{"id":53846,"date":"2026-11-13T14:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T19:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=53846"},"modified":"2026-11-13T14:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T19:28:22","slug":"readkit-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/13\/readkit-4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"ReadKit 4.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/readkit.app\/changelog\/readkit-4.0.0\/\">Balazs Varkonyi<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/readkit.app\/changelog\/readkit-4.0.0\/\">\n<p>A new iCloud-backed RSS service that syncs feed subscriptions, folders, smart folders, and article read and starred statuses. RSS feeds remain the primary source for articles, so ReadKit does not upload RSS article content to iCloud. Instead, it syncs article read and starred statuses, improving sync speed and reducing network traffic.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>A new iCloud-backed Read Later service that syncs saved articles, read and starred statuses, tags, and smart folders across your devices.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Export account settings together with smart folders, and import them individually when needed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>There was also a quick <a href=\"https:\/\/readkit.app\/changelog\/readkit-4.1.0\">4.1 update<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/readkit.app\/changelog\/readkit-4.1.0\">\n<p>Monitors feed availability, server and network errors, and failed fetch counts for Built-in RSS and iCloud RSS. Synchronization uses this information to improve scheduling and reduce repeated error notifications for temporarily unavailable feeds.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Provides a searchable view of all subscriptions in an RSS account. From one screen, you can review feed health, add subscriptions, import OPML files, open feed settings, and manage folders.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/22\/shutting-down-pocket\/\">Shutting Down Pocket<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/04\/readkit-3-3\/\">ReadKit 3.3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balazs Varkonyi: A new iCloud-backed RSS service that syncs feed subscriptions, folders, smart folders, and article read and starred statuses. RSS feeds remain the primary source for articles, so ReadKit does not upload RSS article content to iCloud. Instead, it syncs article read and starred statuses, improving sync speed and reducing network traffic. [&#8230;] A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2026-11-13T19:28:26Z","apple_news_api_id":"96a7efed-9855-470e-b1bf-192f994db6c8","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2026-11-13T19:28:26Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Alqfv7ZhVRw6xvxkvmU22yA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[16,31,2887,26,30,32,2784,491,52,269],"class_list":["post-53846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-icloud","tag-ios","tag-ios-27","tag-iosapp","tag-mac","tag-macapp","tag-macos-27","tag-readkit","tag-rss","tag-syncing"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53847,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53846\/revisions\/53847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}