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Fold captures every article the moment it arrives — so nothing disappears when a feed rolls over. Your library stays on your device, searchable, available offline, and entirely yours.
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Daring Fireball
The Mac Turns Forty
John Gruber · 6 min read
Forty years is a long time for anything to survive in the technology industry. It is an eternity for something to thrive.
The original Mac shipped with 128K of RAM and a 9-inch black-and-white screen. Today's MacBook Pro has more transistors than grains of sand on a large beach...
What's remarkable isn't the hardware — it's the continuity of purpose.
Reader View
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Local archive
Most RSS readers forget.
Fold remembers.
Most apps show a rolling window — posts vanish from the feed after days or weeks. Fold captures articles the moment they arrive and stores them locally. Whether you're catching up after a vacation or hunting down a piece from months ago, it's still there.
Features
Built for readers
who mean it.
Reader View
Tap to fetch the full article from any feed that only publishes summaries. Presented clean and full-screen, without leaving Fold.
Permanent archive
Articles stay in your local library until you remove the feed. Nothing is ever auto-deleted.
Smart search
Full-text search across your entire local archive — not just titles.
OPML import & export
Move your feed list to and from any other RSS reader. No lock-in.
Reading streaks
Track your daily reading habit with streak counts, reading history, and library stats.
Filter rules
Mute topics globally so matching articles never clutter your unread list.
Share & AI-ready
Share full article text with a custom prompt prefix — ready to drop into any AI tool.
Privacy
No account.
No backend.
No tracking.
Fold has no server-side component. Your feeds, articles, and reading history live entirely on your device. There's nothing to log in to, nothing being synced to a cloud you don't control, and no one reading over your shoulder.
No account required
Download and start reading. No sign-up, no email, no password.
No analytics or tracking
No analytics SDKs, no crash reporters, no third-party code that phones home.
Works offline
Every article you've loaded is available without a connection. Read on a plane, in a tunnel, anywhere.
Questions
Is Fold free?
$4.99, paid once. No subscription, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Does Fold delete old articles?
Never. Articles stay until you delete the feed. Starred articles are protected and will never be removed.
What is Reader View?
Many feeds only publish a summary. Tap Reader View and Fold fetches the full article text so you can read the whole piece without leaving the app — with calm Literata typography and adjustable font size.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Everything is stored on your device. Any article you've already loaded can be read without an internet connection.
Can I import my feeds from another app?
Yes. Fold supports OPML import — the standard format used by every major RSS reader including Feedly, NetNewsWire, and Reeder. Export from your current app, import in Fold Settings, done.
Does it sync between my devices?
Not yet. Fold is currently iPhone-first and stores everything locally. iCloud sync is planned for a future update.
Is my data private?
Completely. No account, no backend, no analytics. Your feeds, articles, and reading history never leave your device.
Can I use Fold with AI tools?
Yes. Fold can share the full text of any article — not just the link. You can set a custom prefix (like a prompt) that gets prepended every time you share, so pasting into ChatGPT, Claude, or any AI tool takes one tap.
What devices does Fold support?
Currently iPhone (iOS 18 and later). iPad and Mac support are in development.
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