lire: RSS Reader

Name: lire: RSS Reader
Price: 9.99 USD
Rating: 4.4 (152 reviews)
Author: Kunal Sood

By: Kunal Sood

Full-text RSS

Features & Capabilities

Lire: RSS Reader delivers full-text feeds by expanding partial entries, so you can read complete articles offline. It caches content for offline use and eliminates the need to click through, while still offering the option to open sources if you want.

Use it as a standalone reader or sync with iCloud and popular services like Feedly, Feedbin, Inoreader, The Old Reader, NewsBlur, FreshRSS, Miniflux, Nextcloud News, and Tiny Tiny RSS to keep everything in sync.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Kunal Sood

Rating:

4.40

(152) 1 new ratings

Version:

6.3.14 Last updated: 2026-05-06

Version code:

885230385

Creation date:

2020-09-16

Compatible devices:

Size:

95.46MB

Price:

9.99

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-07

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 129,563 ▲ 1,242

Other rankings

#40 in custom feed keyword 20 ▲ 12

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Developed by:

Kunal Sood

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lire-rss-reader/id1531976425

Website:

http://lireapp.com

User Reviews

Users praise Lire for strong full-text fetching, fast, clean UI, and solid iCloud/Miniflux support. However, recurring issues across reviews include crashes and instability, unreliable sync, and heavy cache usage that bloats storage. UI changes and some accessibility problems after updates are also noted. Overall, Lire is capable and well-designed when running smoothly, but it needs stability, better cache management, and UI refinements to satisfy long-term users.

Pros

Full-text article fetching and caching (with images where possible)
Clean, fast, and visually appealing UI that users find pleasant to use
iCloud syncing across devices for cross-device reading
Solid Miniflux integration with easy setup
Flexible reading experience with multiple views and AI summary customization options

Cons

Frequent crashes and instability, including launch crashes and iOS 26-related issues
Persistent iCloud/cloud sync errors and unreliable background sync
Heavy cache/storage usage (storage space hog) with difficulty clearing old articles
UI regressions or convoluted UI after updates and accessibility issues on some devices
Intermittent freezes during syncing or black screen issues on certain devices (e.g., iPad with iOS 26)

Recent reviews

That’s what you get for relying on Apple “AI”. They are notoriously incapable of anythjng AI related. You need to do byok or self host options. Ridiculous, but I guess this does let you check the “now with AI!” box.

by so*****, 2026-04-19

This RSS app is excellent—clean, fast, and genuinely enjoyable to use. The reading experience feels thoughtfully designed. That said, I’d really love to see support for configuring third-party AI for summaries. Being able to plug in custom models or services would make it far more powerful and flexible for different workflows.

by ze*****, 2026-03-23

I have an iPhone 14 Pro Max. iOS 26 hasn’t been entirely stable but Lire is the most unstable app by far. It just crashes every other time I open the app (no refresh) or when I refresh and literally wait or open an error notice. There really needs to be a real manual clear cache button because this is wild to be this unstable this long after iOS 26 dropped.