Web-based News & Books Apps

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  1. Feedly icon
     1877 likes

    Organize and read content from RSS feeds into a magazine-like experience, simple sharing options, and seamless access across all devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Kindle Fire
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    327 alternatives
    3.4
    Fair25 reviews
  2. wallabag icon
     312 likes

    Open-source, self-hosted tool that extracts articles, offers offline mobile reading, powerful filters, migration from other services, and multiple download formats.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Cloudron
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    4.2
    Very Good12 reviews
  3. Inoreader icon
     1460 likes

    Aggregate RSS, newsletters, and social feeds with advanced filtering, real-time cross-device syncing, customizable reading views, and ad-free experience.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Kindle Fire
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    298 alternatives
    3.5
    Good31 reviews
  4. Internet Archive icon
     206 likes

    The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, it provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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    +5
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    39 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good16 reviews
  5. Reddit icon
     602 likes

    A social news website where content shared by users is voted on, organized into 'subreddits,' and can appear on the front page amid diverse topics.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Tor
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    +4
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    201 alternatives
    2.7
    Poor51 reviews
  6. Readest icon
     36 likes

    Readest is a modern, feature-rich ebook reader designed for avid readers offering seamless cross-platform access, powerful tools, and an intuitive interface to elevate your reading experience.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Android Tablet
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    Translation
    Wikipedia
    +2
    Dark Mode
    17 alternatives
    4.9
    Excellent8 reviews
  7. Instapaper icon
     244 likes

    Save web pages for offline reading, organize long articles and blog posts, enjoy distraction-free mode, and sync content across devices with text-to-speech support.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Google Chrome
    • Kindle Fire
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    +1
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    116 alternatives
    3.4
    Fair8 reviews
  8. Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    63 alternatives
  9. BookWyrm icon
     46 likes

    BookWyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. Federation allows BookWyrm users to join small, trusted communities that can connect with one another, and with other ActivityPub services like...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Main instance page
    Book entry
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    +1
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    42 alternatives
  10. Feedbro icon
     101 likes

    Fast & free RSS feed reader as a browser extension for Chrome, Vivaldi, Edge, Brave and Firefox for reading blogs, news or any RSS, Atom or RDF based feed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    Feedbro has built-in integrations to various social media sites - even the ones that don't provide RSS natively like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
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    Feedbro includes a powerful rule engine for automatic processing, highlighting etc.
    +6
    Dark mode provided built-in
    248 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent12 reviews
  11. Goodreads icon
     200 likes

    See what your friends are reading. Keep track of what you've read and organize your books into virtual bookshelves. Join a book club to discuss your favorite books. A better way to find good books to read!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    +4
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    3.9
    Good11 reviews
  12. Open Library icon
     66 likes

    Editable online catalog aiming to archive every published book, offering user-contributed entries, metadata, digital lending, and free access to over one million Public Domain titles.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    Single book view for 1984
    Single book view for Frankenstein showing it with rating and listed as "already read"
    Single book full page view for Frankenstein
    +1
    User reading log page
    38 alternatives
  13. Flipboard icon
     379 likes

    Flipboard is a fast, beautiful way to flip through the news, photos and updates your friends are sharing on Facebook and Twitter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
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    +8
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    265 alternatives
    2.6
    Poor9 reviews
  14. start.me icon
     239 likes

    Manages bookmarks and RSS feeds with customizable widgets and themes. Offers browser extensions for cross-device usability and personalized pages.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    +3
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    147 alternatives
    3.8
    Good12 reviews
  15. NewsBlur icon
     681 likes

    NewsBlur is a personal news reader that brings people together to talk about the world. It shows you the original site and allows you to read stories directly off the site while keeping track of what you read. It also filters and highlights stories you like and dislike.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    +8
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    270 alternatives
  16. Lifehacker icon
     256 likes

    Lifehacker has been the world’s leading guide to tech and life tips, tricks and hacks since 2005. Our job is to figure out how tech, gadgets, software and other things work, so you don’t have to. Our team of experts spend over 5,000 hours per month researching and hands-on...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    33 alternatives
  17. Hacker News icon
     133 likes

    Hacker News is a social news website that caters to programmers and entrepreneurs, delivering content related to computer science and entrepreneurship.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
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    67 alternatives
  18. Digg icon
     76 likes

    Social news platform with topic-based communities, transparent moderation, user voting, content discovery, anti-spam measures, web and mobile access.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    +8
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    29 alternatives
  19. LibriVox icon
     52 likes

    Free audiobooks from the public domain, volunteer recorded, open source, and accessible globally, hosted by Internet Archive.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Android Auto
    • Apple Car Play
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    30 alternatives
  20. Explore millions of books with search and preview, read free public domain titles, and sync purchases across devices for seamless reading experiences.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Android Auto
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    74 alternatives