Photon Alternatives

Photon is described as 'RSS/Atom reader with the focus on speed, usability, and a bit of UNIX philosophy' and is a RSS Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Photon for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, Windows, Mac and iPhone apps. The best Photon alternative is Feedly, which is free. Other great apps like Photon are Inoreader, Feeder RSS feed reader, RSS Guard and Feedbro.

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  1. ReadKit icon
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    ReadKit is a full-featured news reader and read later client that supports services from Instapaper, Pocket, Pinboard, Feedly, Fever, NewsBlur, Feedbin and Feed Wrangler and has built-in RSS capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    "An Otter RSS Reader" is the world's newest most okayest RSS reader with a high key adorable otter icon!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Simple RSS Reader is an alternative to Google Reader featuring an identical layout that functions and behaves exactly like the discontinued Google product, including it's much-loved Star capability.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. BlackBerry News icon
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    Compatible with news filter definition in Google Alerts : Send the Feed-URL from Desktop-PC per E-Mail to your BlackBerry. With the BlackBerry News app, all the content you care about comes right to you, hot off the press and in one convenient...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Blackberry
     
  5. Awasu icon
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    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.

    193 Awasu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Tickr icon
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    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.

    164 Tickr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Yomu is the RSS reader born to the concept "which looks through all the reports single hand". In the list screen which carried out the form of the palette, a site can be crossed and a report can be read.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. moonmoon icon
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    Moonmoon is a web based aggregator similar to Planet . It can be used to blend articles from different blogs with same interests into a single page.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. RSS Menu icon
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    RSS Menu is a systemwide menu that allows you to read and organize your favourite RSS or Atom feeds.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. PaperOak icon
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    PaperOak is a free RSS aggregator to read the hottest news, blogs, articles, and feeds on the internet. With active news updates to our servers from the many RSS feeds every minute, there is never a shortage of interesting feeds to read.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
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