A calm, distraction-free RSS reader that prioritizes peaceful reading over feature bloat — no popups, no upsells, no anxiety-inducing notifications.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
United States
NetNewsWire Alternatives
Apps similar to NetNewsWire include Feedly, which has a free version. Other options are Inoreader, FreshRSS, Feeder and Fluent Reader. You're spoiled for choice with RSS Readers like NetNewsWire: we list more than 100 alternatives for the web, iPhone, Android, iPad and Mac.
Alternatives list
Text-only Webpeel is text-only RSS reader. It peels off all the distractions away and lets you read.
Scroll and mark Webpeel presents your RSS feeds as scrollable text list. Anything that's scrolled over the top is automatically marked as read.
Read everywhere Webppel looks.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
When you're caught up, you're DONE. No algorithmic manipulation. No infinite scroll of doom.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
- United States
RSS reader with a social media-style interface. Scroll or swipe through news, podcasts, and YouTube — no algorithms, you control everything.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
- Android
- Android Tablet
United Kingdom
+8
Feedlane is a user-friendly RSS reader with a sleek design and powerful tools. With full Fever API compatibility, it works seamlessly with Reeder, Unread, Fiery Feeds, FocusReader, and Feedme—keeping your feeds in sync across all your devices.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
Germany
EU
+1
Muuted is a web-based feed reader with no recommendation algorithm. You choose the sources — websites and RSS feeds, YouTube channels, and Bluesky accounts — and mute the words and topics you do not want to see.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- United States
Safe & Informed is a news reader for the sources you choose, built around listening. Add any RSS feed, share a site from your browser to add it, or import your list from Feedly, Inoreader or NetNewsWire with OPML.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Android Wear
- Apple Car Play
- Android Auto
Romania- EU
+9
Privacy-focused browser extension that auto-discovers RSS feeds on any website, with unlimited local storage, collections, and no account required.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Google Chrome
Netherlands- EU
+3
Private RSS reader native on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Vision Pro, with iCloud or local sync, curation via tags and blocklists, full-article mode, widgets, multiple layouts, offline reading, Safari extension, OPML import/export, and no tracking.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- visionOS
- United States
+9
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
- United States
NitroFeed is a fast native RSS reader with AI summaries built in — the summary features Feedly locks behind its $99/year Pro+ plan, in a desktop app rather than a web service. NitroFeed is included in every getapps.cafe subscription.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- United States
+2
Aggregates stories from over 200 major outlets, displaying multiple perspectives side by side in real time with no account, ads, or algorithms. Users create custom news streams, each with a live page and RSS feed, ensuring control and transparency while maintaining privacy.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
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