Stuff to look at, from your favorite places.
LightWatch is a visual feed
reader watcher for iOS.
“Words? We don’t need those.”
A visual feed reader for iOS
LightWatch is a feed reader, but for the stuff to look at. It ignores the words and shows just images and videos from your favorite RSS feeds and regularly updating webpages. It’s as simple as that — cool stuff to look at, whenever you check the app.
Most websites already publish RSS feeds, and LightWatch can subscribe to any of them. For sites that don’t, you can build a feed from a webpage or create your own feed using third-party tools or your own code. If it’s publicly accessible on the web, you can probably get it into LightWatch.
No account required
You don’t need an account – your data syncs with iCloud.
No algorithms
Posts only appear in the order they were published.
No Doomscrolling
You choose your sources. If you get caught up, go do something else.
Free: A rich, visual experience
Browse in a Pinterest-style masonry grid or an Instagram-style vertical gallery.
Free: Channel your interests
Organize by what you care about, not where it comes from.
Free: Bookmarks
See something cool? Bookmark it to save it for later.
Free: RSS feeds
Subscribe to feeds from any website that publishes one. Most already do.
Premium: Web page feeds
Turn any webpage into a feed, even if the site doesn’t offer one.
Premium: Article content
Pull in full-size images from linked articles when feeds only include thumbnails.
Free: Discover new feeds
Curated discovery feeds introduce you to new sources of interesting things.
Premium: Hidden content
Keep feeds and channels behind Face ID, out of your everyday browsing.
Free: Feed sharing
Send your favorite feeds to other people (so they’ll install the app too 😉).
Free: iCloud sync
Your feeds and bookmarks sync across devices automatically.
Free: Parental controls
Kid mode prevents adding or removing feeds and disables analytics.
Premium: Data management
Import and export feeds as OPML and bookmarks as JSON.