Best RSS readers in 2026, compared

Updated September 27, 2026 9 min read

The best RSS readers in 2026 are Feeder, Feedly, Inoreader, NewsBlur, Feedbin, The Old Reader, NetNewsWire, Reeder, Readwise Reader and FreshRSS. Which one fits depends on your devices and budget. Feeder has a free plan with 200 feeds and no ads, Inoreader suits power users, NetNewsWire and Reeder are made for Apple devices, and FreshRSS is the one to host yourself.

Feeder is our product, so we put it first. We've tried to be fair to the rest: every price and limit below comes from each company's own website or the US App Store. Prices checked September 2026, in US dollars.

The best RSS readers at a glance

Reader	Best for	Platforms	Free plan	Paid plans from
Feeder	A big free plan on every device	Web, iOS, Android, Chrome, Firefox and Edge	200 feeds, no ads	$7.99 a month billed yearly, or $9.99 monthly
Feedly	AI tools on top of your feeds	Web, iOS, Android	100 feeds in 3 folders, with sponsored ads	$6 a month billed yearly, or $8 monthly
Inoreader	Power users	Web, iOS, Android	150 feeds, no ads	$7.50 a month billed yearly, or $9.99 monthly
NewsBlur	Training what you see	Web, iOS, Android	64 sites	$36 a year
Feedbin	A calm, paid reader that works with other apps	Web, iPhone and iPad, and many third-party apps	None, 30-day trial	$7 a month or $70 a year
The Old Reader	A simple web reader	Web and third-party apps	Free, with ads	Not listed on its public site
NetNewsWire	Free reading on Apple devices	Mac, iPhone, iPad	Free and open source	No paid plan
Reeder	A polished timeline on Apple devices	iPhone, iPad, Mac	10 feeds	$1.99 a month or $14.99 a year
Readwise Reader	Reading, saving and highlighting	Web, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows	None, 30-day trial	$9.99 a month billed yearly, or $12.99 monthly
FreshRSS	Self-hosting	Your own server, in the browser and in third-party apps	Free and open source	No paid plan, you need a server

Best RSS reader for each need

Best free RSS reader: Feeder. 200 feeds with no ads, on the web, in your browser and on your phone. Inoreader's free plan, with 150 feeds and no ads, comes close.
Best for iPhone, iPad and Mac: NetNewsWire. It is free and fast. Choose Reeder if you want one timeline for feeds, videos and podcasts.
Best for Android: Feeder. Its free plan follows more feeds than those of Inoreader (150), Feedly (100) or NewsBlur (64), which have Android apps too.
Best for power users: Inoreader. Rules, filters, monitoring feeds and 2,500 feeds for $7.50 a month billed yearly.
Best for teams: Feeder Professional. $14.99 per user a month billed yearly for shared feeds and folders, 10,000 feeds, and news posted to Slack or Microsoft Teams. Feedly and Inoreader sell team plans at prices on request.
Best for self-hosting: FreshRSS. Free and open source. For something smaller, Miniflux is also free to host yourself, and its developer runs a hosted version for $15 a year.

The 10 best RSS readers, one by one

1. Feeder

Feeder follows RSS feeds, YouTube channels, subreddits, newsletters and Google News searches, and shows new posts in one list in the web app, the browser extensions and the iOS and Android apps.

Who it's for: People who want one reader on every device, with alerts, without paying, and teams that share their sources.
Strength: The free plan follows 200 feeds with no ads, and it includes push notifications, newsletters and Google News searches. See what the Free plan includes.
Weakness: On the free plan, feeds update every 2 hours unless you set them to update more often, and the fastest you can set is every 30 minutes. Plus, at $7.99 a month billed yearly, checks as often as every 5 minutes.

2. Feedly

Feedly is one of the best-known RSS readers. Next to its News Reader, the company sells AI tools for market and threat intelligence.

Who it's for: People who want a well-known reader, and on Pro+ ($144 a year, or $99 for the first year when we checked) AI that finds and mutes articles for them.
Strength: Pro costs less than Feeder Plus or Inoreader Pro: $6 a month billed yearly, for 1,000 feeds, search, and notes and highlights.
Weakness: The free plan stops at 100 feeds and 3 folders and shows sponsored ads. Newsletters and Google News feeds need Pro+.

3. Inoreader

Inoreader is a feature-packed reader for people who follow a lot and want to automate it.

Who it's for: Power users, researchers and anyone who wants rules and filters to sort their reading.
Strength: Pro adds 2,500 feeds, rules, filters, feeds for websites without RSS, monitoring feeds and offline reading.
Weakness: The free plan has no rules, filters or push notifications, and it stops at 150 feeds.

4. NewsBlur

NewsBlur is an open-source reader with its own iOS and Android apps. You can also run it on your own server.

Who it's for: Readers who want to teach their reader what to show.
Strength: Training: like or dislike an author, tag or title, and NewsBlur highlights or hides matching stories. It works on the free plan.
Weakness: The free plan follows only 64 sites. Reading a whole folder as one list, which NewsBlur calls River of News, needs Premium at $36 a year.

