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What are the best web-based RSS feed readers?
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Best web-based RSS feed readers
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Inoreader
$0-$4.99/m
Web, iOS, Android, Windows Phone
Yes
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NewsBlur
Free
Web, iOS, Android
Yes
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Feedly
0-18
Web, iOS, Android, Kindle
Yes
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CommaFeed
Free
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Nooshub
4-5$
Web, iOS
Yes
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Inoreader
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Inoreader
My Recommendation for
Inoreader
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Experiences
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Pros
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Cons
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Free 150 feeds
Like most other news reader services, Inoreader restricts the amount of sources you can subscribe to in the free version to 150.
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No sub folders
You can't create sub folders. This makes it a bit harder to organize saved content.
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Corinna Lutz's Experience
I use it in the free as well as in the premium version. It has lots of features, which help to manage a big load of data.
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Specs
Platforms:
Web, iOS, Android, Windows Phone
Search:
Yes
Offline support:
Yes
Night Theme:
Yes
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Pro
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Easy to overview the list of articles so you can quickly find articles that interest you
All the feeds are easily accessible, allowing for a quick access to the most relevant articles, thanks to the interface’s design: minimal and free of distracting, unnecessary elements.
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Limits free users
While Inoreader's basic functions are still available for free users, many of the options involving customization and search options are limited to paying users.
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Can filter articles by keyword
Allows user to filter rss feeds based on keywords and regular expressions. 1 Filter for Free, 10 for Plus members, and Unlimited filters for Professional members.
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Can't have unread items older than a month
If you don't read items older than 1 month they are automatically marked as read, with no possibility to "unread" them.
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Loads really fast
The lightweight UI allows Inoreader to display feeds quickly.
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Adding some feeds on IOS free version is laborious
Nitter feeds, for example
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Free search for all users
Unlike Feedly where search is a paid service, Inoreader allows search for free users. If you want to find content you have read by some keyword, it is free for everyone.
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Uses Ram when it is not active (stays in memory)
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Cross platform
Inoreader has clients for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. As well as a web app.
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Price change / Feature capping instituted
In February 2019 Inoreader announced that the "Professional" plan will be capped (big change from unlimited filters to just 30!): Based on our observations, the new premium feature limits on the “Pro” plan are as follows: 10 Rules - *** Increased to 30 Rules after Inoreader evaluated feedback from their users. 30 Active Searches 100 Boosted Feeds 30 Social media feeds per service (Facebook, Twitter, VKontakte). These limitations will be applied to your account at the start of your next subscription period. All features that you use above the new limits will be deactivated, and only those that were created earliest chronologically will remain (For e.g. your earliest 10 Rules created).
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Supports multiple views
List, card, or expanded view.
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Ads in free version
Ads appear in both mobile apps and the web version.
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Tags and filter tags
This is one of the best features.
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Premium users can search in all public RSS feeds, even in those that they haven't subscribed to
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Can disable social features
Social interaction features can be disabled if they are not wanted.
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Easy to remove duplicate content
If you read from a large list of feeds that may contain overlapping information, Inoreader offers removing one of the duplicates.
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In-depth statistics about sources
Using the built-in dashboard, users can see most read sources, how often they update over time, etc.
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Social media integration
Pro version has the ability to search Facebook, Google+ and Twitter feeds as well.
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Extensive keyboard shortcut support
Shift + O and shift + N can be used in order to scroll quickly through feeds.
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Supports OPML files
Collections from other readers can be downloaded in OPML (outline processor markup language) files.
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Optional login using Google or Facebook accounts
You can either use a username/password pair, or you can use your Facebook or Google account to login.
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$0-$4.99/m
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NewsBlur
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NewsBlur
My Recommendation for
NewsBlur
All
14
Pros
11
Cons
2
Specs
Top
Pro
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Organize feeds into folders
Feeds can be grouped into folders for easier management and to allow users to separate feeds for work, comics, research etc.
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Con
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Can't have unread items older than a 14 days/month
This is a premium feature.
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Specs
Platforms:
Web, iOS, Android
Search:
Yes
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Cross-platform
Works on iOS and Android and as a webapp.
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Freemium
This service is free, but can cost up to $24 per year for premium users.
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Freemium service
Free version has a limit of 64 sites, upgrade to unlimited sites costs $1/month.
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Free / Libre software
NewsBlur is FOSS, so it can be freely modified & redistributed.
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View content in the original site
NewsBlur offers an option of reading articles just like they are displayed on the original site.
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Multiple layout & style options
NewsBlur allows users to customize the font size, line spacing, story layout, and type faces.
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Fast
Very fast to navigate around the UI and load articles.
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Keyboard shortcuts
By default arrow keys and spacebar are used to quickly navigate stories, but they can be rebound for premium accounts.
