse after a background refresh/sync before another background refresh/sync can me initiated.
  • Get notifications when a successful background refresh/sync downloads new articles.
  • New, and more efficient full-text fetching engine.
  • New OPML import engine: Besides being able to import file via 'Open with:' from other apps, you can now import OPML files from iCloud drive, and other apps that offer file providers, from right within the OPML Import/Export screen.
  • New section in Accessibility/VoiceOver Options: VoiceOver users can now change the order in which VoiceOver will speak different attributes of each article in a list of articles.
  • New Fast Read Later option: This is different from 'Fast Read Later' in previous versions: Go to Settings > Article Options > Fast Read Later, and select what you want Fast Read Later to do. This actions will basically replace the second button on the bottom bar in the main article view.
  • New Swipe To Left Action option in article lists: Go to Settings > Article Options > Swipe To Left Action, and select what you want Swipe To Left Action to do. Which in a list of articles swipe/slide an article to the left to perform this actions. VoiceOver users can perform this action from the rotor.
  • New Swipe To Right Action option in article lists: Go to Settings > Article Options > Swipe To Right Action, and select what you want Swipe To Right Action to do. Which in a list of articles swipe/slide an article to the right to perform this actions. VoiceOver users can perform this action from the rotor.
  • Easy way to report problems with specific feeds that the new standalone feed engine may have trouble with: Go to view articles of specific feeds, from the article list, open Subscription Details, and tap on 'Report a problem' button at the bottom of the Subscription Details view. (This button is only visible if you’re using the app in Standalone mode).
  • Easy way to report problems with full-text extraction of specific articles: Tap 'Report a problem' link at the bottom of the full-text view if the specific article.
  • Easy way to report problems with Cache: Go to Settings > Caching Options > Report a problem.
  • Tons of other new features, improvements, and bug fixes..

If you enjoy using lire, please leave a review and tell a friend about it. That helps a lot!

By Dalia on Saturday, January 21, 2017 - 18:41

Is anybody else encountering problems with lire 3 not automatically refreshing feeds in the background?

I have tried everything that I can think of - toggling all of the relevant app and iOS settings; hard restarting my phone; killing the app in the App Switcher; deleting and reinstalling the app - but still have to manually refresh feeds nearly every time that I go to the app.

There is so much that I like about this app, but this problem is driving me somewhat crazy … and possibly back to Feeddler.

By alex wallis on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 18:41

Hi, I have a question about refreshing feeds, basically I want when lire refreshes a feed in the background automatically to be notified when this happens, I understand that this is possible.
However what I would like to know is if I disable caching of text and images does this effectively mean that I won't get notifications when the background app refresh fetches new content? basically I have no interest in storing articles for any length of time its mostly to know when new things are posted to the feed that is important, I also always have an internet connection available so offline reading isn't important to me.
Of course if I need text caching to be on for notifications of background app refresh to work then I will turn it back on.
also, I assume that starring an article means that it won't be purged after a day if I have read it which is what I now have set so that anything I read is automatically deleted after a day.

By Jesse the K on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 18:41

I read lots of Dreamwidth blogs which require me to login before displaying the RSS feed. Has anyone done this successfully?

By lelia on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 18:41

With this new update, when I try adding subscriptions it gets me to either Google or being. How do I add subscription now? Thank you

By taichong on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 18:41

Why I can't subscribe to applevis using Lire. It does not give an article automatically

By Xandross on Friday, July 21, 2017 - 18:41

Using version 3.0.18 of the app, can someone please tell me the correct way to search for feeds?

At the moment, when I do any kind of search be it URL or specific words, all I get is the Google and Bing results, nothing else.

I'm obviously doing something wrong, but can't for the life of me work out what it is! Any help gratefully received.

Thanks.

By jeremy jeffers on Thursday, December 21, 2017 - 18:41

can't add subscriptions for some strange reason. is this still possible?

By Moses Gitari on Saturday, April 21, 2018 - 18:41

Hi all.
Could someone with latest experience with lire and feeddler rss reader pro 2 tell us how they compare? I need to buy an rss reader but I’m torn between the two. I don’t care about the price.
Who is the winner? Lire full text rss or feeddler rss reader pro 2?
Cheers.)
Freeman.

hi all,
Which is better, lire or feeddler pro 2
Can someone with latest experience with both of these apps tell us?
Thanks.

By That Blind Canuck on Saturday, April 21, 2018 - 18:41

Hi, I can't really say anything about Feedler Pro as I never used it, but I myself do use Lire and love it.

By Moses Gitari on Saturday, April 21, 2018 - 18:41

Thanks for the feedback.
So far so good. I’ve just purchased this app and I’m really impressed with it.
Thanks again.
With regards.

