The best RSS readers in 2026: our picks for each kind of reader

How we made this list

We make Inoreader, and Inoreader is on this list. We chose the other readers because people compare them with ours, and most of them also appear on other lists of the best RSS readers, such as Zapier's and Feeder's. Every fact about another product comes from that product's own website or from recent coverage of it, as we found it in October 2026. We link the source in each section, so you can check it.

We did not give the readers scores. Readers differ more in what they are for than in how good they are, so each section names the kind of reader that product is best for, what it does well and who should choose it. Prices change often, so check the vendor's own pricing page before you pay.

The readers at a glance

"Not listed" means the vendor's own pages did not state it when we checked.

Inoreader: best for automating and monitoring what you follow

Inoreader is our own reader. It follows websites, YouTube channels, Reddit and Google News on the free plan, which holds 150 feeds and shows no ads. Search in your feeds, read later, full content on demand and dashboards are free as well. It runs on the web, on iPhone, iPad and Android, and as an extension for Chrome, Firefox and Edge.

Pro costs $9.99 a month or $89.99 a year and holds 2,500 feeds. Pro is where most of Inoreader's automation is. Rules act on every new article as it arrives, filters keep only what matches, monitoring feeds turn a search into a feed, and newsletters and web feeds bring in sources without RSS. Pro also adds AI summaries and an API, and Team plans start at $44.99 a month for up to 3 members.

Its free plan is smaller than Feeder's. Choose Inoreader if you follow many sources for work and want the reader to sort, forward and alert for you. Prices are on our pricing page.

Feedly: best for AI-filtered research feeds in a company

Feedly's free plan holds up to 100 feeds in 3 folders, and removing its sponsored ads is a paid feature. Pro+ costs $8.25 a month billed annually and holds 2,500 feeds, with AI noise muting, AI Feeds, newsletters, Google News feeds and an RSS builder. Enterprise plans, priced by quote, hold 7,500 feeds and add team feeds and boards, Slack and Microsoft Teams, an API and SSO.

Choose Feedly if your company wants AI to filter research feeds for a team and is ready for an enterprise contract. Source: Feedly's pricing page. Read our comparison, Inoreader vs Feedly.

Feedbin: best for a simple paid reader with your choice of app

Feedbin has one plan with everything, for $7 a month or $70 a year, after a 30-day trial that needs no card. It follows newsletters, YouTube channels and Mastodon, plays podcasts in its Airshow app, loads full text, keeps saved searches and shows how an article changed after it was published. It also has a public API, and its site mentions no AI features. Feedbin has its own iPhone and iPad app, and on Mac and Android you read it in apps such as Reeder, Capy Reader and ReadKit.

Choose Feedbin if you want one simple paid plan without AI features and you like picking your own app. Source: Feedbin's pricing page. Read Inoreader vs Feedbin.

NewsBlur: best for open source on the web at a low price

NewsBlur is open source. Its free plan follows 64 sites without search, and you can train it on authors, tags and titles. Premium costs $36 a year for 1,024 sites, search and faster refresh. Premium Archive costs $99 a year for 4,096 sites, a permanent searchable archive, web feeds, Ask AI and a Daily Briefing. It has apps for the web, iPhone and iPad, Mac and Android, and it receives email newsletters.

Choose NewsBlur if you want an open source reader with a native Mac app and a low yearly price. Source: NewsBlur's pricing page. Read Inoreader vs NewsBlur.

Feeder: best for the largest free plan of a hosted reader

Feeder's free plan holds 200 feeds and refreshes them every 30 minutes, which is more room than any other hosted free plan on this list. Plus costs $7.99 a month billed annually, or $9.99 monthly, for 2,500 feeds. Professional costs $14.99 per user a month billed annually and adds 10,000 feeds, newsletters and teams. Feeder runs on the web, as an extension for Chrome, Firefox and Edge, and on iOS and Android.

Choose Feeder if you want a free plan with room for a long list of feeds and like to read from a browser extension. Source: Feeder's pricing page.

Readwise Reader: best for saved articles and documents, with feeds on the side

Readwise Reader is a read-later app that also reads RSS feeds, newsletters, PDFs, EPUBs and YouTube transcripts. It runs on the web, Mac, Windows, iOS and Android, with browser extensions. There is no free plan. After a 30-day trial, Readwise Full, which includes Reader, costs $9.99 a month billed annually or $12.99 monthly.

Choose Readwise Reader if most of what you read is saved articles, books and documents, and feeds are a smaller part of your day. Source: Readwise's pricing page.

Folo: best for an app on every computer, Linux included

Folo is open source. Its free plan holds 150 feeds with 3 AI summaries a day. Basic costs $49.99 a year for 1,000 feeds, Plus $99.99 a year for 2,500 and Pro $999.99 a year. It has apps for the web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows and Linux.

Choose Folo if you read on Windows or Linux and want an app there, or if you want AI summaries on a free plan. Source: Folo's pricing page.

Reeder: best for feeds and social posts in one Apple app

The new Reeder runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac and follows RSS feeds, YouTube, podcasts, Mastodon and Bluesky in one app. It syncs through iCloud only and costs $1.99 a month or $14.99 a year. Reeder Classic costs $4.99 once on iOS and syncs with Inoreader, Feedly, Feedbin and other services.

Choose the new Reeder if you use only Apple devices and want feeds and social posts together. Choose Reeder Classic if you want a paid-once app for an account you already have. Source: reederapp.com.

Miniflux and FreshRSS: best for running your reader yourself

Miniflux is an open source reader that runs as a single program on your own server, and its makers also offer a hosted service for $15 a year. FreshRSS is free and open source, runs on your own server and has an API that mobile apps connect to.

Choose one of them if you already run a server and want your reading data to stay on it. Miniflux suits people who want a small program with little to maintain, and FreshRSS suits people who want to pick their own mobile app. Sources: miniflux.app and freshrss.org.

Which one should you choose

If you read a handful of sites for pleasure, a free plan from Feeder, Inoreader or Folo is enough. If you read mostly saved articles and documents, look at Readwise Reader. If you follow many sources for work and want them sorted, filtered and forwarded for you, try Inoreader or Feedly. To compare more options, including news apps such as Google News and Apple News, see Inoreader alternatives.