# Reeder Classic 10 Hacker News commenters recommended Reeder Classic and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Recommended for reading RSS feeds on iOS, macOS and iPad, and long-time users keep sticking with the classic version. Common caveat: annoying bugs, such as YouTube embeds that do not work. ## Why people recommend it - Long-time loyalty, used for years (2 comments): "as I bought Reeder a long time ago on iOS and got used to it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46981169)) "I decided to stick with Reeder Classic until it dies" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46985856)) - Prefer the classic version (3 comments): "Because reading the RSS feed is much more productive, and I use Reeder Classic on iOS, macOS and iPadOS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46278401)) "I prefer the Reeder (classic) app" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49169196)) "the guy released a new version of reeder that's not as good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46817365)) - Focuses on content, favorite app (2 comments): "just one-shotting the whole Liquid Glass tenet by using the prominent glass element to focus on the actual content" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499881)) "Reeder was my favorite of the bunch." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48748567)) ## What people warn about - Annoying bugs, such as broken YouTube embeds (1 comments): "There are some truly annoying bugs (YouTube embeds do not work, swipe gestures stopped working, iOS images are slightly cut off,…)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46986185)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [NetNewsWire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netnewswire.md): 79 recommend - [Miniflux](https://hackerapproved.com/p/miniflux.md): 27 recommend - [FreshRSS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/freshrss.md): 26 recommend - [Inoreader](https://hackerapproved.com/p/inoreader.md): 20 recommend - [Newsboat](https://hackerapproved.com/p/newsboat.md): 12 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://reeder.app/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Reeder Classic", https://hackerapproved.com/p/reeder/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).