# Alternatives to Feedbin

Indie paid reader with email support.

Feedbin ranks #5 of 11 in RSS readers, with an Alt Score of 78. It is licensed under MIT, sold by subscription from $70/year and available on Web and iOS. 9 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.

Source: https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/feedbin/
Category: RSS readers

## Overview

- **Who it's for**: People who follow many blogs, news sites, YouTube channels, podcasts, and email newsletters and want a single organized place to read them, instead of relying on social media algorithms or a crowded inbox.
- **What you get**: Feedbin aggregates RSS/Atom feeds, YouTube channels, and podcasts, and converts email newsletters into feeds via a unique inbox address. It offers full-text article extraction, search, saved searches, and a clean web interface with customizable themes and typography. It also syncs with many third-party RSS apps (Reeder, NetNewsWire, Unread, and others) on iOS, Mac, and Android.
- **How it works**: You add feeds by pasting a URL or a site/newsletter address, then read and organize articles (tag, star, mark as read) in Feedbin's web app or any connected third-party client, with read state and content synced across all of them. Feedbin is a paid service ($7/month or $70/year) with a 30-day free trial.

## Profile

- **License**: MIT (verified 2026-07-11)
- **Pricing model**: Subscription (verified 2026-07-11)
- **Starts at**: $70/year (verified 2026-07-11)
- **Platforms**: Web, iOS
- **Status**: active (verified 2026-07-11)

## Ranked alternatives

| # | App | Alt Score | Licence | Platforms |
|---|-----|-----------|---------|-----------|
| 1 | [NewsBlur](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/newsblur.md) | 86 | MIT | Web, iOS, Android, macOS |
| 2 | [FreshRSS](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/freshrss.md) | 82 | AGPL-3.0 | Web |
| 3 | [Miniflux](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/miniflux.md) | 82 | Apache-2.0 | Web, iOS, Android |
| 4 | [Tiny Tiny RSS](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/tiny-tiny-rss.md) | 82 | GPL-3.0 | Web |
| 5 | [Inoreader](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/inoreader.md) | 73 | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 6 | [Folo](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/folo.md) | 64 | AGPL-3.0 | Web, iOS, Android, Windows |
| 7 | [Feedly](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/feedly.md) | 50 | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 8 | [Reeder](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/reeder.md) | 50 | Proprietary | iOS, macOS |
| 9 | [The Old Reader](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/the-old-reader.md) | 50 | ? | ? |
| 10 | [NetNewsWire](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/netnewswire.md) | 28 | MIT | iOS, macOS |

Alt Score = Verified coverage (90%) + Visibility (10%). See https://altcatalog.com/how-alt-score-works/

## Feature comparison

Legend: Yes / No / Partial / ? (not verified).

| RSS readers checklist | Feedbin | NewsBlur | FreshRSS | Miniflux | Tiny Tiny RSS | Inoreader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Subscription | Freemium | Free | OSS + paid hosting | Free | Freemium |
| Starts at | $70/year | $36/year | ? | $15/year | ? | $89.99/year (~$7.50/mo) |
| License | MIT | MIT | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0 | Proprietary |
| Platforms | Web, iOS | Web, iOS, Android, macOS | Web | Web, iOS, Android | Web | Web, iOS, Android |
| Feed limit (free) | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Full-text extraction | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Keyboard navigation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rules & filters | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Newsletter ingestion (email address) | Yes | Yes | Partial | ? | No | Yes |
| Offline reading | ? | Partial | ? | Partial | ? | Partial |
| Tagging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Podcast support | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes |

## Sources

Sources for Feedbin. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.

- **Starts at**: $70/year — <https://feedbin.com/pricing> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “$70 / year”
- **License**: MIT — <https://github.com/feedbin/feedbin/blob/master/LICENSE.md> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “The MIT License”
- **Pricing model**: Subscription — <https://feedbin.com/pricing> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “$7 / month”
- **Platforms**: Web, iOS — <https://feedbin.com/apps> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “iPhone & iPad”
- **Status**: active — <https://feedbin.com/blog/2025/10/01/newsletter-extension/> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “Create & View Newsletter Addresses from the Browser Extension”
- **Feed limit (free)**: No — <https://feedbin.com/pricing> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “Start your free 30-day trial. No credit card required.”
- **Full-text extraction**: Yes — <https://github.com/feedbin/feedbin-api/blob/master/content/extract-full-content.md> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “The service uses Mercury Parser to attempt to extract the full content of a webpage.”
- **Keyboard navigation**: Yes — <https://feedbin.com/help/keyboard-shortcuts/> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “Keyboard shortcuts are also viewable in Feedbin by pressing: ?”
- **Rules & filters**: Yes — <https://feedbin.com/blog/2013/11/06/actions-workflows-for-your-rss-feeds> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “Actions are a great way to filter out articles you're not interested in or surface articles you want to be sure to read.”
- **Newsletter ingestion (email address)**: Yes — <https://feedbin.com/blog/2024/04/25/custom-newsletter-addresses/> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “All Feedbin newsletter addresses now use an `@feedb.in` domain.”
- **Tagging**: Yes — <https://feedbin.com/help/tagging-feeds/> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “You can categorize feeds using tags. They work mostly like folders except a feed can exist in multiple tags.”
- **API**: Yes — <https://github.com/feedbin/feedbin/blob/master/README.md> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “It provides a user interface for reading and managing feeds as well as a REST-like API for clients to connect to.”
- **Self-hostable**: Partial — <https://github.com/feedbin/feedbin/blob/master/README.md> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “Feedbin's goal is to be a great web-based RSS service. This goal is at odds with being a great self-hosted RSS reader.”
- **Podcast support**: Yes — <https://feedbin.com/blog/2017/08/22/podcast-playing-improvements/> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “There's a few great improvements for playing and managing podcasts in Feedbin.”

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