- 82.4LEGITIMACY SCORE
- 82.9SAFETY SCORE
- 17+CONTENT RATING
- $4.99PRICE
Reeder 5 App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
Reeder 5 app received 31 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Reeder 5? Can you share your negative thoughts about reeder 5?
Please wait! Reeder 5 Facebook comments loading...
Reeder 5 for Negative User Reviews
✓ Twitter login won't go awayEvery time I open the app it pops a twitter login. I don't have any twitter feeds left (all deleted). Extremely annoying.Version: 5.4
✓ MehBetween Newsify snd Reeder, Newsify is the clear winner. It’s stood the test of time and in years I’ve not been forced to upgrade or ensure failed syncs. Reeder, however syncs much more data, when it works, but that sync is slow. IDK what determines the number of articles that are fetched but iCloud sync is insufficient. I use TheOldReader and syncing online (although very slow) pulls about 150K articles. I have a lot of feeds so that’s about right for me, but I wish it was adjustable. Today, TheOldReeder syncing stopped. It’s the same issue I had with Reeder 4 and why I upgraded to 5. Pull down for sync and the spinner stops within 2 seconds. Yes, I can delete and download again, however bc of the slow speed that means keeping the display alive long enough for it to complete..Version: 5.0.5
✓ Double ImagesDecent newsreader, a number of helpful features, but also, a few unfortunate quirks. The biggest is that images for many feed sources are duplicated when using “reader view” (a must for easy reading). This has been an issue for a long time, but the developer is unresponsive..Version: 5.4
✓ I don’t know how to use this appI don’t want to give this app a negative review because it clearly does what people want it to. I just don’t know what that is or how to use it, all I really wanted is to apply bionic reading to my phone, but I don’t think that’s a possibility right now.Version: 5.2.2
✓ ICloud syncing is now very brokenI have been using this app for years. Paying for upgrades and recommending it as best in class. Unfortunately it’s now been months since it has synced reliably. I use the app on iPad, Mac and iPhone. I rely on it being up to date and in sync. As I write this it last updated my feeds over 2 days ago on iOS and just spins and spins. I have reinstalled and re-downloaded. I have hoped the last few updates would solve this. I will have to move to a competitor if this isn’t properly resolved..Version: 5.0.8
✓ App needs some updatesThe app is pretty looking. Nice animations but that’s it. It’s slow to load articles (with just 25 feeds only) post images many times don’t load when scrolling through the list. When trying to get full article text, is a hit or miss. The app definitely need some updates. However, it hasn’t been updated in a year. It could be an abandoned app now..Version: 5.4
✓ Almost greatnessBeautifully designed and works flawlessly except for the fact that switching out of the app while reading an article causes Reeder to lose track of that article. I am often need to switch out of the app while viewing an item. I return to find that Reeder has marked the item as “read” and cleared it from the feed. It’s generally too much effort to track the item down again. Fix that and I’m back as a user..Version: 5.0.4
✓ App does to provide any supportIn general I like this app. Been using it for several years. That being said, there are bugs, and I found many annoying ones that never get fixed. In addition, there is no customer support. In the last few years, I contacted support three times and I have yet to receive a reply. I’m knocking off three stars for the lack of support..Version: 5.4
✓ ICloud Syncing stopped workingICloud syncing stopped working on my iPhone few weeks ago and I had to delete and reinstalled the app several times trying to fix the issue, but all efforts have failed. Reeder used to be my favorite news app, and I still using the Mac OS app, but have to look for a new alternative to replace it on my iPhone. I’ve simply lost my patience waiting to have it fixed, maybe will try again when the Reeder 6 come out..Version: 5.1
✓ Still no shortcut to read laterSo much to love but one major issue that is so frustrating. When in your feeds such as Feedly, etc, the bottom bar has starred, unread, archived but is missing Reading List. So no easy way to quickly get to your Reeder Read Later list other than swiping back multiple time then choosing reading list drilling down then having to do that in reverse to get back to the feeds and then doing that everytime all day when going back and forth. Everytime there is an update I check the release notes hoping finally there will be a button to get to the read later list when in your feeds, but so far no luck. Would be a 5 star app otherwise..Version: 5.0.12
