The Old Reader Alternatives

The Old Reader is described as 'Web based RSS reader, something like Google Reader . Import existing subscriptions, find Facebook friends and more' and is a very popular RSS Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to The Old Reader for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad and Mac apps. The best The Old Reader alternative is Feedly, which is free. Other great apps like The Old Reader are Inoreader, FreshRSS, Feeder RSS feed reader and RSS Guard.

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Alternatives list

  1. RSS Runner icon
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    RSS Runner is the fastest and simplest feed reader for iPod Touch and iPhone !

    Now optimized for iOS 6 and iPhone 5!

    • Multitasking fast-app switching: you can leave the application and back later, picking up right where you left off (no need to wait for the application to re.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
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    Stay up-to-date with your favorite RSS feeds & web services from the comfort of your menu bar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. R3R icon
     Like

    R3R is a reader for RSS, ESF and Atom feeds. It has a simple GUI that gathers your subscribed feeds on startup and displays them into a single list.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • SourceForge
     
  4. lite-reader - self-hosted Lightweight News Reader.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Katana Nano icon
     1 like

    Ad, Pop-up, and Paywall busting news reader for Mac, Windows and Linux. Katana is designed to make it easier than ever before to stay up to date with what is happening in the world.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. FeedRoller icon
     5 likes

    FeedRoller is a lightweight RSS feed ticker.

    It is designed to show scrolling headlines from your favorite news sites and blogs, directly on your desktop.

    Features

    Supports RSS, and Atom feed format. Shows news title, summary, age and source. Customizable interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  7. The application allows you to quickly aggregate information from various sources, enabling you to have all the news grouped and organized in one place. Unlike social networks, where article priority is determined by algorithms, in this app, news remains in chronological order.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  8. SFR is a free, full-featured RSS, RDF and ATOM news reader. Manage your news automatically with smart filtering, organize Feeds Groups by any criteria you choose – music, sport, movies and international news, and rate the most interesting readings.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  9. Hubii icon
     10 likes

    Hubii brings news to you. News close to you and from all corners of the world, in an instant! Choose a city or a country and discover top stories, trends and latest news for a given location.

    167 Hubii alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Firefox OS
     
  10. Zephyr RSS icon
     4 likes

    Keep all your favorite news, blogs, and updates in clean feeds. No ads, no tracking, no distractions — just the stories that matter to you. With smart syncing, your content is always ready when you are.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  11. Journalist icon
     2 likes

    journalist is a lightweight daemon and CLI written in Go, focused on simplicity and integrability. As usually, I chose GO because it’s simply the quickest way to put things like these together, and it gives a statically-linked, single a.out in the end.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
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