By Lysette Chaproniere on Thursday, June 21, 2018 - 18:41

WARNING: If you are currently using version 2.0 in standalone mode, please make sure that you have a backup of your feeds in an OPML file, before installing 3.0.
Version 3.1.0
- A new 'Discover' section includes ways for you to discover interesting articles articles that you may otherwise miss. Including:-
-- Hot Links: Shows web-pages that get linked to from multiple articles.
-- Calm Feeds: Show articles from feeds with a low article publishing frequency.
-- Linked List: Shows articles that are determined to be a linked-list style articles (i.e. the article’s URL is a link to another website than the one that owns the feed that published it).
- Added compound filters: Filter any/all article lists by more than one filter, like 'Unread + Starred'. Tap the filter button, and then tap 'COMPOUND' at the bottom to see available compound filters, or tap & hold the filter button to go straight to compound filters.
- Added ability to create custom email templates with preset subject, recipient/s, and body-text, and, have it available in the system share sheet. Please visit Settings > Share Options to set one (or more) up. (There are also some pre-added mail templates for you to use there)
- Added ability to create custom URL actions to share articles with any website or app the supports URL schemes. Please visit Settings > Share Options to set one (or more) up. (There is also a small directory of URL actions for you to try out)
- The bottom toolbar in the main article reading view will the completely hidden once fully collapsed on iPhone X.
- Other minor bug fixes & improvements.
If you enjoy using lire, please leave a review, tell a friend about it, or consider dropping a small thank you in the Tip Jar. That helps a lot!

Hi! I bought the app. today hoping to get notifications as well. It was the reason why I bought the app. I am in the same situation as you. Did you ever get them working? If so, what did you or anybody reading this do? I realize this post is a couple years old but it's worth a shot. Maybe I will get a answer from somebody.

By KE8UPE on Saturday, November 21, 2020 - 18:41

Hi,
I previously bought lire, & loved it!
It doesn’t make sense to me, why the new version, would be a separate app. However, I am seriously thinking of purchasing it.
For those who have already bought the new version, what do you think of it? How does it compare to the previous version?
Is it worth the cost?

By Mike S on Friday, May 21, 2021 - 18:41

After updating my iPhone 7 to iOs 14.5 I can not download full text for any articles. Every attempt ends with a timeout error and a message saying unable to download full text.

This worked fine before updating to iOs 14.5 and has not worked afterwards, including several hard closes of Lire and rebooting my iPhone.

Is anyone else able to download full text with iOs 14.5 and Lire?

By Dominic on Friday, July 21, 2023 - 18:41

What’s new inversion 5.1.8

Version 5.1.8, 1mo ago, Version 5.1.8 ADDED: - Open articles in Newsletter Mode (Experimental): Some sync services (like Feedbin), and some 3rd Party services (like kill-the-newsletter.com) allow you to read Newsletters in your RSS reader. In Newsletter mode, articles are rendered as is, without applying lire's internal styling, this is especially useful for reading newsletters (most of which include their styling inline). You can set specific feed to open their articles in Newsletter Mode in Settings > Article > Open in. FIXED: - A bug that caused a crash while trying to open certain articles dowloaded while syncing with Feedbin. - Other minor bug fixes. Previously in Version 5.1.7 - Minor bug fixes. Version 5.1.6 ADDED: - Ability to send articles to Readwise Reader: Available in Swipe Actions, as a Toolbar Shortcut, and in context menus. - Ability to manually delete thumbnails in Settings > Caching. - Ability to toggle Aggressive Widget Thumbnail caching in Settings > Caching > Automatic Image caching. FIXED: - A crash that could occur in certain cases when tapping on "Errors Occurred". - Other minor bug fixes. Version 5.1.5 - Minor bug fixes. Version 5.1.4 FIXED: - A bug that caused a crash while attempting to cache full-text of certain articles. - A bug that could prevent some articles to not be downloaded correctly when syncing with Feedbin. - Other minor bug fixes. Version 5.1.3 - Fixed a bug that caused a crash while syncing with Feedbin in some cases. Version 5.1.2 ADDED: - Three new options to "Mark all as read that are older than" menu. (Tap & hold the mark all as read button in article list to see this menu) - "Mark as read" options to the context menu in the sidebar (i.e. the view with list of folders, tags etc.) FIXED: - A bug that prevented certain buttons from working while "Undo Mark As Read" panel was visible. - Other minor bug fixes. Version 5.1.1 - Minor bug fixes. Version 5.1.0 ADDED: - iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets. - Find on Page (on iOS 16/iPadOS 16). When reading an article, tap Share > Find on Page, to search for a specific piece of text inside that particular article. - Ability to choose/set any installed font in article reading view. - "San Francisco Rounded" font option for reading articles. - "System Rounded" font option in UI. UPDATED: - Re-organised the iPad Sidebar. Settings button moved to the bottom to make more room in the the top bar. - Overhauled the internal font engine (All old custom font options have been moved into a special section called "Legacy"). - In-app "Errors Occurred" notification to have a more prominent appearance. FIXED: - A bug that prevented images in certain specific formats from being loaded as thumbnails in article lists. - A bug that prevented articled marked as read using shortcuts from being synced to Inoreader. - Several minor bugs related to handling of feeds with non-ASCII character in their URLs. - A bug that caused a crash while importing certain OPML files. - A bug the prevented management (rename/change folders/unsubscribe) of feeds in a BazQux Reader account, when the feed's URL contained query parameters. - Tons of other minor bug fixes. If you enjoy using lire, please leave a review, or tell a friend about it. That helps a lot!