RSS readers is one area where we have a number of very good options. Here are just 3 to get you started:
NetNewsWire: Free. Fully accessible. Okay support for range of feed services. Limited features. Ideal for light RSS users.
lire: Paid. Fully accessible. Good level of support for feed services. Good set of features. Best choice for most RSS users.
Fiery Feeds: Free but requires subscription for premium features. Fully accessible (a couple of minor niggles at the moment which the developer says will be fixed in the next release). Great level of support for feed services, including read it later. Great level of features, including the ability to customise just about everything the app can do and what is displayed. Best for power RSS users.
I've spoken with the developers of each of these, and without exception they are all committed to providing the best possible VoiceOver experience. I have no hesitation in recommending any of these apps.
As the subject says...
Go to https://netnewswire.com/ to read more and find link for downloading it to iOS, iPadOS and MacOS.
It also syncs between devices and services, including Feedly and iCloud, which I heavily rely on.
I haven't seen any better RSS-readers out there since Google Reader.
Thanks for your suggestions. I’m looking at Using netnewswire with iOS and VoiceOver, what is the quickest way to find an RSS feed on the website and copy and paste the link? Is there a quick way to find out whether a webpage has an RSS feed?
O I wish I had good news for you. But, sadly, I do not. Well, I have both good and bad news.
First, there's no real easy way to find RSS. feeds on web sites. Some sites have a page with a link that's called RSS or RSS feeds or something similar. Applevis is a great example of this. This is the easiest way to do things in my view. Because then every thing is in an obvious place and that's all you need to look for. What each sites names that link to the page may differ, but as long as it says RSS somewhere in the label for that link, you're good.
However, some sites might have it in a different place. Podcasts are a great example of this. With podcasts you might have to click on a page about how to listen then get the feed that way. Also, you may have to dig deep to find the RSS feed.
Now, comes the good news. I'm not sure if all apps do this though. But, Lire does this for you. It's one of the reasons I love it so much. Because say you go to your local news station's website, and want to subscribe to their feed. All you have to do, is go to the webeasite, go to the sharesheet, and find an option called subscribe in lire. Then tap on it, and it will bring up a list of your local news stations RSS feeds! Which you can click on and subscribe to! You may have to toggle this option on. If any of the other apps that people recommended have this feature, please correct me. But, as far as I know, Lire is the only app that has that particular feature. Other apps like Net Newswire have sharesheet extensions. But, I think it only works if you have the URL for the feed.
If you want my advice, and this is advice I hate giving out, I'd bite the bullet, and spring the $10 USD. (that was the price when I bought it) and get it. Plus, it offers a lot of the premium features for a one-time payment rather than a subscription. Which, to me, is more budget-friendly in my opinion. Not every one can or wants to pay for a subscription. I'm in the first camp, I can't really afford to be paying a bunch of subscriptions.
Also, don't just take our words. There are podcasts on at least 2 of the RSS readers that were mentioned, Lire and Net Newswire. I recommend going and typing in RSS reader into this site's search field, and clicking on the podcast filtering option, and both listening to the podcasts demos of Net Newswire and Lire, and seeing what other RSS readers are there as well. Because I think that will help you get a sense of how to use the app, and if it will have the features that you're looking for.
Not saying that you shouldn't have posted your question here. All I'm saying is that listening to those demos as part of your search for an RSS reader will help you not only make an informed decision, but will also show you how to use the app you've chosen. Sorry for the lengthy post. But, I do hope that it helps you out in some way. Good luck!
Most sites that offer a RSS feed will typically support “RSS auto-discovery”.
RSS auto-discovery is a technique that makes it possible for browsers and RSS readers to automatically find a site's RSS feed. For example, when you enter https://www.applevis.com in the “Add Feed” section of an RSS reader such as lire, it should automatically discover that the RSS feeds which are available. It should then simply be a matter of selecting which one(s) you wish to subscribe to.
I just gave Lire a try (it's not a cheap app BTW). The one thing I don't like that much about Lire is that when exporting an article there's no option to export it to a PDF file.
But other than that the app works as expected. It's kind of unfortunate that not all that many sites seem to support RSS feeds nowadays (the two local Thai news sites I've tried don't seem to support RSS).
Wow! I didn't know that! Thanks, David! :-)
That makes life a lot simpler!
I wish that there was an RSS app that could be like Google News or any of the other news agrigators out there. In the sense that, you could go to a topic, like technology, or search for a topic like blindness, and find sites that have RSS feeds that you'd then be able to subscribe to. Essentially, it'd be a a news agrigator like Google News but for the RSS feeds. I'm not saying I don't like RSS feeds. I do. I'm just suggesting a way that would make life a little bit easier. Especially if you're like me, and read many different news sites on many different topics and sub-topics. Every thing from technology to mental health to local news. From sources like Reuters, to WHIO, (one of my local news stations) to CNN.
I've occasionally used podcast RSS feed URLS. such as AppleVis, when I couldn't find a particular podcast on a podcatcher.
Comments
Lire, a time-proven and the most accessible one
You can't really go wrong with lire - RSS Reader. It's solid, accessible, full-text-enabled, and highly customizable.
