Inoreader alternatives: 8 free, paid and open-source readers

Updated September 27, 2026 10 min read

The best Inoreader alternatives are Feedly, Feeder, NewsBlur, Feedbin, FreshRSS, Miniflux, NetNewsWire and Readwise Reader. Of the hosted free plans here, Feeder's follows the most feeds: 200, with no ads. For open source, pick NewsBlur, FreshRSS or Miniflux, which you can run on your own server. On Apple devices, NetNewsWire is free.

These are the readers to look at if Inoreader's free plan feels small (150 feeds, with no rules, filters or push notifications), if Pro costs more than you want to pay, or if you want software you control. Feeder is our product, so we list it where it fits and say what the others do better. Every price and limit comes from each company's own website or the US App Store, checked September 27, 2026, in US dollars.

Inoreader alternatives at a glance

Reader	Best for	Free plan	Paid plans from	Runs on
Inoreader (for comparison)	Rules and automation on Pro	150 feeds, no ads	$7.50 a month billed yearly, or $9.99 monthly	Web, iOS, Android
Feedly	A cheaper Pro plan and Feedly AI	100 feeds in 3 folders, with sponsored ads	$6 a month billed yearly, or $8 monthly	Web, iOS, Android
Feeder	A big free plan with alerts	200 feeds, no ads	$7.99 a month billed yearly, or $9.99 monthly	Web, iOS, Android, Chrome, Firefox and Edge
NewsBlur	Training what you see, open source	64 sites	$36 a year	Web, iOS, Android, or your own server
Feedbin	A quiet paid reader for the app you like	None, 30-day trial	$7 a month or $70 a year	Web, iPhone and iPad, and many third-party apps
FreshRSS	Self-hosting with many features	Free and open source	No paid plan, you need a server	Your own server, in the browser and in third-party apps
Miniflux	A small, fast self-hosted reader	Free and open source	Hosted: $15 a year	Your own server or hosted, in the browser and in third-party apps
NetNewsWire	Free reading on Apple devices	Free and open source	No paid plan	Mac, iPhone, iPad
Readwise Reader	Reading, saving and highlighting	None, 30-day trial	$9.99 a month billed yearly, or $12.99 monthly	Web, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows

Feedly: a cheaper Pro plan and Feedly AI

Feedly is one of the best-known RSS readers, on the web, iOS and Android. Next to its reader, Feedly sells AI tools for companies, such as threat and market intelligence.

Does well: Pro costs less than Inoreader Pro: $6 a month billed yearly, for 1,000 feeds, search, and notes and highlights. On Pro+, Feedly AI tracks topics for you, mutes what you don't want and removes duplicates.
Compared with Inoreader: The free plan is smaller, 100 feeds in 3 folders, and it shows sponsored ads. Newsletters and Google News feeds need Pro+. Feedly's help center says it has no in-app or e-mail notifications for new articles.
Price: Pro is $6 a month billed yearly ($72), or $8 monthly. Pro+ is $144 a year, billed yearly only; the first year was $99 when we checked. Enterprise is priced on request.
Suits: People who want a low-cost paid plan, and companies that want AI to track topics.

Feeder: a big free plan, with alerts

Feeder is an RSS reader for the web, with apps for iOS and Android and extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge that show your feeds from the toolbar. It works in Safari through the web app.

Does well: The free plan follows 200 feeds with no ads. It includes push and desktop notifications, e-mail newsletters, and feeds from YouTube, Reddit, Mastodon, Bluesky and Google News. Paid plans check feeds every 10 minutes by default.
Compared with Inoreader: Feeder follows 50 more feeds on the free plan and sends alerts without a paid plan. Inoreader Pro costs a little less billed yearly ($7.50 against $7.99 a month), and Inoreader works with third-party apps such as NetNewsWire. Feeder only syncs with its own apps.
Price: Free for 200 feeds. Plus is $7.99 a month billed yearly, or $9.99 monthly, for 2,500 feeds, Rules and filters, and e-mail updates. Professional, for teams, is $14.99 per user a month billed yearly, or $19.99 monthly.
Suits: People who want a bigger free plan with alerts, and teams that share their sources.

NewsBlur: open source, hosted or on your own server

NewsBlur is an open-source RSS reader with its own web, iOS and Android apps. Use the hosted service, or run it yourself: the code is MIT-licensed, and NewsBlur says it self-hosts with one Docker command.

Does well: Training. Like or dislike an author, tag or title, and NewsBlur highlights or hides matching stories, on the free plan too. It also syncs with apps such as NetNewsWire, ReadKit and Unread.
Compared with Inoreader: The free plan is smaller, at 64 sites. Premium costs less than Inoreader Pro, at $36 a year for 1,024 sites.
Price: Free for 64 sites. Premium $36 a year, Premium Archive $99 a year, Premium Pro $29 a month. New accounts start with a free 30-day premium trial, no credit card needed.
Suits: Readers who want the reader to filter for them, and people who want open source with a hosted option.

Feedbin: a quiet paid reader for the app you like

Feedbin is a paid RSS reader with a clean web app and an app for iPhone and iPad. Besides websites, it collects e-mail newsletters, podcasts, YouTube channels and Mastodon accounts.

Does well: "No ads, no tracking." Many apps sync with Feedbin, such as NetNewsWire, Unread and ReadKit, and on Android Capy Reader and FocusReader. Actions can star posts, mark them as read or send you a push notification. Its code is open source too (MIT license).
Compared with Inoreader: There is no free plan, only a 30-day trial. One plan covers everything, with no tiers or add-ons.
Price: $7 a month or $70 a year, after a free 30-day trial with no credit card.
Suits: People who will pay for a simple reader and want to pick their own app.

More in Feeder vs Feedbin and Feedly vs Feedbin.

