SwiftUI app for Mac, iOS and tvOS that plays YouTube through Invidious or Piped, two open source front ends that stand between you and Google's servers. You point Yattee at an instance, add channels as favorites, and it builds a feed from exactly those channels; nothing else. SponsorBlock and Return YouTube Dislike are built in.
Everything depends on those instances staying up. Google has been blocking Invidious instances at the IP level since 2024, and that fight was still going on through 2026, with public instances getting hit with CAPTCHAs, throttling and outright blacklisting. Piped has reportedly held up better under the same pressure, but neither is infrastructure you control. Unlike Play, Yattee has no fallback to YouTube directly if your instance goes down; the proxy is the only door.
I don't like the friction Invidious introduces. More than once, the few minutes I set aside to watch videos have been consumed with fixing a buggy back end. If your experience has been different, Yattee is popular for a reason. Use it and enjoy. It's just not for me.
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# Unwatched
Unwatched is a free, open source, native Swift app; macOS 15 or later on the Mac, iOS 17 or later on the phone. The difference from Yattee: it pulls from YouTube's own RSS feeds and the YouTube Data API instead of routing through a third party front end. That's a different kind of dependency, not zero dependency; you're still relying on Google's API staying available and its quotas staying reasonable. But you're not waiting on a volunteer-run proxy server to survive the week.
Don't charge into the Unwatched setup by adding 200 must-watch channels in one go. You'll get rate limited and frustrated.
Unwatched doesn't handle playlist organization, and the developer says as much directly in an App Store reply, pointing users toward Play. Which, at this point in the post, shouldn't surprise anyone.
You can also skip the app entirely and read the same channel feeds in a regular RSS reader. [
NetNewsWire is free and open source and will do it. Inoreader is the paid service I use and prefer, but nothing about this approach requires paying for it.
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# Alternatives
FreeTube does the same job on the desktop side, and it's one I have used and reviewed here. It builds its feed locally from subsiptions, doesn't require Invidious to function since it has its own extractor, and has been shipping updates steadily through 2026. It's one of the few Electron apps I'd install anyway.
[Grayjay Desktop\](https://grayjay.app/desktop/) belongs on this list even though I have only started testing it. It's a one-time $9.99 purchase from the FUTO team that aggregates YouTube alongside other platforms into a single unranked feed, no algorithm unless you log in. The Mac build previously needed a Gatekeeper bypass, which is the kind of friction that either doesn't bother you or ends the conversation immediately. As of this writing, it is notarized.
Grayjay is also the one app here that runs on a phone that isn't an iPhone. The license covers macOS and Android, and there's no iOS version; FUTO's own FAQ says an iPhone build isn't coming in the near future because the team is focused on making the Android app first-class. Play, Yattee and Unwatched all run on iPhone and none of them run on Android, so if your Mac sits next to a Pixel, Grayjay is the only entry on this list that follows you to both.
\## Who this is for
If you want one app that follows you across every Apple device, saves videos alongside subscriptions, and doesn't put all its weight on a single third party server, Play is the one I'd point you to first. If your Mac is Apple Silicon and you don't mind depending on a proxy that Google is actively trying to kill, Yattee adds SponsorBlock and dislike counts
Everything depends on those instances staying up. Google has been blocking Invidious instances at the IP level since 2024, and that fight was still going on through 2026, with public instances getting hit with CAPTCHAs, throttling and outright blacklisting. Piped has reportedly held up better under the same pressure, but neither is infrastructure you control. Unlike Play, Yattee has no fallback to YouTube directly if your instance goes down; the proxy is the only door.
I don't like the friction Invidious introduces. More than once, the few minutes I set aside to watch videos have been consumed with fixing a buggy back end. If your experience has been different, Yattee is popular for a reason. Use it and enjoy. It's just not for me.
Mac App Store
# Unwatched
Unwatched is a free, open source, native Swift app; macOS 15 or later on the Mac, iOS 17 or later on the phone. The difference from Yattee: it pulls from YouTube's own RSS feeds and the YouTube Data API instead of routing through a third party front end. That's a different kind of dependency, not zero dependency; you're still relying on Google's API staying available and its quotas staying reasonable. But you're not waiting on a volunteer-run proxy server to survive the week.
