# Alternatives to Reeder

The elegant Apple RSS client.

Reeder ranks #10 of 11 in RSS readers, with an Alt Score of 50. It is proprietary, sold by subscription from $1/month and available on iOS and macOS. 5 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.

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

## Overview

- **Who it's for**: People who follow a lot of feeds, podcasts, and social accounts across the open web and Apple platforms and want one app to read, watch, and listen to it all instead of switching between separate apps.
- **What you get**: A single unified timeline that combines RSS/JSON feeds, YouTube channels, podcasts, and Mastodon/Bluesky posts. Timeline position and subscriptions sync via iCloud across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, so unread counts aren't the point - your reading position is. You can tag items into collections (e.g. favorites, read-later) and turn tags into public, shareable RSS feeds. Custom filters let you narrow the timeline by keyword, media type, or feed.
- **How it works**: You subscribe to feeds, channels, podcasts, and social accounts, then scroll one merged timeline instead of per-source inboxes. Items you want to keep get tagged or saved (including via the share extension from other apps), and your place in the timeline stays in sync across all your Apple devices.

## Profile

- **License**: Proprietary (verified 2026-07-11)
- **Pricing model**: Subscription (verified 2026-07-11)
- **Starts at**: $1/month (verified 2026-07-11)
- **Platforms**: iOS, macOS
- **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 | [Feedbin](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/feedbin.md) | 78 | MIT | Web, iOS |
| 6 | [Inoreader](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/inoreader.md) | 73 | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 7 | [Folo](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/folo.md) | 64 | AGPL-3.0 | Web, iOS, Android, Windows |
| 8 | [Feedly](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/feedly.md) | 50 | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 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 | Reeder | NewsBlur | FreshRSS | Miniflux | Tiny Tiny RSS | Feedbin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Subscription | Freemium | Free | OSS + paid hosting | Free | Subscription |
| Starts at | $1/month | $36/year | ? | $15/year | ? | $70/year |
| License | Proprietary | MIT | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Platforms | iOS, macOS | Web, iOS, Android, macOS | Web | Web, iOS, Android | Web | Web, iOS |
| Feed limit (free) | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Full-text extraction | ? | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Keyboard navigation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rules & filters | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Newsletter ingestion (email address) | ? | Yes | Partial | ? | No | Yes |
| Offline reading | ? | Partial | ? | Partial | ? | ? |
| Tagging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| API | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Podcast support | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes |

## Sources

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

- **License**: Proprietary — <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reeder/id6475002485> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “© 2024 Silvio Rizzi”
- **Platforms**: iOS, macOS — <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reeder/id6475002485> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “Requires iOS 17.0 or later”
- **Status**: active — <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reeder/id6475002485> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “Version 2026.6 (Jun 5)”
- **Pricing model**: Subscription — <https://reederapp.com/help/> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “At $1 per month or $10 per year”
- **Starts at**: $1/month — <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reeder/id6475002485> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “Monthly $1.00”
- **Feed limit (free)**: Partial — <https://reederapp.com/help/> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “You can subscribe to a maximum of 10 feeds, which also means OPML Import is not available to prevent exceeding this limit.”
- **Keyboard navigation**: Yes — <https://reederapp.com/help/> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “L Toggle Later”
- **Rules & filters**: Yes — <https://reederapp.com/help/> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “Filters let you create custom timelines by including or excluding posts based on keywords, media types or feed types.”
- **Tagging**: Yes — <https://reederapp.com/help/> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “Reeder comes with three built-in tags: Later Bookmarks and Favorites”
- **Podcast support**: Yes — <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reeder/id6475002485> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “Reeder supports more than just RSS feeds. It integrates videos, podcasts and social media posts into a single, streamlined view.”

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