FreshRSS: self-hosted, with apps and web scraping

FreshRSS is free, open-source software (AGPL 3) that you install on your own server. You read in the browser or in apps that connect to it. You can try it first on the demo at demo.freshrss.org.

Does well: Full control of your data and no limits set by a company. The project says it can handle more than a million articles and 50,000 feeds. It makes feeds for sites without RSS by scraping them, supports several users, and works with apps such as Capy Reader, Read You, NetNewsWire, Reeder Classic and Unread.
Compared with Inoreader: You install it, update it and back it up yourself, on a server with PHP 8.1 or newer and a database. The admin sets how often feeds update, but never more often than every 20 minutes per feed.
Price: Free. You need a server to run it.
Suits: People who run a server and want no limits or fees.

Miniflux: small, fast and self-hosted

Miniflux is a minimalist, open-source RSS reader (Apache 2.0) by Frédéric Guillot. It is a single program written in Go that stores everything in PostgreSQL. Host it yourself, or pay for a hosted account.

Does well: It is small, fast and private, with "absolutely no telemetry or advertising". It has regex filters, full-text search and custom scraper rules, and it connects to more than 25 services, among them Slack, Discord, Telegram and Readwise Reader.
Compared with Inoreader: You read in the web app, which is built for phones too and can be added to your home screen, or in apps that connect through the Fever or Google Reader API. The hosted version updates feeds every 1 to 2 hours.
Price: Free to host yourself. Hosted: $15 a year after a 15-day free trial, and it doesn't renew automatically.
Suits: Minimalists and self-hosters, and anyone who wants a very cheap hosted reader.

NetNewsWire: free on Mac, iPhone and iPad

NetNewsWire is a free, open-source RSS reader for Apple devices, made by Brent Simmons and volunteers.

Does well: A fast, native Apple app that costs nothing. It syncs through iCloud, or through a service such as Feedbin, Feedly, NewsBlur, FreshRSS or Inoreader itself.
Compared with Inoreader: It runs on Apple devices only, with no web or Android app. It needs macOS 15 or iOS 17 and newer.
Price: Free, with no paid plan.
Suits: Apple users who want a free app, alone or on top of a sync service. If you like Inoreader's service but not its app, keep your account and read it in NetNewsWire. Reeder Classic, a one-time purchase ($4.99 on iPhone and iPad, $9.99 on Mac), also syncs with Inoreader.

Readwise Reader: for highlighting and notes

Reader, from Readwise, is a read-it-later app that also follows RSS feeds and newsletters. It keeps web articles, PDFs, EPUBs and YouTube transcripts in the same place.

Does well: Highlights and notes across everything you read. They sync to Readwise, which exports them to Obsidian, Notion, Evernote and others. Ghostreader, its AI, answers questions and explains terms as you read. There are apps for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows, plus browser extensions.
Compared with Inoreader: There is no free plan after the trial. Feeds are grouped with Filtered Views rather than folders. Feeds refresh about every 5 minutes, but a feed with few subscribers may only refresh when you open the app.
Price: Reader comes with Readwise Full: $9.99 a month billed yearly, or $12.99 monthly, after a 30-day free trial. The cheaper Readwise Lite plan doesn't include Reader.
Suits: Heavy readers and researchers who save and annotate more than they skim feeds.

How to choose an Inoreader alternative

You want a free hosted reader. Feeder follows 200 feeds with no ads. Feedly's free plan follows 100 feeds in 3 folders with sponsored ads, and NewsBlur's follows 64 sites. See what Feeder's Free plan includes.
You want open source. NewsBlur (hosted or on your server), FreshRSS and Miniflux (on your server) and NetNewsWire (an Apple app). Feedbin publishes its code too, but its service is paid.
You want to host it yourself. FreshRSS for scraping, several users and a wide choice of apps. Miniflux for one small program. NewsBlur if you want its training.
You want to keep your favorite app. Feedbin, Feedly, NewsBlur, FreshRSS and Miniflux work as sync services for third-party apps. Feeder doesn't.
You want alerts. Feeder sends push notifications on every plan. NewsBlur has notifications per feed, and Feedbin's Actions can send a push notification. Feedly's help center says it has none for new articles.
You work in a team. Feeder Professional is $14.99 per user a month, billed yearly. Inoreader's own Team plans start at $44.99 a month for 3 members, and Feedly's team features are on Enterprise, priced on request.

Common questions

What is the best free alternative to Inoreader?

For a hosted reader, Feeder: its free plan follows 200 feeds with no ads, and push notifications are included. If you'd rather run free software, FreshRSS and Miniflux are free to host yourself, and NetNewsWire is free on Apple devices.

Is there an open-source alternative to Inoreader?

Yes: NewsBlur (MIT license), FreshRSS (AGPL 3), Miniflux (Apache 2.0) and NetNewsWire (MIT). NewsBlur also runs as a hosted service with a free plan, and Miniflux sells hosting for $15 a year.

What is the best self-hosted Inoreader alternative?

FreshRSS if you want many features: several users, scraping for sites without RSS, and apps through the Google Reader and Fever APIs. Miniflux if you want something smaller, a single program on PostgreSQL. NewsBlur can also run on your own server with Docker.

How do I move my feeds from Inoreader?

With an OPML file, the list of feeds and folders that readers use to move subscriptions. Get one from Inoreader (Pro also keeps automatic OPML backups), then import it. Feeder, NewsBlur, FreshRSS, Miniflux, NetNewsWire and Readwise Reader all import OPML. In Feeder, open Library, then Import & Export, and choose Import from file. See Import and export your feeds with OPML.

Try Feeder

Feeder is an RSS reader for the web, iOS and Android, with extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge. The free plan follows up to 200 feeds, updated as often as every 30 minutes, with no ads. 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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