Elytra is a privacy focused RSS Feed reader. Elytra is the first Feed Reader on iOS & macOS to bring native text & image rendering to the Article Reader. It’s fully featured, customizable and ever evolving. An active subscription is required to use the app (14-days free trial) PRIVATE: Your account is automatically setup and is completely private. No passwords to remember. Elytra does not collect any personal information from you. PRIVACY: Elytra strips out all tracking scripts and tracking pixels from articles to ensure your reading habits are always kept private. MODERN FEED FORMATS: Elytra supports both XML and JSON feed formats. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS: Get real-time updates from your favorite blogs which support the WebSub protocol. LOCAL NOTIFICATIONS: Get near real-time updates from blogs which do not support push notifications. LOCAL BOOKMARKS: All your bookmarks are locally available to read and refer even when you’re offline. NATIVE RENDERING: Elytra renders articles using native features of iOS to bring inclusive features like Dynamic Type, Voice Over for Accessibility and reduce usage of tracking scripts. IMAGE LOADING: Elytra provides various image loading options so you can save on mobile bandwidth and load images you deem necessary. SYNC: Elytra supports cross-device sync using its API. Access your feeds on your iOS Devices, Mac devices as well as in the browser. SEARCH: Search for a feed, then an article and then snippets within the article. Elytra is the first RSS Reader to support search within articles. APPEARANCE: Elytra supports both Light and Dark themes. You can choose between various Serif and Sans-Serif fonts or even custom fonts you have installed on your device. LINKED HEADERS: When the Article Author goes through the trouble of linking headers with IDs, it only makes sense that Elytra enables you to share direct sections with your friends & family. MUTE FILTERS: Clean up your feeds from unwanted topics, spoilers, and noise. WIDGETS: Elytra supports four unique widgets across all platforms to bring your favourite feeds and updates to your homescreen. ——— Elytra cannot connect to or sync with other RSS Syncing or Aggregation services. ——— Terms: https://elytra.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://elytra.app/privacy/ The Mac App is also available on the Mac App Store.
| Size | 55.1 MB |
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| Initial release | |
| Price | |
| Platforms | Mac, iPhone, and iPad |
| Languages | Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and 2 more |
| Category | News |
| Website | elytra.app |
| Compatibility | |
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| iPhone | Requires iOS 26.0 or later. |
| iPad | Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. |
| Mac | Requires macOS 26.0 or later. |
| Apple Vision | Requires visionOS 26.0 or later. |
App's data is regularly updated.
Last update:
New - Text in article paragraphs can now be selected across multiple paragraphs. - Code blocks now display in a dedicated horizontally-scrollable cell with syntax highlighting, a monospace font, and a rounded background, matching the experience on macOS. - Code block text is now selectable. - Tapping the cover image now opens it in Quick Look. - Tapping an image in a gallery now opens it in Quick Look. Improvements - The article reader now uses TextKit 2 throughout on both iOS and macOS, improving text layout correctness and performance for complex scripts. - Code blocks in the article reader now use the same modern text engine as body paragraphs on iOS. - The macOS article reader no longer manually manages the text layout stack; paragraph sizing is now driven by live layout geometry instead of a string-measurement approximation. - Cover images now appear behind the navigation bar on iOS 26, matching the transparent glass look. Scrolling up to the cover works as expected with no anchoring or jumping. - Code blocks in articles can now scroll horizontally as expected. - Article list cells are now properly reused as you scroll, reducing memory use in long articles. - Cover images in articles now share the image cell pool with inline images, reducing memory use when browsing long articles. - Code blocks in articles now appear fully highlighted immediately when scrolled into view, with no rendering delay. - Improved app launch speed by fixing CoreData model validation issues that were slowing startup. - Improved reliability of deep link and URL scheme handling, including links opened from notifications, Spotlight search results, and third-party apps. - Article images now span edge-to-edge on iPhone, while text content stays within comfortable reading margins (respecting the readable content guide on iPad). - Cover images for articles load at the top of the article view, above the title and author, and the view automatically scrolls to position the cover just below the navigation bar. Fixes - Fixed code blocks in articles blocking vertical scrolling when a touch started on them. - Fixed GIF images not loading or displaying in the article reader on iOS. - Fixed image cells retaining the previous image's height when scrolled and reused. - Fixed scrolling to headings and footnotes targeting the wrong row when an article has a cover image. - Moving a feed to a different folder now rolls back correctly if the network request fails. - Fixed a bug where footnote and link highlight positioning in the article reader could silently revert to the legacy text engine, causing mis-positioned popovers on iOS. - Tapping the status bar to scroll to the top of an article now works correctly on all article layouts. - Fixed a potential crash when tapping on images in articles where the image URL needed to be resolved against the article's base URL. - Fixed a potential crash in the article header when the selected font preference was not recognised. - GIF images now load correctly when the cell is scrolled off-screen and back during the download. - YouTube and video cells no longer accumulate hidden thumbnail images across reuses, preventing a gradual increase in memory use. - Fixed a potential crash when quickly switching between articles while a full-text fetch was still in progress. - Fixed blockquote text rendering at the correct reduced opacity. - Fixed rare crash when image dimensions were not yet available during initial layout. - Fixed an issue where tapping a YouTube video link with extra URL parameters (timestamps, share tracking) could fail to play the video. - Tapping an image in the article reader now opens it correctly in Quick Look, instead of showing a blank preview with an unrecognised file type. - Images that are not currently visible on screen now load correctly when browsing through them in Quick Look.