A: Readine is a reader app for all your subscriptions, without ads or recommendations. It reads RSS and Atom, Telegram channels and chats, YouTube, Twitter, Substack, Boosty, Fanbox, Patreon and Sponsr. Readine fetches publications itself and shows them in full, with pictures.
A: Yes. A public channel is added by name, and you do not need to open Telegram. Public channels cost less, private ones more.
See also Telegram without a messenger
A: Yes. Private channels and chats need your account with access, and you will also need the password-protected feeds module.
A: Yes. YouTube channels and playlists can be added. New videos show up in Readine with a preview and description, without an algorithm. The video itself opens in YouTube when you tap it.
See also YouTube without the algorithm
A: Yes. An author page is added as a source. Paid publications need your Substack account with a paid tier, and you will also need the password-protected feeds module. You pay the author on the service itself.
See also Substack in Readine
A: Yes. An author page is added as a source. Paid publications need your Boosty account with a paid tier, and you will also need the password-protected feeds module. You pay the author on the service itself.
See also Boosty in Readine
A: Yes. An author page is added as a source. Paid publications need a Pixiv account with access, and you will also need the password-protected feeds module. You pay the author on the service itself.
See also Fanbox in Readine
A: Yes. An author page is added as a source. Paid publications need your Patreon account with the required support tier, and you will also need the password-protected feeds module. You pay the author on the service itself.
See also Patreon in Readine
A: Yes. An author page is added as a source. Paid publications need access to the author’s subscription tier on Sponsr, and you will also need the password-protected feeds module. You pay the author on the service itself.
See also Sponsr in Readine
A: Readine puts Telegram channels and chats, YouTube, Twitter, Substack, Boosty, Fanbox, Patreon and Sponsr next to RSS and Atom. One app instead of several.
A: No. Pocket and Instapaper keep individual articles for reading later. Readine follows the sources you choose and fetches new publications. These are different jobs.
A: No. Readine has no ads, no algorithmic feed and no recommendations. You choose the sort order: “newest first” or “oldest first”. We do not sell data or set cookies.
A: Yes. Articles are downloaded in advance and read without a network, with full text and pictures. A copy stays even if the source deletes the publication. Video is not kept offline.
A: Readine runs on iOS, Android, macOS, Windows and Ubuntu/Debian, plus a web version. Sources, read state, favourites, notes and tags sync across devices.
A: The exact price depends on the modules and is shown in the app. The modules are rules, notifications, export to cloud storage, Obsidian and faster refresh. 3 feeds are free with no time limit. The trial gives you 10 feeds for 3 weeks, no card needed.
A: Yes. OPML is the standard format for a subscription list. Import moves subscriptions from another app. Export can be standard or extended, with folders, feeds, articles, tags and notes.
A: Yes. A notification fires when a keyword appears in any of your sources. Push notifications are batched over a window of a minute to a day, and email arrives with a list of links. This is a paid module.
A: Yes. This needs the Readine Sync plugin and a separate payment. Obsidian itself pulls the files into your vault. Export is one-way: changes you make in Obsidian are not overwritten.
See also the Obsidian module
A: Yes. A rule saves articles as files to cloud storage, which can be Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive or Yandex Disk. The file format is HTML or DOCX.
A: A rule is a condition plus an action. The condition is set on the title, full text, URL or tag, up to 30 words, nesting up to 5. Actions: delete, add to favourites, mark as read, remove all tags, add a tag, export, send a push or email notification. Regular expressions are not supported. A rule applies to all feeds at once or only to the selected ones.