3 great options
RSS readers is one area where we have a number of very good options. Here are just 3 to get you started:
NetNewsWire: Free. Fully accessible. Okay support for range of feed services. Limited features. Ideal for light RSS users.
lire: Paid. Fully accessible. Good level of support for feed services. Good set of features. Best choice for most RSS users.
Fiery Feeds: Free but requires subscription for premium features. Fully accessible (a couple of minor niggles at the moment which the developer says will be fixed in the next release). Great level of support for feed services, including read it later. Great level of features, including the ability to customise just about everything the app can do and what is displayed. Best for power RSS users.
I've spoken with the developers of each of these, and without exception they are all committed to providing the best possible VoiceOver experience. I have no hesitation in recommending any of these apps.
NetNewsWire is fully accessible
As the subject says...
Go to https://netnewswire.com/ to read more and find link for downloading it to iOS, iPadOS and MacOS.
It also syncs between devices and services, including Feedly and iCloud, which I heavily rely on.
I haven't seen any better RSS-readers out there since Google Reader.
Finding RSS feeds
Thanks for your suggestions. I’m looking at Using netnewswire with iOS and VoiceOver, what is the quickest way to find an RSS feed on the website and copy and paste the link? Is there a quick way to find out whether a webpage has an RSS feed?
https://apps.apple.com/gb…
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/netnewswire-rss-reader/id1480640210
O I wish
O I wish I had good news for you. But, sadly, I do not. Well, I have both good and bad news.
First, there's no real easy way to find RSS. feeds on web sites. Some sites have a page with a link that's called RSS or RSS feeds or something similar. Applevis is a great example of this. This is the easiest way to do things in my view. Because then every thing is in an obvious place and that's all you need to look for. What each sites names that link to the page may differ, but as long as it says RSS somewhere in the label for that link, you're good.
However, some sites might have it in a different place. Podcasts are a great example of this. With podcasts you might have to click on a page about how to listen then get the feed that way. Also, you may have to dig deep to find the RSS feed.
Now, comes the good news. I'm not sure if all apps do this though. But, Lire does this for you. It's one of the reasons I love it so much. Because say you go to your local news station's website, and want to subscribe to their feed. All you have to do, is go to the webeasite, go to the sharesheet, and find an option called subscribe in lire. Then tap on it, and it will bring up a list of your local news stations RSS feeds! Which you can click on and subscribe to! You may have to toggle this option on. If any of the other apps that people recommended have this feature, please correct me. But, as far as I know, Lire is the only app that has that particular feature. Other apps like Net Newswire have sharesheet extensions. But, I think it only works if you have the URL for the feed.
If you want my advice, and this is advice I hate giving out, I'd bite the bullet, and spring the $10 USD. (that was the price when I bought it) and get it. Plus, it offers a lot of the premium features for a one-time payment rather than a subscription. Which, to me, is more budget-friendly in my opinion. Not every one can or wants to pay for a subscription. I'm in the first camp, I can't really afford to be paying a bunch of subscriptions.
Also, don't just take our words. There are podcasts on at least 2 of the RSS readers that were mentioned, Lire and Net Newswire. I recommend going and typing in RSS reader into this site's search field, and clicking on the podcast filtering option, and both listening to the podcasts demos of Net Newswire and Lire, and seeing what other RSS readers are there as well. Because I think that will help you get a sense of how to use the app, and if it will have the features that you're looking for.
Not saying that you shouldn't have posted your question here. All I'm saying is that listening to those demos as part of your search for an RSS reader will help you not only make an informed decision, but will also show you how to use the app you've chosen. Sorry for the lengthy post. But, I do hope that it helps you out in some way. Good luck!
Oh I wish
Thank you for your very extensive answer. I will look for these podcast and take a listen.
RSS auto-discovery
Most sites that offer a RSS feed will typically support “RSS auto-discovery”.
RSS auto-discovery is a technique that makes it possible for browsers and RSS readers to automatically find a site's RSS feed. For example, when you enter https://www.applevis.com in the “Add Feed” section of an RSS reader such as lire, it should automatically discover that the RSS feeds which are available. It should then simply be a matter of selecting which one(s) you wish to subscribe to.
Lire
I just gave Lire a try (it's not a cheap app BTW). The one thing I don't like that much about Lire is that when exporting an article there's no option to export it to a PDF file.
But other than that the app works as expected. It's kind of unfortunate that not all that many sites seem to support RSS feeds nowadays (the two local Thai news sites I've tried don't seem to support RSS).
Re: RSS discovery
Wow! I didn't know that! Thanks, David! :-)
That makes life a lot simpler!
I wish that there was an RSS app that could be like Google News or any of the other news agrigators out there. In the sense that, you could go to a topic, like technology, or search for a topic like blindness, and find sites that have RSS feeds that you'd then be able to subscribe to. Essentially, it'd be a a news agrigator like Google News but for the RSS feeds. I'm not saying I don't like RSS feeds. I do. I'm just suggesting a way that would make life a little bit easier. Especially if you're like me, and read many different news sites on many different topics and sub-topics. Every thing from technology to mental health to local news. From sources like Reuters, to WHIO, (one of my local news stations) to CNN.
I've occasionally used podcast RSS feed URLS. such as AppleVis, when I couldn't find a particular podcast on a podcatcher.