Feedly alternatives, compared on the things that actually differ

Seven readers, six criteria, prices as published by each vendor. We also say plainly when the right move is to stay on Feedly.

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You have a few hundred feeds and Feedly opens on 1,000+ unread. The reader works; the reading doesn't happen.
You wanted a news reader and the product kept growing toward corporate threat intelligence, which is not what you signed up for.
Half of what you actually read now arrives by email, and RSS was never built for newsletters.

Export before you shop

In Feedly, Organize sources gives you an OPML file with every feed. Any serious reader imports it, and it takes a minute. Do this first: it turns 'switching' from a project into a decision you can undo.

Decide what you want back

There are three different products hiding behind 'Feedly alternative': a faster reader for the same firehose, a place that also swallows newsletters, or something that reads the firehose for you and hands you one briefing. Pick the category first, then the app.

Try the one that matches, for a week

A reader shows its true colours on day five, not day one, when the backlog starts building again. Most of the options below have a free tier or a trial without a card.

The criteria behind this guide

RSS at scale: how many feeds it handles and whether folders, search and offline hold up.
Newsletters: whether it takes email in, and how — a dedicated address, an inbox connection, or not at all.
Does it read for you: a real summary or briefing, or just a faster list of unread items.
Audio: text-to-speech per article, a produced daily episode, or nothing.
Price as published by the vendor, trial terms included.
Platforms the vendor declares today.

1. Inoreader

For people leaving Feedly who want the same power, more of it, and a real free tier.

The closest match to Feedly's feature set: rules, filters, search across your archive, Google News alerts as feeds, offline
A genuinely usable free plan, which Feedly no longer really offers on the consumer side
Web, iOS and Android, plus OPML import that takes your Feedly export as is

It is still a reader: it makes the firehose faster to drink, it does not make it smaller
The interface rewards people who like knobs; if Feedly already felt heavy, this will too

2. Proofite

Disclosure: Proofite is our product. The six criteria above were applied to it exactly as to everyone else, cons included.

For people who don't want a faster reader — they want one morning briefing built from all their sources, to read or listen to as a podcast.

Import your Feedly OPML and the feeds become sources for a briefing, not another unread count
Newsletters and Substack come in too: each topic inbox has a real dedicated email address, and standing web searches sit beside the feeds
One daily AI briefing with per-topic feedback — 'more technical', 'simpler', mute, follow — that changes tomorrow's edition
The same briefing becomes a daily podcast episode, 2 to 20 minutes, in a private feed that works in any podcast app
Five languages for text and audio: English, Italian, Spanish, German, French. Native iOS and Android. Five-day trial, no card

€9.99/month ($9.99 in the US), monthly only: no annual plan and no free tier
It is a briefing, not an archive: if you want every item of every feed, in full, a classic reader is the right tool

3. NetNewsWire

For Apple users who want RSS, nothing else, and no subscription at all.

Free and open source, no account required, no telemetry, no upsell
Fast and native on Mac, iPhone and iPad; syncs with iCloud, Feedbin, Feedly and others
OPML import and export are first-class, so leaving it is as easy as arriving

Apple only: no Android, no web
Pure RSS: no newsletters, no summaries, no audio

4. Readwise Reader

For heavy readers who want feeds, articles, PDFs, ebooks and newsletters in one place, with highlights.

Runs practically everywhere: web, iOS, Android, extensions, Mac and Windows, e-ink devices, send-to-Kindle, with sync and offline
Text-to-speech turns any article, PDF or ebook into audio with natural voices and adjustable speed
30-day trial with no credit card; 50% off for students, educators, non-profits, military and first responders

$9.99/month requires annual billing; month-to-month is $12.99
Its Daily Digest is not an AI summary: per Readwise's own docs it's a scrollable selection for triaging your feed

5. Meco

For people whose reading has moved from feeds to newsletters, and who want them out of the inbox.

