The 8 best Feedly alternatives in 2026

Feedly is good. We want to say that up front, because the point of this post is not to drag a great product. When Google Reader died in 2013, Feedly stepped into the gap and built the best hosted RSS reader on the market. It's still the most polished pick for most people. The keyboard shortcuts are right. The mobile apps are fast. The AI assistant, Leo, is one of the better implementations of LLM-powered filtering in any consumer reader.

Why are you here, then? Probably one of four reasons. The pricing has crept upward; Pro+ costs more in 2026 than it did two years ago. Leo, the AI layer, has gotten more aggressive about summarizing things you'd rather read in full. The free tier's 100-source limit feels tight if you're a serious reader. Or — most importantly — Feedly shows you everything from your sources, but tells you nothing about whether what those sources said is true.

We tested every credible Feedly alternative across three months. Here's the shortlist, with the caveat that we're also one of the alternatives. We've done our best to be fair.

What we looked for

1. OPML import. Can you bring your existing feeds without rebuilding from scratch?
2. Cross-platform sync. iPhone, iPad, web, desktop — does it stay in sync without friction?
3. Filtering or curation. Does it help you read less, or just hand you the firehose?
4. Pricing fairness. Most readers are subscription. We weighted price-to-value heavily.
5. Trust signals. When something is contested or wrong, does the app let you know, or repeat it uncritically?

1. Sentinel Intelligence

Best for: people who don't actually want RSS anymore.If you're reading this, the most honest question to ask yourself is: do you really want to maintain a curated list of 200 RSS feeds? Or did you build that list five years ago because there was no better option?

Sentinel is the alternative if the answer is “I just want to know what's happening on the topics I care about.” Instead of a feed, you get briefings. Instead of subscribing to publications, you create reports on topics — a person, a company, a country, a market, a sport, anything. The app monitors more than 1,000 trusted sources in real time, extracts the specific factual claims they're making, and cross-checks each claim against primary reporting before showing it to you with a verdict: verified, misleading, or false.

You get a morning and evening briefing, plus story-change alerts when something meaningful evolves. No infinite scroll, no algorithm, no engagement metrics. Sentinel is $3.99/week or $69.99/year, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan.

Pros: Verification at the claim level, briefings instead of feeds, no algorithm, fast setup.
Cons:Not an RSS reader — if you want raw feeds with full posts, this isn't it. iOS only at launch.
Try it: open a sample brief or download Sentinel.

2. Inoreader

Best for: power users staying in RSS. Inoreader is the most direct “this but cheaper” swap from Feedly. The interface is denser and a little less elegant, but the feature list is broader: rules-based filters, search across everything you've read, integrations with Telegram and X, and a generous free tier of 150 sources. The Pro tier is $9.99/month at full price, frequently discounted annually.

The downside is the learning curve. Inoreader rewards configuration. If you don't set up rules and filters, you'll get the same firehose you got in Feedly, just in a different chrome.

Pros: Deepest power-user feature set, affordable, OPML import works flawlessly.
Cons: UI density, no claim verification.

3. Reeder

Best for: Apple users who want native polish. Reeder is a one-time purchase ($9.99 on iOS, $19.99 on macOS) that connects to your existing RSS service or syncs natively via iCloud. The latest version unifies RSS, Mastodon, YouTube, and Bluesky into a single inbox, with podcast support and built-in audio narration via your device's system voices.

Reeder is a tool, not a service. It doesn't curate or verify; it shows you the sources you've subscribed to, beautifully. If your Feedly frustration was the price, Reeder with iCloud sync solves it. If your frustration was “I still don't know what's true,” this won't.

Pros: Best-in-class Apple design, one-time purchase, built-in audio.
Cons: Apple-only, no curation or verification, requires you to bring sources.

4. NewsBlur

Best for: people who want a trainable filter. NewsBlur's killer feature is its Intelligence Trainer. You mark articles or authors as “like” or “hide”, and the app gradually filters your feed to match. After a couple of weeks, the signal-to-noise jumps. It's also fully open source, which matters to a small but loyal audience.

The free tier is limited to 64 sources; the Premium tier is $36/year — among the cheapest paid readers. The visual design is functional rather than beautiful.

