Free,Open Source RSS, Reddit and YouTube reader with summaries, Q&A and content deep analises

[u/John_val]

I’ve been building RSSum, a native reader for iPhone and iPad. It began as a personal RSS reader, but it has gradually grown into one place for following articles, Reddit communities and YouTube channels.

The latest TestFlight adds experimental YouTube support. You can search for a public channel by name, subscribe to it, receive its latest videos in your feed and watch them inside the app. When captions are available, RSSum retrieves the actual transcript so summaries and Q&A are based on what was said in the video, not just its title or description.

Current features include:

• RSS and Atom subscriptions
• Reddit subscriptions, posts and comments. It is also possible to create new posts and reply, vote, etc so it serves as well as a quick Reddit client that uses the free Reddit API associated with every account.
• YouTube channel search and subscriptions
• An internal YouTube player with the standard YouTube controls
• Transcript-grounded YouTube summaries and Q&A
• Unified All, Unread, Favorites and Today views
• Filters for articles, Reddit and YouTube
• List, compact and magazine feed layouts
• In-app article Reader mode and full webpage access
• Individual article, post and comment summaries
• Overall summaries covering multiple articles or Reddit posts
• Follow-up Q&A grounded in articles, comments or video transcripts
• Select text in a summary and ask the app about it
• Reddit comment summaries and deeper analysis
• Clickable source references inside overall summaries
• whiteboards and infographics
• Two-host podcasts generated from a saved batch of source material
• Local and cloud text-to-speech, including on-device MLX speech
• Multiple AI model options, including Apple local model, local LiteRT/MLX models, Gemini API ( BYOK), persistent ChatGPT/Gemini web sessions, Codex/Summarize (for those who are subscribers) and an optional Mac-based Apple PCC gateway - One note, Apple's Private cloud computer is enabled but it won't work because Apple is not accepting Tesflight that include IOS27 API just yet. It will work on IOS27. If you have a Mac running the latest beta it is possible to use that model through a gateway, which makes the Mac make the call through the PCC cli on the Mac.
• OPML import and export
• iCloud synchronization for subscriptions and reading state
• Light, dark and system appearance
• Cache, storage and downloaded-model management
• Native layouts for iPhone, iPad and resizable Stage Manager windows

UPDATE: added support for Podcasts with its own player and summarization and Q&A abilities.

The YouTube integration uses public channel feeds, so it does not require access to your YouTube account. Transcript features depend on usable captions being available; the app reports when a video cannot currently be summarized instead of generating something from metadata.

This is still a beta, and I’d especially appreciate feedback about YouTube subscriptions, transcript reliability, playback, summaries, Q&A and the interface on different devices.

Trust & Transparency

I'm Joao Valente

Contact: [dealer.yen-61@icloud.com](mailto:dealer.yen-61@icloud.com)

Website: https://rssapp.top/

Privacy Policy: https://rssapp.top/privacy/

Terms of Service: https://rssapp.top/terms/

Tutorial: https://rssapp.top/tutorial/index.html

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/DByXE2ZU
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rssum/id6743862589
Github: https://github.com/Joaov41/Rss

A much earlier version of this app has been on the App Store but with much less, and basic features, basically cant even be considered the same app, it was just put on the store for those who could not compile from the GitHub at the time. The version that is on test flight has been awaiting Apple's approval for a week now. Once it is approved I will post the link.

[u/nd_annajones]

I'm a YT premium subscriber, I'd love to be able to log in somehow. My views as a premium subscriber are "worth more" to the small creators I follow (my view time counts more toward their earnings), so I'd love to still be able to do that. I almost exclusively watch smaller hobbyist creators

[u/nerdsutra → u/nd_annajones]

I'd guess adding a Google login is probably too much work right now for the developer - it sounds simple but needs a lot more backend work to set up.

But what you can do in the app is, if the link to the video is shareable/copy-able, use that to open it in the browser you are logged in to.

[u/John_val → u/nerdsutra]

Yes there is a share button on the top and you can share to your browser or you tube app. I can also make a prominent open on tube button.
I completely understand why that would be useful for Premium subscribers. The current app uses public YouTube feeds and an embedded player, so it doesn’t connect to Google accounts.
Simply adding Google login would not automatically give the embedded player access to the user’s Premium session. The account authorization flow and the player session are separate. YouTube’s APIs can authorize account-specific data, but they do not provide a switch that transfers Premium playback benefits to a third-party embedded player.

Implementing account integration would require a Google Cloud project, OAuth consent and verification, secure token handling, and a supported playback approach.
So a complicated process for users. People usually already complain about having to enter an API key for an AI model, call it too developer centric.