An honest comparison
Cove and ReadKit.
ReadKit gathers RSS and read-later accounts into one app for iOS and macOS. Cove is a Mac-only archive of the feeds you follow.
What ReadKit does
ReadKit is a universal iOS and macOS app that combines RSS and read-later accounts. It has a built-in RSS engine, offline reading with cached images, a reader mode, smart folders, and OPML import and export, and it lists an Apple Intelligence summary feature on supported devices. Its App Store listing requires macOS 12 or later. Source: readkit.app and its App Store listing.
What Cove does differently
Cove starts from the archive rather than the inbox. When a feed sends only a preview, Cove fetches the rest when it can, and every article it keeps stays on your Mac until you delete it, searchable offline. Clips keeps single passages with a note. Cove reads articles aloud with voices that run on your Mac, and an agent on your Mac can reach the library through a built-in MCP server that is off by default and answers only on this Mac. There is no account and no cloud service. The honest gap: Mac-only, no sync.
Pick ReadKit if
- You want RSS and your read-later accounts in one place.
- You read on iOS as well as the Mac.
- You run a Mac that Cove’s requirements rule out, or you lean on smart folders.
Pick Cove if
- You want the articles themselves kept on your Mac, searchable offline, with no account.
- You keep passages with Clips, listen on your Mac, or let an agent read your library through an MCP server that is off by default and answers only on this Mac.
- You want a reader that stays quiet: no streaks, no badges.
Bringing your feeds across
ReadKit exports OPML, and Cove imports it in a click. Subscriptions and folders come across; articles and read state stay behind.