✓ ICloud (native) sync is painfully slow… to the extent that I don’t even bother using this app. The desktop version is fine but the 5* reviews for this are a mystery On Feedly it was fine Regretting moving.Version: 5.0.5
✓ Hard to read garbageCan’t change background to white. Not contrast-y enough to read comfortably with a poorly implemented FORCED Sepia background. Wish I had not purchased it. Don’t you make the same mistake..Version: 5.1
✓ Nice app but widget doesn’t automatically updateThe app is very nice and well built. But its widget doesn’t automatically refresh and update the news. After reading the news, I have an empty box and I have to manually open the app and refresh it to be able to see the most recent news in the widget. The widget loses its purpose if I have to open the app anyway..Version: 5.0.1
✓ Useful and elegantly designed but…Mark above/below as read” has been very useful. I appreciate the feature :) The app is also elegantly designed. I enjoy reading articles with it. Wondering, though: Why not “Mark here and above/below as read”? It can remove the extra step of marking a selected article as read. Odd, but related: Articles marked read above/below a selected article marked read are removed from article list (as expected), but selected article stays in list (unexpectedly). I need to pull down on list for selected article to be removed. Another oddity: “mark all as read” marks all as read AND returns to list of feeds. I would expect to stay in same feed..Version: 5.1
✓ Lacks keyboard inputAfter using this app for a month, my initial impressions remain accurate. This app is designed for touch input. I primarily use it on my ipad with a keyboard attached, and really simple keyboard input is missing. I will also mention that there is very little documentation and my support emails to the developer went unanswered, something that is fine maybe for a free app but less so for a paid app *** Initial impressions: it seems like a solid RSS reader with a lot of pretty animations, etc. Some really basic controls seem to be missing, developer is a bit slow to respond to support questions. I plan to continue using this app for the time being..Version: 5.0.12
✓ Will give 5 stars when bookmark and place holder is introducedWill give 5 stars when bookmark and place holder is introduced. When pausing an article, the app doesn't have a tool to bookmark the location of the article where I paused, therefore, I regularly lose my place in the article because I can’t remember where I was holding. Please introduce the ability to bookmark the reader’s location. I’m sure that I’m not the only one with this issue..Version: 5.4
✓ Nice design, but unusableICloud sync takes 10+ minutes to sync. I close the app before it even finishes, as i can’t be bothered waiting. All i want is news with my morning coffee. This app won’t finish syncing before i finish my coffee. Don’t waste your money..Version: 5.2
✓ App cannot follow/find a single feed I’ve triedThe app simply does not work. I want a refund..Version: 5.4
✓ Great but terribleGreat but terrible… I have used this app for years and love it. I use it every day. However… My default browser is Brave on my iPad, but Brave is not an option in this app. Safari and Firefox however are options. Second, my default email program is Proton Mail, but this app does not use the iPads default mail client. Overall, a great app, but some really silly behaviours that need fixing..Version: 5.0.6
✓ UnusableI have Reeder on my iPhone and iPad. The app stopped syncing on my iPhone, tried removing and reinstalling app, now I can’t add my iCloud feed. Gotta look to some other RSS app that actually works now..Version: 5.3.1
✓ Great potential but Buggy release(Update 20 October 2020) The developer Silvio must be commended for being responsive to the feedbacks. I was able to have my issues addressed and voice heard. Would recommend giving this app time to improve. Beautiful interface as was Reeder 4! Support the developer for the work put in for making the widgets and iOS 14 support Unfortunately Reeder 5 is too buggy for me to use it for now (18 October 2020) 1. Opening articles from the widget will open them in the default view. The app does not open in Reader view even with the settings 2. The “All” tab shows unread articles only. So once you read the article, it disappears. It needs to be fixed before reeder 5 is useable for me. Back to Reeder 4 for now..Version: 5.0.1