Don't charge into the Unwatched setup by adding 200 must-watch channels in one go. You'll get rate limited and frustrated.
Unwatched doesn't handle playlist organization, and the developer says as much directly in an App Store reply, pointing users toward Play. Which, at this point in the post, shouldn't surprise anyone.
You can also skip the app entirely and read the same channel feeds in a regular RSS reader. [
NetNewsWire is free and open source and will do it. Inoreader is the paid service I use and prefer, but nothing about this approach requires paying for it.
Mac App Store
# Alternatives
FreeTube does the same job on the desktop side, and it's one I have used and reviewed here. It builds its feed locally from subsiptions, doesn't require Invidious to function since it has its own extractor, and has been shipping updates steadily through 2026. It's one of the few Electron apps I'd install anyway.
[Grayjay Desktop\](https://grayjay.app/desktop/) belongs on this list even though I have only started testing it. It's a one-time $9.99 purchase from the FUTO team that aggregates YouTube alongside other platforms into a single unranked feed, no algorithm unless you log in. The Mac build previously needed a Gatekeeper bypass, which is the kind of friction that either doesn't bother you or ends the conversation immediately. As of this writing, it is notarized.
Grayjay is also the one app here that runs on a phone that isn't an iPhone. The license covers macOS and Android, and there's no iOS version; FUTO's own FAQ says an iPhone build isn't coming in the near future because the team is focused on making the Android app first-class. Play, Yattee and Unwatched all run on iPhone and none of them run on Android, so if your Mac sits next to a Pixel, Grayjay is the only entry on this list that follows you to both.
\## Who this is for
If you want one app that follows you across every Apple device, saves videos alongside subscriptions, and doesn't put all its weight on a single third party server, Play is the one I'd point you to first. If your Mac is Apple Silicon and you don't mind depending on a proxy that Google is actively trying to kill, Yattee adds SponsorBlock and dislike counts
on top of the unranked feed, free. If you're on macOS 15 and you'd rather depend on Google's official API than a volunteer's server, Unwatched is the sturdier free bet, minus playlist support.
If the algorithm mostly works for you, you're probably reading this wondering why anyone would go to this much trouble and expense to get away from something that just suggests videos. That's a fair question.
I've run all three. None of them gets you off Google's radar entirely.
\## What I actually want from YouTube
There's no single app here that fixes YouTube, because the app was never the whole problem. Google still builds the feed on youtube.com; these three just stop asking it to.
No "you might also like." No endless Home feed. No algorithm deciding that because I watched one video about replacing a refrigerator water filter I have apparently developed a lifelong passion for appliance repair.
I don't actually want Google to find more things for me to watch. I already have more interesting books, movies, music, podcasts, articles and videos than I'll ever have time to consume.
The scarce resource isn't content anymore. It's attention.
So my ideal YouTube gives the algorithm as little work to do as possible.
I pick the channels. I pick the videos. I decide when I'm finished.
Then YouTube shuts up.
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If the algorithm mostly works for you, you're probably reading this wondering why anyone would go to this much trouble and expense to get away from something that just suggests videos. That's a fair question.
I've run all three. None of them gets you off Google's radar entirely.
\## What I actually want from YouTube
There's no single app here that fixes YouTube, because the app was never the whole problem. Google still builds the feed on youtube.com; these three just stop asking it to.
No "you might also like." No endless Home feed. No algorithm deciding that because I watched one video about replacing a refrigerator water filter I have apparently developed a lifelong passion for appliance repair.
I don't actually want Google to find more things for me to watch. I already have more interesting books, movies, music, podcasts, articles and videos than I'll ever have time to consume.
The scarce resource isn't content anymore. It's attention.
So my ideal YouTube gives the algorithm as little work to do as possible.
I pick the channels. I pick the videos. I decide when I'm finished.
