Twine: Smart RSS & News Reader3.9.0
Publisher Description
Read news your way. No algorithms, just your favorite RSS feeds.
Take back control of your news. No algorithms. No ads. Just your feeds.
Tired of social media and news apps deciding what you see? Meet Twine, a modern, open-source RSS reader designed to put you back in the driver’s seat. Twine combines a beautiful, distraction-free interface with powerful tools to help you stay informed on your own terms.
Why Twine?
✨ Beautifully Adaptive UI:
Experience a reader that feels alive. Twine’s dynamic theming engine adjusts the app's ambient colors based on the content you’re reading, creating a truly immersive experience. Fully supports Light, Dark, and AMOLED modes.
🚀 Smart & Simple Feed Discovery:
Don’t hunt for RSS links. Simply enter a website homepage URL, and Twine’s smart fetching engine will find the feed for you.
📖 Distraction-Free Reading:
Read articles the way they were meant to be read. Use the "Article Shortcut" to fetch the full text of any post directly in the reader view, bypassing cluttered websites and paywalls.
🔒 Privacy First, Always:
Your reading habits are your business. Twine has zero ads, no tracking, and collects no personal data. It’s just you and your news.
Power Features for Feed Pros:
* Universal Support: Works with RSS, Atom, RDF, and JSON feeds.
* Stay Organised: Group, pin, and manage your feeds with ease. Use the customizable bottom bar for quick access to your favorite categories.
* Filter the Noise: Use the "Blocked Words" feature to automatically hide posts containing specific keywords you want to avoid.
* Seamless Syncing: Keep your feeds in sync with support for FreshRSS (GReader), Miniflux, and Dropbox (Alpha).
* Import & Export: Moving from another reader? Import your existing feeds via OPML in seconds.
* Search & Bookmark: Find specific posts across all your feeds or save them to your bookmarks to read later.
* Home Screen Widgets: Stay updated at a glance with beautiful widgets that show your latest unread posts (Available via Twine Premium).
Open Source & Community Driven:
Twine is built with love using Kotlin and Compose Multiplatform. It is an open-source project, meaning the community helps keep it transparent, secure, and constantly improving.
Stop scrolling and start reading. Download Twine today.
About Twine: Smart RSS & News Reader
The company that develops Twine: Smart RSS & News Reader is Sasikanth Miriyampalli. The latest version released by its developer is 3.9.0.
To install Twine: Smart RSS & News Reader on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2026-09-07 and was downloaded 1 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Twine: Smart RSS & News Reader as malware as malware if the download link to dev.sasikanth.rss.reader is broken.
How to install Twine: Smart RSS & News Reader on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the Twine: Smart RSS & News Reader is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by Twine: Smart RSS & News Reader will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- Twine: Smart RSS & News Reader will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
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Version History
version 3.9.0
posted on 2026-09-07
New features, bug fixes and improvements
Check "Settings > App Info > What's new" for more info
version 3.7.0
posted on 2026-08-19
New Features
- New podcast player UI/UX in reader screen and home screen
- Split-Pane Layout: On large screens, tablets, and desktop windows, browse your posts and read articles side-by-side in a new list-detail layout.
- Google Drive & BazQux Sync: Sync your feeds and articles with two new providers
- New Theme Variants: Choose from three new premium themes - Sepia, Slate, and Lavender
version 3.5.0
posted on 2026-07-12
New changes, fixes and more. Check what's new in the app!
version 3.1.1
posted on 2026-04-01
• Home Screen Widgets: New widgets for unread posts
• Performance: Enhanced sync with per-feed initial sync, offset-based pagination, and optimized database queries.
• UI/UX: Redesigned home screen and navigation drawer; added smoother animations, tooltips, and improved typography.
• Fixes: Resolved widget navigation issues, post-disappearance bugs, and Audio Player race conditions.
version 3.0.1
posted on 2026-03-14
v3.0.0
Features:
- Syncing: Added Miniflux, FreshRSS, and Dropbox.
- UI: New navigation, settings, and theme variants.
- Media and Stats: Audio player with Sleep Timer, reading heatmaps, and full-screen images.
- Discovery: Find new feeds and podcasts.
Improvements and Fixes:
- Limit: Free feed limit doubled to 30.
- Performance: Optimized memory and sync speed.
- Stability: Fixed crashes, sync logic, and iOS reader bugs.
version 2.11.0
posted on 2026-03-10
v2.11.0
Features:
- Added support for dropbox sync
- Notifications for unread posts.
- New customisation options. Alternate app icons (premium), disable dynamic theming
- Setting to download full content during sync
- Add feed specific settings to hide from home, show feed icon and always fetch full article
Changes:
- Reduce bottom bar height to show more content
- Add navigation drawer to access different pagess
- Redesigned add feed screen
Fixes:
- Bug fixes and improvements
version 2.9.0
posted on 2025-12-30
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v2.9.0
- Improve reader UI for XKCD comics
- Add support for media thumbnails in RSS feeds
- Add copy link action in feed settings
- Display feed link in feed settings
- Fix stuttering in featured posts section and feeds sheet
- Improve performance of featured posts loading and color extraction
- Bug fixes and improvements
version 2.10.0
posted on 2025-12-30
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v2.10.0
- New amoled theme
- Setting to block images in posts list and reader
- Change default font to RethinkSans
- UI tweaks in the home screen and feeds sheet
- Hide app bar and bottom bar on scroll in home screen
- Improve reader parsing performance
- Improve mark post/posts as read performance
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
version 2.8.0
posted on 2025-10-07
If you like the app, please don't forget to rate and review. If you find any issues, reach out at contact@sasikanth.dev
v2.8.0
- Improve large screen layout support
- Improve article parsing when fetching feeds or full article
- Fix app crashing when loading certain post content in the reader screen
- Misc UI changes
v2.7.0
- Fix feeds bottom sheet stuttering
- Fix app marking read articles as unread when post is updated
version 2.7.0
posted on 2025-09-15
If you like the app, please don't forget to rate and review. If you find any issues, reach out at contact@sasikanth.dev
v2.7.0
- Fix feeds bottom sheet stuttering
- Fix app marking read articles as unread when post is updated
v2.6.0
- Add mark as unread option in the reader screen
- Fix a crash in the reader screen
- Bug fixes and improvements
