Iconfactory Tapestry Reviews

Without a way to mark things as read, no point in putting them in a timeline.

Also needs to have bookmarks, etc, before I’d want to actually switch. But right now it’s not just “not as good” as other options, it’s basically worthless.

I can't read the tiny default font/size. Normal OS sizing (cmd plus/minus) doesn't work.

A free tip: make users want to upgrade out of joy, not out of annoyance.

Great concept. I have no doubt it we’ll get there in a few versions. Right now it fails on Opml import. Blue sky integration also fails/so not intuitive that it doesn’t work. Maybe it’s me. Not as frictionless as reeder or Readwise. I expect it will get there just not there yet.

Tapestry by Iconfactory is a beautifully designed app. The problem is that it’s of little use if you have no need for an RSS reader. Although you can include Mastodon and Bluesky accounts in your feed, you can’t do anything with them. Want to participate in a thread? Sorry, you can’t do that. So, at the end of the day, Tapestry is a beautiful RSS reader. Which then begs the question: Is it worth the subscription? No, it isn’t.

I love the idea of Tapestry, and its potential to consolidate three of my most-used apps. However, the reading experience is hard to get past. Every post lives in its own card and has a colored background. This is an app dedicated to presenting things to read, but it won’t let us see black text on a white background or vice-versa while. At the same time, it wastes a lot of screen real estate on margins around each of these cards.

Making things worse is that there’s no control over font size.

Finally, there needs to be a connection type for RSS services like Feedbin, rather than only allowing an OPML file import that turns each subscription into its own feed.

For Tapestry’s ambition however, the price is quite low. I’d be happy paying twice as much to ensure timely updates.

I love what IconfactoryTapestry is doing! Puts everything relevant or interesting to me front and center.

My only 2 requests. I wish I could swipe to mark as read…where the post would then minimize to a smaller size to let me know I’ve already digested this info.

My second request is to allow me to apply specific muffles to specific timelines.

These two features would make IconfactoryTapestry irreplaceable for me!

I could see this becoming a daily app for me. I really like how it strips out a lot of the annoyances you see on most services. The colors, fonts and proportions need a bit of work. I would also like to see a view somewhere in between collapsed and expanded. Maybe something like compact?

I’d also like the option to select how different connections appear? (E.g. I want “collapsed” posts from slickdeals and expanded posts for everything else.)

Bulk entry of accounts for popular services (YouTube, Bluesky) would be cool too.

We need more decentralized feed reading apps which bring us closer to the open web. Iconfactory has more than succeeded with Tapestry and I look forward to future updates!

IconfactoryTapestry is everything I wanted to replace Twitterrific and NetNewsWire! Gives me true integration of everything I use on the net. I’m not a social media junkie, rather a news and blog junkie. This fits the bill wonderfully! Love Iconfactory!

Finally a way to read Bluesky that saves your place in the timeline when you leave IconfactoryTapestry .

If you want to create your own timelines drawn from a wide variety of social media and other online sources, Iconfactory has created a beautifully crafted app in which to do so. Their attention to detail is second to none. I love the ability to create universal filters to muffle things like spoilers for shows or politics when you want to focus on football. Happily subscribed to support further development on an excellent launch version.

Waited a couple years for IconfactoryTapestry and it was worth it! Everything I want to check up on in one chronological place.

I just installed IconfactoryTapestry so I still need to spend some time getting up to speed, but if it can effectively combine socials and the notifications work then it would be great to be able to offload a couple other apps.

As a backer I’m already enjoying my first day with IconfactoryTapestry. A ton of potential and already looking to take over glee I approach feeds.

The Iconfactory team knows what they’re doing and Tapestry shows it! Easy to use and gorgeous.

I was skeptical I needed IconfactoryTapestry, but I love it so far! It’s making me actually pay attention to Bluesky, the official app of which is not great

What an incredible app. Part feed reader, part decentralized social media. Very extensible, so I’m excited to see what sort of community support comes up around it. Would love to see posting or interactions in the future, but for now I’m very happy with what it is. Excellent job.

So good. An app with attitude, as we’ve come to expect from The Iconfactory. We need more good apps we don’t fully agree with.

Delightful animation - check.
Quirky UX - check.
Cute icons and thoughtful little details - check
No replies or reposts - didn’t ask for it because I didn’t know I wanted it.

I wish things were easier to add and I suspect connections will be less taps away in the future.

Fantastic v1 folks!!

I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. A place where everything is collected & shown from all the sources I know & trust. These devs have always brought me joy & amazing apps to make my experience on iPhone & iPad amazing. It’s not too often you come across a dev team that truly cares about the experience their apps provide. IconfactoryTapestry is no different than the quality of all their apps in their library. IconfactoryTapestry melts everything into a visually lovely layout & makes catching up to things outside my bubble a breeze. It is so well put together & if this is ground zero today, I can’t wait to see what IconfactoryTapestry will bring to us in the future. BRAVO!!