Then YouTube shuts up.
https://redd.it/1vmydex
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Flacbox 7.6: a new pro audio engine with real-time effects, a 14-filter DSP chain, and EBU R128 leveling for your lossless library on Mac
Hey everyone! I'm the developer of Flacbox (hi-res / lossless music player for Mac, iPhone, and iPad: FLAC, DSD, ALAC, APE, and more). 7.6 just shipped and it is the biggest update I have done, built around a brand-new pro audio engine. Happy to answer technical questions in the comments.
Problem
If your lossless library lives in third-party cloud storage (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud Drive, and about 30 others), on a network share (SMB, WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, NFS, DLNA), or on a media server (Plex, Jellyfin, Subsonic, Navidrome, Emby) instead of inside Apple Music, macOS gives you no good way to play it well. The stock Music app will not touch third-party cloud storage at all, and most cloud players cannot apply a real effects chain, a custom DSP chain, or tag-free loudness normalization to files that are streaming rather than sitting locally. Flacbox is built specifically for playing your own hi-res files from cloud, network, and local sources with proper playback quality.
Comparison
vs. VOX: VOX is a strong Hi-Res player, but to stream your own library it relies on VOX Cloud, which needs a VOX Premium subscription ($4.99/month or $49.99/year) and requires you to upload your music into VOX's own storage. Flacbox instead connects directly to the cloud accounts you already pay for (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and about 30 more), so there is no second storage subscription and nothing to re-upload. Flacbox also adds 11 real-time effects, a 14-filter DSP chain, and real-time EBU R128 loudness leveling on any stream, which VOX does not do without tags.
vs. Pine Player: Pine Player is a nice free local player with gapless and EQ, but it has no third-party cloud storage integration at all, so it can only play files already sitting on your Mac. Flacbox streams and downloads directly from cloud storage, network shares (SMB, WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, NFS, DLNA), and media servers, and adds a full effects rack and a build-your-own DSP chain that apply to cloud streams and internet radio, not just local files.
vs. Apple Music app: The stock Music app cannot play files from third-party cloud storage, network shares, or media servers at all, and offers no real-time effects chain or tag-free loudness normalization. Flacbox exists for exactly that use case.
Pricing (https://everappz.com/products/flacbox/)
Free: ad-supported. Up to 10 playlists, 3 cloud services, 1,000 songs per playlist, 750 songs in queue, 1 offline folder, 1 offline album, 20 tag searches/day, 5 M3U exports/day.
Premium Monthly, $2.99/month: ad-free, unlimited playlists, unlimited cloud services, unlimited offline folders and export.
Premium Yearly, $19.99/year: same unlimited Premium features.
Premium Lifetime, $69.99 one-time: permanent Premium, shared across iOS and Mac via iCloud. Family Sharing supported.
What's new in 7.6
A new pro audio engine you can actually choose. Instead of forcing a rewrite on everyone, the new engine (built on the BASS audio library from un4seen) sits alongside the classic one as a selectable playback core. Switch to it when you want the full audiophile toolkit, keep the old one when you do not. Turning it on unlocks everything below, plus high-quality resampling and independent pitch and tempo control (shift the key up to +/- 60 semitones, or change speed 0.1x to 4x, without touching the other).
Tracker and MOD playback. The new engine plays classic module formats natively: MOD, XM, IT, S3M, MTM, UMX, MO3. This is the pattern-and-sample music from the chiptune and demoscene world that almost no desktop player opens.
Eleven real-time audio effects, each a native processing node with its own screen, presets, and an instant on/off toggle, so they apply to local files, cloud streams, and internet radio without re-encoding:
Reverb: Room to
Hey everyone! I'm the developer of Flacbox (hi-res / lossless music player for Mac, iPhone, and iPad: FLAC, DSD, ALAC, APE, and more). 7.6 just shipped and it is the biggest update I have done, built around a brand-new pro audio engine. Happy to answer technical questions in the comments.
Problem
If your lossless library lives in third-party cloud storage (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud Drive, and about 30 others), on a network share (SMB, WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, NFS, DLNA), or on a media server (Plex, Jellyfin, Subsonic, Navidrome, Emby) instead of inside Apple Music, macOS gives you no good way to play it well. The stock Music app will not touch third-party cloud storage at all, and most cloud players cannot apply a real effects chain, a custom DSP chain, or tag-free loudness normalization to files that are streaming rather than sitting locally. Flacbox is built specifically for playing your own hi-res files from cloud, network, and local sources with proper playback quality.
