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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  1. R3R icon
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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  2. PodAura icon
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    All-in-one Android podcast app for RSS, media dl & play. MVI arch, Material You style. ?? Star to support!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
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    lite-reader - self-hosted Lightweight News Reader.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Katana Nano icon
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    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
     
  5. FeedRoller icon
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    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
     
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    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
     
  7. Hubii icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Firefox OS
     
  8. Journalist icon
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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  9. ShareRace icon
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    ShareRace helps everyone to be more informed by providing a social news reader with a ranking system which shows the most relevant news in dozens of news feeds to give everyone an overview about the news.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Deepfeed icon
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    Deepfeed is a simple and smart tool that will help you read the news from different sources and notifies you periodically about your favorite topics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Feeder
    • Inoreader
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. MiniRSS icon
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    A simple yet capable RSS reader designed specifically for the Apple Watch.

    Log in with your The Old Reader account and start reading!

    Supports glances to see how many unread items are in your RSS queue and from what sources.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • Apple Watch
     
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    News is a new, revolutionary RSS Reader exclusive to IOS. News allows you to easily read ALL your favourite newspapers, magazines, blogs, RSS feeds in a SINGLE screen! All feeds are LIVE, INSTANT, and FREE.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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