Tapestry by Iconfactory has significantly improved my internet experience. Similar in some ways to feeeed, which I wrote about last fall, Tapestry combines my social media accounts and RSS feeds into a single timeline. While feeeed separates itself by a larger number of built-in source connections and its “magazine” approach of curating recent items, Tapestry is focused on a linear display that holds place. You don’t scroll back to find older items you may have missed; instead, your position is held, and you scroll forward in time to see what has happened since you last opened the app. It’s the only sensible way to interact with news and media, and matches what I and many others love about the Mastodon client Ivory.
Tapestry has been a mainstay on my home screen since it launched in February 2025. I know it hasn’t landed for everyone, particularly those who actively participate in social media, but I’ve found it to be an excellent companion app in my journey to effectively use my phone uninhibited and undistracted by algorithms designed to capture my attention. I choose the sources I want and stop reading when those sources run dry. It is thoughtfully designed with customizable pops of color and the option to group feeds into categories, and they recently added post interaction for several social media sources for when I want to like a post.
I backed this project on Kickstarter on a whim, and Iconfactory delivered.