Comparison
vs. VOX: VOX is a strong Hi-Res player, but to stream your own library it relies on VOX Cloud, which needs a VOX Premium subscription ($4.99/month or $49.99/year) and requires you to upload your music into VOX's own storage. Flacbox instead connects directly to the cloud accounts you already pay for (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and about 30 more), so there is no second storage subscription and nothing to re-upload. Flacbox also adds 11 real-time effects, a 14-filter DSP chain, and real-time EBU R128 loudness leveling on any stream, which VOX does not do without tags.
vs. Pine Player: Pine Player is a nice free local player with gapless and EQ, but it has no third-party cloud storage integration at all, so it can only play files already sitting on your Mac. Flacbox streams and downloads directly from cloud storage, network shares (SMB, WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, NFS, DLNA), and media servers, and adds a full effects rack and a build-your-own DSP chain that apply to cloud streams and internet radio, not just local files.
vs. Apple Music app: The stock Music app cannot play files from third-party cloud storage, network shares, or media servers at all, and offers no real-time effects chain or tag-free loudness normalization. Flacbox exists for exactly that use case.
Pricing (https://everappz.com/products/flacbox/)
Free: ad-supported. Up to 10 playlists, 3 cloud services, 1,000 songs per playlist, 750 songs in queue, 1 offline folder, 1 offline album, 20 tag searches/day, 5 M3U exports/day.
Premium Monthly, $2.99/month: ad-free, unlimited playlists, unlimited cloud services, unlimited offline folders and export.
Premium Yearly, $19.99/year: same unlimited Premium features.
Premium Lifetime, $69.99 one-time: permanent Premium, shared across iOS and Mac via iCloud. Family Sharing supported.
What's new in 7.6
A new pro audio engine you can actually choose. Instead of forcing a rewrite on everyone, the new engine (built on the BASS audio library from un4seen) sits alongside the classic one as a selectable playback core. Switch to it when you want the full audiophile toolkit, keep the old one when you do not. Turning it on unlocks everything below, plus high-quality resampling and independent pitch and tempo control (shift the key up to +/- 60 semitones, or change speed 0.1x to 4x, without touching the other).
Tracker and MOD playback. The new engine plays classic module formats natively: MOD, XM, IT, S3M, MTM, UMX, MO3. This is the pattern-and-sample music from the chiptune and demoscene world that almost no desktop player opens.
Eleven real-time audio effects, each a native processing node with its own screen, presets, and an instant on/off toggle, so they apply to local files, cloud streams, and internet radio without re-encoding:
Reverb: Room to
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Flacbox - Hi-Res Audio Player for iPhone and Mac
Play & download FLAC, DSD, APE, ALAC files on your iPhone. Listen to your music directly from the cloud storage or computer with equalizer.
Cathedral, with dry, wet, room size, damp, and width.
Delay and multi-tap echo: up to 5s, feedback, and stereo cross-feed.
Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, and Auto-Wah: the classic modulation set.
Distortion: subtle grit to full lo-fi.
Compressor: full dynamics control (threshold, ratio, attack, release, expansion, makeup gain), 10 presets.
Stereo rotation: rotary auto-panner.
Crossfeed: Bauer bs2b headphone crossfeed (incl. Chu Moy and Jan Meier presets). Great on hard-panned '60s to '70s stereo mixes.
A 14-filter DSP processor. Build your own reorderable real-time signal chain from: gain, low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, notch, peaking, low-shelf, high-shelf, soft-clip saturation, bit crusher, tremolo, delay, ring modulator, and stereo width. Each has presets and an on/off toggle.
Automatic volume leveling. Uses EBU R128 (ITU-R BS.1770) loudness measurement in real time. Unlike ReplayGain it needs no tags and does not modify your files, so it works on cloud streams and radio too. Local files are pre-scanned so playback opens already leveled. Presets: Light -20, Standard -16, Strong -14, Night -23 LUFS.
