The weather has been spectacular, but I wouldn’t know it. I’ve been pouring every spare moment into building uRSS 2.0 - and honestly, I’m not mad about it. The feature set just kept expanding (classic perfectionist energy), and sure, I could’ve listened to someone yelling ‘pencils down!’ but where’s the fun in that?

uRSS 2.0 introduces paid features (because, plot twist: creators need to eat), but keeps the core experience free for folks who want to try before they buy (30 feed limit and 3 podcast limit). And yeah, the paid tier costs less than a fancy coffee. Let’s get into it. Paid features are marked accordingly.

• iPad support! Not just a blown up iPhone app anymore on iPad.
• Rewritten views that are much more performant that version 1.0 (sorry SwiftUI, we had to go back to UIKit).
• Podcasts! Podcasts are now fully integrated. We shipped a seriously impressive first pass at this feature - no account sign-ups, no corporate nonsense. Everything stays local and on your device. Find podcasts, queue up your favorite episodes, throw them on for your commute, and yes - CarPlay support is included. Free tier: 3 shows. Paid tier: unlimited.
• Smart Favorites: Never miss an article with specific keywords ever again. Set it up once, and every matching article gets auto-favorited for you to digest later. (PAID)
• Muted Words: Tired of seeing articles about a certain topic? Block it, and watch it vanish from your feed before it even hits your eyeballs. (PAID)
• Stats: How many articles have you devoured? How many podcast hours? How many did you share? Get all the juicy details in the Stats view. (PAID)
• Appearance Updates: Light and dark modes are cool, but why stop there? Navy, Slate, Onyx, Paper-multiple accent colors for each. Plus, a whole arsenal of new icons to choose from. (PAID)
• iCloud Sync: Your subscriptions follow you across devices. One tap, everything’s in sync. (PAID)
• Widgets - Keep track of your unread and favorited articles via widgets (PAID).

That’s the highlight reel. There are countless other enhancements and fixes packed in here too.

And we’re already working on a big update - version 2.1 will bring Mac support - because the fun doesn’t stop.