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iPhone · iPad · Mac

Keep Up with What You Love. Skip the Noise.

Follow the blogs, news sites and YouTube channels you love, and read them in a clean, private reader made for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Download on the App Store

Free with up to 10 feeds. Every feature included.

Elytra on a Mac, an iPad and an iPhone, with the article list and an article on each screen

Every Screen

Made for the Device in Your Hand

Elytra is a real iPhone, iPad and Mac app, not a website in a box. Start reading on one and pick up where you left off on the next.

iPhone

Elytra on iPhone, with an article open: its photo, its title and the first lines of the text

Catch up in a spare minute, with the latest stories with beautiful type and images.

iPad

Elytra on iPad in landscape, with an article open and its photo across the top

Go fullscreen on the iPad and immerse yourself in the rich text and images.

Mac

Elytra on a MacBook Pro, with the folders, the list of articles and an article in one window

A focused three-pane reader, with a keyboard shortcut for everything.

Elytra for iPhone & iPad → Elytra for Mac →

Reading

Every Article, Made for Reading

Elytra opens each story clean: no pop-ups, no cookie banners, no autoplay. Just the words, photos and videos, sized for your screen.

An iPad mini showing an article in Elytra, with its photo, its title and the first lines of the text

  • Your Font, Your Size. Pick the typeface, size and spacing that are easiest on your eyes.

  • Works with Accessibility. Larger Text, VoiceOver and Dark Mode work just as they do everywhere else.

  • Photos and Videos That Fit. Pictures fill the screen properly, and YouTube videos play right in the article, up to 1080p.

  • Find Anything. Search every article you have, down to a single word.

  • Easy on Your Data. Choose when pictures load, for slow or metered connections.

  • Helpful Details. Dates, addresses and phone numbers in an article become things you can tap.

Private by Design

What You Read Is Your Business

Elytra collects nothing about you or what you read. Your account is anonymous, and it stays that way.

  • Trackers removed. Hidden tracking scripts and images are taken out before an article reaches your device.

  • Images are loaded through proxy servers so your privacy is maintained throughout your reading sessions.1

  • Watch videos from YouTube RSS feeds without the distractions.

Smart Folders

Let the Good Stuff Find You

Tell Elytra what you’re into: a topic, a name, a word. A Smart Folder gathers every matching article from all your sites, and can tell you the moment a new one arrives.

Something you never want to see? Add a filter, and Elytra hides it.

The Smart Folder editor on Mac, with a folder called Apple Tech News and four rules for the words in the titles of articles

iPhone Duo

Read It Folded. Read It Open.

Elytra is ready for iPhone Duo from day one. Skim on the cover screen, then open it up for the full story, with photos edge to edge.

See Elytra on iPhone Duo →

iPhone Duo, folded, with an article about a surreal painting in Elytra on the cover screen iPhone Duo, open, with the same article and its painting across the whole screen iPhone Duo, open, with the articles of the Colossal feed beside the same article

Loved on the App Store

Readers Say It Best

A few words from people who keep up with Elytra.

  • 5-star App Store review by USA36 (United States, %-22 January 2022), titled Love this app: Great RSS app easy to use and its getting update from developer regularly. It is also affordable too. Try it and you will love it same as i do.
  • 4-star App Store review by MiKKiKinGZ (Germany, %-28 December 2025), titled Super App: Man kann alles einlagern
  • 5-star App Store review by Lobocvz (Mexico, %-26 January 2022), titled The Best RSS News!: Best app!
  • 5-star App Store review by Markusxc (Austria, %-30 July 2022), titled Good RSS Reader with much Potential: I like the Design and Functions on Elytra. Like Full Text extraction from sites. It has Potential. 👍
  • 5-star App Store review by Mythen (Switzerland, %-5 January 2025), titled Optimal: Einfacher und Simpler RSS Reader ... tut was er soll
  • 5-star App Store review by IOTGuy (India, %-8 August 2025), titled Best In Class: Been a user of Elytra for over 6 years, still one of the best feed readers on the App Store.

Pricing

Free to Start. Pro When You’re Ready.

Follow up to 10 feeds for free, with every feature included. Want more? Elytra Pro removes the limit on all your devices.

  • Free. Up to 10 feeds. Every feature. No time limit.

  • Elytra Pro. Unlimited feeds, monthly or yearly. Try it free for 7 days.

  • Lifetime. Pay once, and keep Pro for good.

Help

Questions? There’s an Answer for That.

Browse the help pages, say hi on Mastodon, or email Nikhil. Replies usually come within two working days.

Get Started in Seconds

Elytra is free to start reading, with up to 10 feeds. Elytra Pro removes the limit, with a subscription or a lifetime unlock.

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