WebReader Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to WebReader for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is RSS Guard, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to WebReader and 19 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to WebReader are QuiteRSS, FeedDemon, RSS Captor and Awasu.

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  1. QuiteRSS icon
     199 likes

    QuiteRSS is a open-source cross-platform RSS/Atom news feeds reader written on Qt/C++

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
     
  2. FeedDemon icon
     82 likes

    FeedDemon is a popular RSS reader for Windows, with an easy-to-use interface that makes it a snap to stay informed with the latest news and information.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. RSS Captor icon
     2 likes

    RSS Captor is an easy-to-use RSS client with a three-pane interface. Feeds are listed on the left, a list of stories on the top right, and details on the lower right. Tabs offer quick access to sections where you can set up folders for automatically saved messages and manually...

    161 RSS Captor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Awasu icon
     7 likes

    Awasu is a state-of-the-art feed reader that comes loaded with features for both casual personal use and professional, high-powered information management.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Tickr icon
     12 likes

    TICKR is GTK-based RSS READER application which displays RSS FEEDS in a TICKER bar on your desktop. With a single click, you get the latest headlines scrolling in a thin window on your desktop, as what can be seen on News TV channels.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Readefine Desktop is an AIR app which uses Flex, creating a really nice, clean layout for your RSS / Google Reader feeds, text or HTML content. Read content in a book like multi-column layout and tweak settings like justification, column width...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe AIR
     
  7. Fretsi icon
     51 likes

    Derived from the Icelandic word “Frettir”, which translates directly to the word “News”, Fretsi's main target is to make online reading easier than ever, enabling you to access news and keeping you up-to-date in the easiest and fastest way possible.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  8. RSS Bandit icon
     5 likes

    RSS Bandit is a standalone reader that has many attractive features, allowing a user to merge news headlines from multiple sources onto a single page, and organize articles based on keyword, read/unread status, and date.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. NewsFox icon
     18 likes

    NewsFox is an efficient 3-pane(email) style Atom/RSS feed reader. NewsFox allows you to group your feeds as you wish, read feed content offline, update feeds when you want, 1-click subscribe with the Firefox URL bar icon, and read other feeds while updating.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • K-Meleon
    • SeaMonkey
    • Firefox
     
  10. RSSMore icon
     3 likes

    RSSMore is a free rss screensaver that lets you subscribe to any number of RSS feeds and view them in your rss screen saver. You can also specify a folder (including its sub folders) to provide background images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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