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Recommended articles that improves over time
NewsBlur has a discovery algorithm, that users can "train" to show stories they are interested in and hide one's that they don't care about.
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Blurblogs
Burblog is a simple, customizable website for sharing stories with comments that people can subscribe to.
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Pro
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Aggregates email newsletters
You can forward email newsletters to a user-specific email address to have them aggregated in your feed reader along with your RSS content.
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Free
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Feedly
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Feedly
My Recommendation for
Feedly
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Experiences
2
Pros
7
Cons
4
Specs
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Integrates other services for ease of use and sharing
Feedly sign-in is done with Facebook, Twitter, Google or Microsoft credentials and it offers many ways to share a story from within the application, including social networks, e-mail, etc.
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Con
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Buggy
Logging in can sometimes cause Feedly to struggle, it can become unresponsive and force close.
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User Deleted's Experience
Limited to 100 RSS feeds for free users - ample opportunity to evaluate whether you find Feedly useful enough to justify the ~$6/mo subscription. I upgraded and have no complaints: the technical issue I encountered was resolved within 48 hours and the service performs satisfactorily while monitoring hundreds of feeds. Update 9/23/18: Reddit users may encounter issues with Feedly as Reddit blocks requests when it receives too many from a single source. Feedly states that they're working with Reddit on this issue. In the meantime, you can use this script to access your feeds through Feedly if you have your own web hosting.
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Specs
Platforms:
Web, iOS, Android, Kindle
Search:
Yes
Offline support:
Yes
Night Theme:
No
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Pro
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Clean UI
Feedly has an easy to overview interface. While this interface is clean and simple, it is still full of bright colors. A great feature that adds to the clean feel is "eliminate clutter", which keeps only the text of desired topic.
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Inline ads
Free version puts ads in your feeds.
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Yanis's Experience
Feedly is easy !
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Boards for organising the content (Paid)
Feedly allows you to create unlimited Boards (folders/sets/collections) and use them to organise your saved content.
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No offline support
There is no offline support with the official client.
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IFTTT and Zapier integration (Paid)
Feedly functionality can be extended and workflows automated with IFTTT and Zapier integrations that make it possible to connect the reader with hundreds of popular apps.
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Long list of paid-only features
Free features are pretty basic. It seems like all the new development goes into paid-only features. Paid features more sharing and saving options, alerts, backup, support or integrations with collaborative tools.
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Great article recommendations
Search a topic and Feedly will offer resources that are related to that topic.
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Similar mobile experience to Google Reader
It supports a list UI similar to Google Reader, among other more graphical layouts.
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Choice of many different layouts
For each news source, a different layout can be chosen. Choose between showing thumbnails, titles and summaries, titles only, thumbnails with overlaid titles in a grid, or have all content inlined.
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CommaFeed
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CommaFeed
My Recommendation for
CommaFeed
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1
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Pro
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Free / Libre software
CommaFeed is FOSS, so it can be freely modified & redistributed.
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Free
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Nooshub
My Rec
ommendation
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Nooshub
My Recommendation for
Nooshub
All
15
Experiences
1
Pros
11
Cons
2
Specs
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Pro
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OPML import and export
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Can't mark older articles as unread
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ExceptionalBozTengri's Experience
Using it for newsfeeds with many articles, where the grouping of similar content really makes a difference.
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Specs
Platforms:
Web, iOS
Search:
Yes
Night Theme:
Yes
OPML support:
Yes
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Cleans your feed by automatic grouping of similar articles
This feature can be turned off though.
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Only 1 month free then monthly/yearly fee after 1 month trial
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Search through your collections
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Works on mobile and tablet
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Dark mode
Has an auto mode that activates dark mode in the evening
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No ads
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Plays podcasts
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No ads
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Highlights topics that have many articles
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Live updates
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Readymade collections
Can be cloned and tweaked.
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4-5$
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The Old Reader
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The Old Reader
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The Old Reader
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8
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Cons
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Very similar to the dismissed Google Reader
Ever since Google Reader has ceased to be an option, The Old Reader has grown in popularity.
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Not very customizable
While the sources can be added or removed, the feed cannot be filtered in any other way. Display options are limited as well, leaving the user with the standard view.
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Specs
Platforms:
Web
Offline support:
No
Subscriptions in Free Plan:
100
OPML support:
Yes
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Social
People from Facebook or Google can be found on The Old Reader so posts can be shared and discussed.
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Not free/libre
This application is proprietary, and thus cannot be modified, freely distributed, or trusted to be secure. Also, if the developer abandons it again, there will be no way for others to continue to update it.
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Easy to use
Intuitive, easy to overview service.
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No mobile app
Lacks an official native mobile app, but the mobile version of the site is quite usable and there are apps which support syncing with The Old Reader. However, users have created many apps for a variety of platforms using The Old Reader API. You can check them out here.
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Great UI
A clean, easy to use interface.
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newsify
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