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Probably won't rebuy this due to the developers slow updating time.

by jreed91 13y ago

orofino 13y ago
Which rss app will you switch to? I own many of them and reeder still seems like the best.
- ajanuary 13y ago
  I thought Reeder would lose a huge chunk of it's user base because of the slow update time. The inability to use the desktop app has forced people to investigate alternatives. Turns out all the alternatives are shit.
  - koralatov 13y ago
    ...which is exactly why they don't feel under any pressure to update it in a timely fashion.
- nicwolff 13y ago
  So far I like Newsify against the Feedly API.
- evgen 13y ago
  After waiting longer than I wanted for a Reeder update for iPad I went out and bought Mr. Reader. Works just fine and I can't think of a single thing I am missing from Reeder.
gphreak 13y ago
Reeder was near-perfect until Google Reader was shutdown. Giving a developer another 5 bucks for an updated code base that unifies iPhone and iPad versions is so worth it. The app is by far the best RSS reader on iOS imho.
- RKearney 13y ago
  I think the point jreed91 was trying to make was that Google announced the shutdown of Google Reader pretty far in advance, giving the developer of Reeder more than enough time to update Reeder to support something else. Instead, Reeder was pulled off the App Store and more or less disappeared. Reeder was also sold all the way up until the day Google Reader shut down.
  - jasonpbecker 13y ago
    Of course, the developer did make an update to the iPhone version which had already been rewritten that worked with a few services with easy APIs to transition to. And of course, the developer had been deep into a complete rewrite from scratch on OSX and iPad when the announcement was made and this created a whole new architectural challenge to probably the only part of the app that wasn't going to be complete rewritten. And of course, then Apple announced iOS7 with a completely different UI and whole new language for how users interact with the app. While I am spoiled by more highly communicative developers such that Reeder's relative silence frustrates, the reality is the context makes the delay quite understandable. Even now, people are wondering why the whole thing wasn't redone again to be iOS7 only. Having used the product, its even more clear why it took this long. A few months with only an iPhone version has stunk. But those who were willing to pay the original $10 price on the iPad version in the first place are folks who live in RSS and are willing to pay for the best reading experience out there. Silvio has provided that in spades. It's actually kind of remarkable how well his app works on iOS6 considering the whole UI/interaction paradigm feels exactly like I expect iOS7 only apps to be like.

Probably won't rebuy this due to the developers slow updating time.

by jreed91 13y ago

Probably won't rebuy this due to the developers slow updating time.

orofino 13y ago

Which rss app will you switch to? I own many of them and reeder still seems like the best.

ajanuary 13y ago
I thought Reeder would lose a huge chunk of it's user base because of the slow update time. The inability to use the desktop app has forced people to investigate alternatives. Turns out all the alternatives are shit.
- koralatov 13y ago
  ...which is exactly why they don't feel under any pressure to update it in a timely fashion.
nicwolff 13y ago
So far I like Newsify against the Feedly API.
evgen 13y ago
After waiting longer than I wanted for a Reeder update for iPad I went out and bought Mr. Reader. Works just fine and I can't think of a single thing I am missing from Reeder.

gphreak 13y ago

Reeder was near-perfect until Google Reader was shutdown. Giving a developer another 5 bucks for an updated code base that unifies iPhone and iPad versions is so worth it. The app is by far the best RSS reader on iOS imho.

RKearney 13y ago
I think the point jreed91 was trying to make was that Google announced the shutdown of Google Reader pretty far in advance, giving the developer of Reeder more than enough time to update Reeder to support something else. Instead, Reeder was pulled off the App Store and more or less disappeared. Reeder was also sold all the way up until the day Google Reader shut down.
- jasonpbecker 13y ago
  Of course, the developer did make an update to the iPhone version which had already been rewritten that worked with a few services with easy APIs to transition to. And of course, the developer had been deep into a complete rewrite from scratch on OSX and iPad when the announcement was made and this created a whole new architectural challenge to probably the only part of the app that wasn't going to be complete rewritten. And of course, then Apple announced iOS7 with a completely different UI and whole new language for how users interact with the app. While I am spoiled by more highly communicative developers such that Reeder's relative silence frustrates, the reality is the context makes the delay quite understandable. Even now, people are wondering why the whole thing wasn't redone again to be iOS7 only. Having used the product, its even more clear why it took this long. A few months with only an iPhone version has stunk. But those who were willing to pay the original $10 price on the iPad version in the first place are folks who live in RSS and are willing to pay for the best reading experience out there. Silvio has provided that in spades. It's actually kind of remarkable how well his app works on iOS6 considering the whole UI/interaction paradigm feels exactly like I expect iOS7 only apps to be like.