Real-time music visualizer. Full-screen animated visuals that react live to the audio, with a large library of presets or an auto-cycle mode, plus a screen-sleep preventer so the show does not cut out. Looks great on a big display.
Refreshed design. The effects and EQ screens got modern glass-style sliders and a simplified presets mode, plus clearer separation of engines, effects, and DSP.
Under the hood: a more reliable streaming foundation, better file-type handling, and broader localization, alongside the existing support for FLAC, DSD, ALAC, APE, WAV, AIFF, MP3, AAC, and Opus.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1594027432
If you try it, I would love feedback, especially on the effects and DSP chain with your own FLAC and DSD library, the crossfeed presets on headphones, and (for the curious) tracker and MOD playback. Bugs or requests, drop them here or email support@everappz.com. Thanks!
https://redd.it/1vmr9cs
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Delay and multi-tap echo: up to 5s, feedback, and stereo cross-feed.
Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, and Auto-Wah: the classic modulation set.
Distortion: subtle grit to full lo-fi.
Compressor: full dynamics control (threshold, ratio, attack, release, expansion, makeup gain), 10 presets.
Stereo rotation: rotary auto-panner.
Crossfeed: Bauer bs2b headphone crossfeed (incl. Chu Moy and Jan Meier presets). Great on hard-panned '60s to '70s stereo mixes.
A 14-filter DSP processor. Build your own reorderable real-time signal chain from: gain, low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, notch, peaking, low-shelf, high-shelf, soft-clip saturation, bit crusher, tremolo, delay, ring modulator, and stereo width. Each has presets and an on/off toggle.
Automatic volume leveling. Uses EBU R128 (ITU-R BS.1770) loudness measurement in real time. Unlike ReplayGain it needs no tags and does not modify your files, so it works on cloud streams and radio too. Local files are pre-scanned so playback opens already leveled. Presets: Light -20, Standard -16, Strong -14, Night -23 LUFS.
Real-time music visualizer. Full-screen animated visuals that react live to the audio, with a large library of presets or an auto-cycle mode, plus a screen-sleep preventer so the show does not cut out. Looks great on a big display.
Refreshed design. The effects and EQ screens got modern glass-style sliders and a simplified presets mode, plus clearer separation of engines, effects, and DSP.
Under the hood: a more reliable streaming foundation, better file-type handling, and broader localization, alongside the existing support for FLAC, DSD, ALAC, APE, WAV, AIFF, MP3, AAC, and Opus.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1594027432
If you try it, I would love feedback, especially on the effects and DSP chain with your own FLAC and DSD library, the crossfeed presets on headphones, and (for the curious) tracker and MOD playback. Bugs or requests, drop them here or email support@everappz.com. Thanks!
https://redd.it/1vmr9cs
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Noico.app - 2MB Notch shelf app with awesome widgets (works even without a physical notch)
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Folders Flow - A mind map for Mac folders so you can see every open path at once
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I kept reopening Maps while working, so I built TimeToGo for the Mac menu bar
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I built an extension to bring Chrome/Firefox’s "Bookmarked" star icon to Safari & just released a major v2.0 update!
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Few months ago more than 700 of you downloaded the earlier version of my app. Prelto is now live. Hold a key and ask about anything on your screen.
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Kinship Vault : native Mac vault for documents & passwords. On-device OCR, encrypted photos, no server. Lifetime 50% off.
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I think i need Folders in my Dock, like iOS. Can you point me to a good solution?
What it says. I did a search in macapps, a few things came up, yet none didn’t really convince me. i want no fancy stuff but simply organise apps a bit better. right now too crammed and rearranging by usage gets tedious.
you guys are using something like that? AND are happy with one?
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What it says. I did a search in macapps, a few things came up, yet none didn’t really convince me. i want no fancy stuff but simply organise apps a bit better. right now too crammed and rearranging by usage gets tedious.
you guys are using something like that? AND are happy with one?
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TouchNow: your Mac on an iPhone or iPad, with an on-screen controller you draw yourself
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Free,Open Source RSS, Reddit and YouTube reader with summaries, Q&A and content deep analises
I’ve been building RSSum, a native reader for iPhone and iPad. Posted it on r/iosapps and got a positive feedback so I ported it to a Mac Native version .