5. Feedbin

Feedbin is a paid reader with a clean web app. Besides RSS, it collects e-mail newsletters, podcasts and YouTube videos.

Who it's for: People who are happy to pay for a quiet reader, especially if they like apps such as Reeder Classic or NetNewsWire.
Strength: Many third-party apps on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android sync with Feedbin, so you can read in the app you like.
Weakness: There is no free plan, only a 30-day trial. Feedbin's own mobile app is for iPhone and iPad only.

6. The Old Reader

The Old Reader is a simple web reader with a social side: you can like, share and comment on posts with friends.

Who it's for: People who want a plain web reader that also works with third-party apps such as Reeder Classic.
Strength: It is easy to learn: add a site, sort feeds into folders by dragging, and read.
Weakness: The free version shows ads, and The Old Reader doesn't show its Premium price on its public website. Premium removes ads and follows up to 500 feeds.

7. NetNewsWire

NetNewsWire is a free, open-source RSS reader for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

Who it's for: Apple users who want a fast app that costs nothing.
Strength: It is free and open source, and it syncs through iCloud or through a service such as Feedbin, Feedly, Inoreader, NewsBlur or FreshRSS.
Weakness: It is for Apple devices only, and the current version needs macOS 15 or iOS 26 or newer.

8. Reeder

Reeder puts RSS feeds, videos, podcasts and social media posts in one timeline on iPhone, iPad and Mac. The older Reeder Classic is still sold as a one-time purchase ($4.99 on iPhone and iPad, $9.99 on Mac) and syncs with services such as Feedbin and Inoreader.

Who it's for: Apple users who care about design.
Strength: A polished timeline that remembers your place on every device through iCloud.
Weakness: There are no unread counts, by design, and the free version follows only 10 feeds.

9. Readwise Reader

Reader, from Readwise, is a read-it-later app that also follows RSS feeds and newsletters and keeps PDFs, ebooks and your highlights in one place.

Who it's for: Heavy readers who highlight and take notes.
Strength: Highlights and notes flow into Readwise, and there are apps for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows plus browser extensions.
Weakness: There is no free plan after the 30-day trial, and RSS is only one part of what you pay for.

10. FreshRSS

FreshRSS is free, open-source software that you install on your own server. You read in the browser or in apps that connect to it. Try it first on the demo at demo.freshrss.org.

Who it's for: People who want to own their data and don't mind running a server.
Strength: No company sets your limits. The project says it can handle more than a million articles and 50,000 feeds, and it can build feeds by scraping websites.
Weakness: You install it, update it and back it up yourself.

How to choose an RSS reader

Start with your devices. NetNewsWire and Reeder only run on Apple devices. Feeder, Feedly, Inoreader and NewsBlur work in the browser and on iOS and Android.
Count your feeds. Free plans cap how many you follow: 10 on Reeder, 64 on NewsBlur, 100 on Feedly, 150 on Inoreader and 200 on Feeder.
Decide how fast you need news. Paid plans check feeds more often. That matters for breaking news and alerts, less for blogs.
Check the alerts. Feeder sends push notifications on every plan. On Inoreader they need Pro.
Think about sites without RSS. Feeder, Inoreader, NewsBlur, Feedly and FreshRSS can all make feeds for websites that have none. See how Feeder does it.
Want to pick your own app? Feedbin, Feedly, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader and FreshRSS work as a sync service for apps such as NetNewsWire or Reeder Classic.

How do I switch RSS readers?

With an OPML file: a small file that lists your feeds and folders. Almost every RSS reader can export and import one.

Export an OPML file from your current reader. In Feedly, open feedly.com/i/opml in the web app. Other readers keep it in their settings, usually under import and export.
In Feeder, click Library in the left sidebar, open the Import & Export tab and click Import from file.
Choose the file. Your feeds arrive in the same folders.

OPML moves your feeds and folders, not your read or starred posts. Import and export your feeds with OPML has the details.

Common questions

Is there a free RSS reader with no ads?

Yes. Feeder (200 feeds) and Inoreader (150 feeds) have free plans without ads. NetNewsWire, for Apple devices, and FreshRSS, which you host yourself, are free, open-source software. Feedly's free plan and the free version of The Old Reader show ads.

What is the best RSS reader for iPhone?

NetNewsWire if you want free and simple, Reeder if you want a polished timeline, and Feeder if you also read on Android or Windows. Feeder's iOS app is free and syncs with the web app and the browser extensions.

What is the best RSS reader for Android?

Feeder, Inoreader, Feedly and NewsBlur all have free Android apps. Feeder's free plan follows the most feeds of the four: 200. See more options in RSS feed readers for Android.

What replaced Google Reader?

Nothing from Google. When Google Reader closed in July 2013, its users moved to independent readers such as Feedly, NewsBlur and The Old Reader, and all three still run today. Read the story of Google Reader.

Try Feeder

Feeder is an RSS reader for the web, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, iOS and Android. The free plan follows up to 200 feeds with no ads, and feeds update as often as every 30 minutes. Plus is $7.99 a month, billed yearly, for 2,500 feeds, updates as often as every 5 minutes and e-mail summaries.

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