✓ Developer has abandoned app.Regrettably, it would seem that the developer has abandoned Reeder. He is completely unresponsive to users who have reported major issues with Reeder. At one point in time, this app used to be the best in class RSS reader on iOS; now, it’s riddled with show-stopping bugs and is completely unusable. As just three examples: background sync doesn’t work at all; mark all as read doesn’t work at all; and mark read on open, under a tag, always displays empty/missing content. I would recommend Unread or Fiery Feeds instead. Those apps have a dev that actually care about maintaining their apps and both of them have been updated within the last two weeks, unlike Reeder which hasn’t been touched in many months..Version: 5.4
✓ Widget/Background Refresh Rarely Work, If At AllSince iOS 14 I’ve been looking to find more apps with useful widgets and was happy to see reeder add them. Unfortunately the widget has been anywhere from mostly to entirely useless. Initially, the only way that the widget populated content for me was if I opened the app and manually pulled the feeds then, upon exiting the app, the widget would show whatever I had left unread. Since the last update, it seems like that does not work any more. The background refresh never seems to work, so the majority of the time the widget just sits there empty. reeder has always been a great RSS app but I really only paid for the update to get the widgets, if they’re fixed my opinion of the app would go up considerably..Version: 5.0.3
✓ Unable to load data from previous versionI was perfectly happy using Reeder 3.2.4 but, with the upgrade to iOS 14.2, it stopped working altogether. It doesn’t even launch anymore. I then paid the £4.99 for Reeder 5 only to find out that it doesn’t automatically load the feeds stored with the previous version (a perfectly reasonable expectation). So now I have a brand new version which I didn’t need nor want, with no way to load all the feeds I used to have and cannot recover from a suddenly broken previous version. Way to support your users..Version: 5.0.3
✓ Obvious bugs and oversightsUnfortunately could not adopt this as my RSS reader. - RSS feed marks items as read and banishes them to the netherworld. Can't find them once I re-open the app. - no Sepia theme. Come on..Version: 5.4
✓ Not for meI’ve tried it so many times but every time I find the UI is just a smidge too clever. I can never figure out how to get a nice reading experience with all the obscure icons hidden everywhere..Version: 5.1
✓ Great app, but missing modern featuresReeder is a great RSS app, but it's missing some modern features such as the ability to filter feeds to ignore items with matching keywords, deduplication, summarisation etc....Version: 5.3.4
✓ Background refresh never worksUpdate: I’m downgrading this from 3 to 1 stars and probably deleting the app. I haven’t used it in about a month so when I open the app it’s showing me articles from that long ago while it seems to be downloading EVERY article since then. So, my only option is to let this sit here updating while I make a cup of coffee. It’s just not usable for me at all :( - Reeder is easily my preferred RSS reader. However, it’s lack of background refresh is quite frustrating. I often have to wait more than a minute for it to catch up on the days articles. Not sure why there’s a specific option in settings for background refresh when it doesn’t do anything..Version: 5.2.2
✓ Anyway to turn off the brownI’ve tried to love the default color scheme but I’ve found it gloomy and depressing. Any way to turn off the brown paper look. I want white paper..Version: 5.0.5
✓ Still brokenThe issues that were in version 4 (that I reported to the developer) are still in version 5. Find a better app, I know I will. This time I was fooled it’s “shame on me”. And it’s slower. Yay! :( P.S. I went back to Reeder 3 - it’s a delight!.Version: 5.0.1
✓ Fine but buggyA bit disappointing to see bugs with the list view considering this is fundamental functionality for the app. The list view does not reliably show images for certain feeds (most images are missing in the list view for impacted feeds) The list view for such feeds also does not start at the first time meaning I need to scroll to the top..Version: 5.0.4
🙂 Reeder 5 Positive Reviews
Reeder 5 works most of the time. If it is not working for you, we recommend you excersise some patience and retry later or contact Reeder 5.
⛔ Reeder 5 Problems