It began as a personal RSS reader, but it has gradually grown into one place for following articles, Reddit communities and YouTube channels.
The latest TestFlight adds experimental YouTube support. You can search for a public channel by name, subscribe to it, receive its latest videos in your feed and watch them inside the app. When captions are available, RSSum retrieves the actual transcript so summaries and Q&A are based on what was said in the video, not just its title or description.
Problem: RSS feeds, Reddit and you tube subscriptions are easy to follow but difficult to keep up with. Following too many articles, to many subreddits with large comment threads and on top of that Youtube, can quickly become a backlog. RSSum brings RSS, Reddit and YouTube into one unified reader, then lets you summarize content, ask follow-up questions, and listen instead of reading everything manually.
Comparison: NetNewsWire is excellent for traditional RSS, while Reeder offers a polished multi-source timeline. RSSum is better suited to people who want to understand their feeds, not just read them. It adds direct Reddit support, deep comment-thread analysis, article and feed summaries, Q&A, text-to-speech, and a choice of on-device or external providers for deep summarization and deep analyses.
Pricing: Free ($0) for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The source code is also available on GitHub.
Current features include:
RSS and Atom subscriptions
Reddit subscriptions, posts and comments. It is also possible to create new posts and reply, vote, etc so it serves as well as a quick Reddit client that uses the free Reddit API associated with every account.
YouTube channel search and subscriptions
An internal YouTube player with the standard YouTube controls
Transcript-grounded YouTube summaries and Q&A
Unified All, Unread, Favorites and Today views
Filters for articles, Reddit and YouTube
List, compact and magazine feed layouts
In-app article Reader mode and full webpage access
Individual article, post and comment summaries
Overall summaries covering multiple articles or Reddit posts
Follow-up Q&A grounded in articles, comments or video transcripts
Select text in a summary and ask the app about it
Reddit comment summaries and deeper analysis
Clickable source references inside overall summaries
whiteboards and infographics
Two-host podcasts generated from a saved batch of source material
Local and cloud text-to-speech, including on-device MLX speech
Multiple AI model options, including Apple local model, local LiteRT/MLX models, Gemini API ( BYOK), persistent ChatGPT/Gemini web sessions, Codex/Summarize (for those who are subscribers) and an optional Mac-based Apple PCC gateway - One note, Apple's Private cloud computer is enabled but it won't work because Apple is not accepting Tesflight that include IOS27 API just yet. It will work on IOS27. If you have a Mac running the latest beta it is possible to use that model through a gateway, which makes the Mac make the call through the PCC cli on the Mac.
OPML import and export
iCloud synchronization for subscriptions and reading state
Light, dark and system appearance
Cache, storage and downloaded-model management
Native layouts for iPhone, iPad and resizable Stage Manager windows
The YouTube integration uses public channel feeds, so it does not require access to your YouTube account. Transcript features depend on usable captions being available; the app reports when a video cannot currently be summarized instead of generating something from metadata.
This is still a beta, and I’d especially appreciate feedback about YouTube subscriptions, transcript reliability, playback,
I’ve been building RSSum, a native reader for iPhone and iPad. Posted it on r/iosapps and got a positive feedback so I ported it to a Mac Native version .
It began as a personal RSS reader, but it has gradually grown into one place for following articles, Reddit communities and YouTube channels.
The latest TestFlight adds experimental YouTube support. You can search for a public channel by name, subscribe to it, receive its latest videos in your feed and watch them inside the app. When captions are available, RSSum retrieves the actual transcript so summaries and Q&A are based on what was said in the video, not just its title or description.
Problem: RSS feeds, Reddit and you tube subscriptions are easy to follow but difficult to keep up with. Following too many articles, to many subreddits with large comment threads and on top of that Youtube, can quickly become a backlog. RSSum brings RSS, Reddit and YouTube into one unified reader, then lets you summarize content, ask follow-up questions, and listen instead of reading everything manually.
