![]() ReadKit’s interface is simple and clean, like a Mac app should be. However, sharing to Instapaper is usually free from any app. Instapaper is a free service, but viewing it from a third-party app requires a paid subscription. However, one snag is that Instapaper support requires a paid Instapaper subscription for a dollar a month, which could be a deal breaker, as I’ll explain later. When you first launch ReadKit, you’re given the opportunity to add any or all of the above-mentioned services, which is a straightforward process. The aforementioned Reeder is tied to Google Reader, which no longer functions, and the latest version of NetNewsWire doesn’t feature syncing at all. As I write this, ReadKit has rocketed to the top ten paid apps in the Mac App Store, where itįor now, if you want a Mac-native RSS reader that syncs with other platforms, then ReadKit is your only option. Originally an app designed as a viewer for read-later services, such as Instapaper, Pocket, and Readability, ReadKit now supports bookmarking services Pinboard and Delicious, plus RSS syncing services Fever, NewsBlur, Feed Wrangler, and Feedbin, and it even has its own internal RSS support. It hasn’t been updated to support any of the new RSS syncing services, and developer Silvio Rizzi has removed it from the Mac App Store while saying that “Development of Reeder will continue after July 1st.” Fortunately, developer Balazs Varkonyi of Webin has come to my rescue, updating his ReadKit app to support a slew of RSS services just before the Google Reader shutdown. In the wake of the demise of Google Reader (see “ The State of Google Reader Replacements,” 27 June 2013), I’ve been forced to move away from my preferred Mac newsreader, Reeder.
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