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24 alternatives to Free RSS Reader

Simplistic RSS client for focussed news-reading

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Free RSS Reader launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   NewsBlur▲80

   RSS Reader with filtering and sharing.

   2016 · newsblur.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Newsify▲72

   Great, visual iOS RSS feed reader (syncs with Feedly)

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Elytra▲102

   Simple RSS Reader for iOS

   2018 · elytra.app · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Nouvelle▲74

   A RSS news reader custom made for you 🗞️

   2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Feedbin▲89

   A simple RSS reader

   2014 · feedbin.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   NetNewsWire 7▲108

   Free and open source RSS reader for Mac, iPhone, and iPad

   Jan 2026 · netnewswire.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Leaf▲111

   RSS News reader for your Mac

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Reeder 2 For Mac▲87

   RSS reader

   2014 · reederapp.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Cupfeed▲63

   The new way to read your RSS news on iOS

   2022 · cupfeed.app · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Readder▲152

    A Reddit client with advanced features

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Readably▲92

    A clean RSS reader for Android

    2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Cappuccino▲99

    Free RSS feed reader for Mac with live updates

    2017 · cappuccinoapp.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    FiveThirtyEight App▲119

    iOS reader for FiveThirtyEight

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14IM
    I made an RSS News Reader that prioritizes topics you care about▲61

    2017 · zuperlist.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Pluma RSS Reader▲54

    RSS Client for iOS with account sync support.

    2022 · plumareader.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    iPad RSS Reader App I spent 7 months on▲69

    This was my first attempt of making something truly appealing and useful. I've learned a lot and I'm pretty happy with the result. What do you think?

    2011 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    RSS Brain▲139

    I wrote an RSS reader called RSS Brain recently. The motivate is the current RSS readers either don't sort articles by priority, which makes it hard to read posts from HackerNews and Reddit, or sort it with some "smart" algorithm which I don't trust. I also like the Google News feature that can show related story from different source, but the sources are not configurable and the algorithm is not transparent either. So with RSS Brain, I implemented these features: * Recommend related articles from the feeds of your choice. It's backed by ElasticSearch and the algorithm is described on RSS…

    2022 · rssbrain.com · its alternatives →

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    Pilot Reader▲94

    The easiest way to read tech news

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19IV
    I've Implemented a RSS Reader▲73

    2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    ReadByHumans▲126

    Top HackerNews articles in human-read podcast format

    2017 · readbyhumans.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Techie News▲72

    A new simple and fast HN Reader for iOS

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    FlowReader▲11

    A classic RSS reader with a social twist.

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    KimDigest▲93

    Open source reader for beyond RSS

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24AA
    An alternative RSS reader and search engine for news and content▲86

    2020 · newsandrumors.com · its alternatives →

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