Comparison: NetNewsWire is excellent for traditional RSS, while Reeder offers a polished multi-source timeline. RSSum is better suited to people who want to understand their feeds, not just read them. It adds direct Reddit support, deep comment-thread analysis, article and feed summaries, Q&A, text-to-speech, and a choice of on-device or external providers for deep summarization and deep analyses.
Pricing: Free ($0) for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The source code is also available on GitHub.
Current features include:
RSS and Atom subscriptions
Reddit subscriptions, posts and comments. It is also possible to create new posts and reply, vote, etc so it serves as well as a quick Reddit client that uses the free Reddit API associated with every account.
YouTube channel search and subscriptions
An internal YouTube player with the standard YouTube controls
Transcript-grounded YouTube summaries and Q&A
Unified All, Unread, Favorites and Today views
Filters for articles, Reddit and YouTube
List, compact and magazine feed layouts
In-app article Reader mode and full webpage access
Individual article, post and comment summaries
Overall summaries covering multiple articles or Reddit posts
Follow-up Q&A grounded in articles, comments or video transcripts
Select text in a summary and ask the app about it
Reddit comment summaries and deeper analysis
Clickable source references inside overall summaries
whiteboards and infographics
Two-host podcasts generated from a saved batch of source material
Local and cloud text-to-speech, including on-device MLX speech
Multiple AI model options, including Apple local model, local LiteRT/MLX models, Gemini API ( BYOK), persistent ChatGPT/Gemini web sessions, Codex/Summarize (for those who are subscribers) and an optional Mac-based Apple PCC gateway - One note, Apple's Private cloud computer is enabled but it won't work because Apple is not accepting Tesflight that include IOS27 API just yet. It will work on IOS27. If you have a Mac running the latest beta it is possible to use that model through a gateway, which makes the Mac make the call through the PCC cli on the Mac.
OPML import and export
iCloud synchronization for subscriptions and reading state
Light, dark and system appearance
Cache, storage and downloaded-model management
Native layouts for iPhone, iPad and resizable Stage Manager windows
The YouTube integration uses public channel feeds, so it does not require access to your YouTube account. Transcript features depend on usable captions being available; the app reports when a video cannot currently be summarized instead of generating something from metadata.
This is still a beta, and I’d especially appreciate feedback about YouTube subscriptions, transcript reliability, playback,
Reederapp
News Reader. Rebuilt for Today.
summaries, Q&A and the interface on different devices.
Trust & Transparency
I'm Joao Valente
Contact: dealer.yen-61@icloud.com
Website: https://rssapp.top/
Privacy Policy: https://rssapp.top/privacy/
Terms of Service: https://rssapp.top/terms/
Tutorial: https://rssapp.top/tutorial/index.html
TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/DByXE2ZU
Github: https://github.com/Joaov41/Rss
A much earlier version of this app has been on the App Store but with much less, and basic features, basically can't even be considered the same app, it was just put on the store for those who could not compile from the GitHub at the time. The current version available on TestFlight is wait for Apple's approval..
Here is the r/iosapps posts where the app is discussed in detail: https://www.reddit.com/r/iosapps/comments/1vkw2ge/freeopen\_source\_rss\_reddit\_and\_youtube\_reader/
https://redd.it/1vnkddp
@macappsbackup
Trust & Transparency
I'm Joao Valente
Contact: dealer.yen-61@icloud.com
Website: https://rssapp.top/
Privacy Policy: https://rssapp.top/privacy/
Terms of Service: https://rssapp.top/terms/
Tutorial: https://rssapp.top/tutorial/index.html
TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/DByXE2ZU
Github: https://github.com/Joaov41/Rss
A much earlier version of this app has been on the App Store but with much less, and basic features, basically can't even be considered the same app, it was just put on the store for those who could not compile from the GitHub at the time. The current version available on TestFlight is wait for Apple's approval..
Here is the r/iosapps posts where the app is discussed in detail: https://www.reddit.com/r/iosapps/comments/1vkw2ge/freeopen\_source\_rss\_reddit\_and\_youtube\_reader/
https://redd.it/1vnkddp
@macappsbackup
RSSReader
RSSReader — AI Summarization & Q&A for RSS & Reddit
A calm, private, native reader for RSS and Reddit with summaries and Q&A.