Perhaps you could cache users’ saved stories & blurblog so we don’t have to re-download them each time. I have over 1000 stories saved & trying to access an older story is quite time consuming. It would also save your site bandwidth.
PS: When you update the iOS app, caching the saved stories there would be a plus.
As for the iOS app having offline capabilities, just give it a little bit longer. I’ve got enormous iOS updates on the very near-term horizon.
As for saved stories, wouldn’t it be better if you could search them? I have a search branch going, but it’s sitting lower in priority than a few other things that are shipping very soon now.
Excited about the iOS update! 
Searching would definitely be a plus. I hope it’s a full text search & not just the title.