i am very fussy when it comes to how i read content on my iphone, especially rss feeds. shawn blanc delves into the best rss feed reader apps the app store has to offer.

shawn blanc:

"the predicament with feed reading apps is most certainly not in the quantity of the selections; rather, the quality. this is not to say that most of the legitimate feed reading apps on the iPhone have not been developed with care — but as agents of delivery for my favorite authors, and as contrivances meant for enjoying lengthy bits of text, i prefer a simple app that does less and does it better."

his piece, though it does well in comparing the top rss feed reader apps, doesn't proclaim a winner. rather, he describes his ideal app: reedie:

"my ideal feed reader app would look like some sort of marriage between tweetie 2, instapaper, and reeder. It would have the sounds and ui elegance of tweetie 2, the typographic and state saving bliss of instapaper 2, and the uniqueness of reeder. (for bonus points it would swipe the swipe-top-navigation-bar-to-go-home feature from tweetie 2.)

i don’t want another iphone feed reader, i want a better one. because apps like tweetie, twitteriffic, birdhouse, and birdfeed are all outstanding Twitter clients — each one is clever, polished, and fun. and who says feed reading can’t be as enjoyable as tweeting?"

by far the most comprehensive rss feed app review i've read.