Pros: Trainable filter, open source, affordable.
Cons: Dated UI, no verification, takes time to train.

5. The Old Reader

Best for: people who miss Google Reader. The Old Reader is what it sounds like: a deliberate reproduction of the simple, social Google Reader experience. It's small, fast, and stable. Free tier covers 100 feeds; Premium is $40/year and lifts that to 500.

There are no AI features, no integrations, no fancy filters. That's the point. If you want a calm, no-frills RSS reader you can use on the web from any browser without subscribing to yet another monthly service, this is it.

Pros: Simple, fast, web-first, fair pricing.
Cons: No mobile app polish, no advanced features.

6. Miniflux

Best for: people who want to self-host. Miniflux is a single-binary, open-source RSS reader you can run on a $5 VPS or a Raspberry Pi. There's a hosted version at $15/year if you'd rather not deploy it yourself. The interface is text-first and minimal — no images by default, no JavaScript-heavy chrome.

For a certain kind of reader, this is the ideal endpoint. Your data, your server, your rules. If you've never touched a server before, the self-hosted route will be a project.

Pros: Self-hosted, open source, text-focused, cheap.
Cons: Hosted version is sparse, mobile UX relies on third-party apps.

7. BazQux Reader

Best for: heavy readers on a tight budget. BazQux is a niche but extremely fast hosted reader at $30/year for unlimited feeds. It supports inline comments from Reddit, Hacker News, Disqus, and others, which makes it especially good for tech and culture readers who want discussion alongside articles.

The visual design is utilitarian and the brand is small — but the speed and pricing put it ahead of more polished options for the right reader.

Pros: Fast, cheap, inline comments, unlimited feeds.
Cons: Niche, sparse mobile presence, no verification.

8. Apple News+

Best for: people leaving RSS entirely. Apple News+ is the closest mainstream alternative if your real desire is “stop maintaining a feed list and just read good things.” The $12.99/month subscription bundles dozens of premium publications, audio narration, and crosswords. Magazine-style reading, no feed maintenance.

You give up control of what you see — Apple decides — and there is no claim verification. But for the reader who's tired of curating, this is the lowest-friction off-ramp from RSS.

Pros: Premium publishers, beautiful typography, Apple ecosystem.
Cons: Expensive, algorithm-driven, no verification.

Side-by-side comparison

How to choose

The honest framing: are you trying to read differently or read cheaper?

If cheaper is the answer, Inoreader at full price beats Feedly Pro+ on features per dollar, and Reeder is a one-time purchase. NewsBlur and BazQux are the most cost-effective paid options if you can live with utilitarian design.

If differentlyis the answer — if the real reason you're tired of Feedly is that it shows you 200 sources without telling you which got it right — Sentinel is built for that specific job. It's not an RSS reader. It's the layer above one.

Migrating from Feedly

All hosted RSS readers in this list import OPML. Export from Feedly: Settings → Personal → Backup OPML. Then import in your new reader. The whole migration takes about two minutes for any modern hosted reader.

For Sentinel, there's nothing to migrate — you don't bring feeds. You bring the topics you actually care about. Open the app, type the topic, and the first report runs within a minute.

Frequently asked questions

Is Feedly being discontinued?

No. Feedly is actively maintained in 2026 and still leads the RSS reader market. The main reasons people switch are pricing, AI feature creep, or wanting verification on top of raw feeds.

Can I export my Feedly feeds?

Yes. Feedly exports an OPML file from Settings → Personal. Every modern RSS reader — Inoreader, Reeder, NewsBlur, Miniflux, BazQux — can import that file directly.

What is the best free Feedly alternative?

Inoreader's free tier is the most generous of the hosted readers. The Old Reader's free tier is the simplest. For a self-hosted option, Miniflux is one-time purchase and lightweight.

What if I want briefings instead of a feed?

Sentinel is the only app on this list designed around briefings rather than a continuous feed. You spin up a report on a topic, and the app sends a verified morning and evening rundown plus alerts when stories meaningfully change.

Start your 7-day free trial. Open a sample brief to see the verification pipeline in action, or download Sentinel from the App Store and create your first report in 60 seconds.