Two ways in: connect up to three Gmail or Outlook accounts on PRO, or use a dedicated @mecoinbox.com address
Daily AI audio roundups of your newsletters, 5 to 10 minutes, a PRO feature
Free tier to start; PRO at $39.99/year or $4.99/month, with pricing that varies by country and platform per their docs

Newsletters are the point: RSS is not the centre of the product, so a Feedly OPML is not what it's built for
The Gmail route means granting an app access to your email account; the dedicated address avoids that

6. Readless

For people who want scheduled AI digests of newsletters, Substack and RSS at the lowest price here.

Pro at $4.90/month: up to 3 digest schedules, unlimited sources, adjustable summary depth
Max at $9/month adds up to 8 schedules and a cross-source synthesis briefing
Dedicated email address on both plans; stories clustered by topic and duplicates merged

The site declares no audio features
The 7-day trial requires a card up front and charges you when it ends unless you cancel

7. Feedbin

For people who want a calm, fast, paid reader with no AI and no agenda.

$5/month, one plan, no tiers to decode; 30-day trial
Takes newsletters through a dedicated address alongside feeds, and handles YouTube and Twitter-style sources
Works as a sync backend for other apps, including NetNewsWire, so you are not locked into its interface

No native mobile app of its own: it's the web app plus third-party clients
No summaries and no audio, by design

The honest case for staying on Feedly

If you use Boards to clip and share, if your team lives in the same folders, or if you rely on Feedly AI to track a topic across thousands of sources, nothing on this list replaces that. Feedly's investment has gone toward exactly those jobs, and it shows.

Switching also costs something that is easy to forget: your read state, your folder logic and the muscle memory of where things are. If Feedly annoys you twice a month, that is not enough reason to move.

Move when the reason is structural: you want fewer items rather than faster ones, or your reading has quietly migrated to email and RSS is no longer where your day happens.

Three different products hide behind one search

The first is a better reader: Inoreader, NetNewsWire, Feedbin. Same firehose, less friction, and in two of the three cases less money. If your problem with Feedly is the product's direction or its price, this is your row.

The second is a reader that also eats newsletters: Readwise Reader, Meco. This is the right move when you notice that the things you actually finish reading arrive by email, not by feed.

The third is not a reader at all. It is something that reads for you and gives you one briefing: Proofite, Readless. This is the only category that makes the unread count go away, and it is also the category you should refuse if you want to see everything yourself.

What OPML does and does not carry

OPML carries your feed URLs and your folder structure. That is all it carries. Read state, saved items, notes, boards and rules do not travel, and no importer will invent them.

So before switching, save anything you actually care about from inside Feedly, then export. Every app on this list imports OPML; if one ever doesn't, that alone is a reason to skip it.

How we verified this

Prices and capabilities come from each vendor's own published pages and app store listings, read on the verification date shown below. Where a vendor does not publish a price, we say so instead of estimating.

We include our own product in the list with its cons stated, because a comparison that hides the author's weaknesses is an advertisement wearing a comparison's clothes.

Listen to a sample briefing

30 seconds, the product's real voice.

Frequently asked questions

How do I export my feeds from Feedly?

In Feedly, open Organize sources and export the OPML file. It contains every feed URL and your folder structure, and every reader on this list imports it.

Is there a free Feedly alternative?

Yes. Inoreader has a real free tier and NetNewsWire is free and open source on Apple platforms. Both are readers, so they make your feeds faster to handle rather than smaller.

Which alternative handles newsletters as well as feeds?

Readwise Reader, Meco, Readless and Proofite all take email in. Meco and Proofite give you a dedicated address so you never connect your personal mailbox; Meco can also connect Gmail or Outlook directly if you prefer.

Which one summarises instead of listing?

Proofite and Readless produce a summary of your sources rather than a list of unread items. Readwise's Daily Digest is a triage selection, not an AI summary, per Readwise's own documentation.

Can I listen to my feeds instead of reading them?

Readwise Reader and Matter read individual articles aloud with text-to-speech. Meco and Proofite produce a daily audio roundup of everything instead; Proofite delivers it as a private podcast feed that works in any podcast app.

Is it worth leaving Feedly at all?

Not if you use Boards, team folders or Feedly AI for topic tracking: nothing here replaces those. Leave when the reason is structural, for example when you want fewer items rather than faster ones.

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Page updated on 7 September 2026.