Alternatives to Feeder
Read RSS, Atom and JSON feeds on Android. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Feeder
Read RSS, Atom and JSON feeds on Android.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Feeder.
ReadYou
Follow RSS feeds with a Material-style Android reader.
ReadYou is also a free GPL-3.0 Android reader, with a Material-style interface and OPML exchange for moving subscriptions in and out.
FeedMe
Android feed reader supporting many sync services.
FeedMe is a closed-source freemium Android reader that syncs with almost every common back end and adds on-device filtering rules, with a dense interface.
Feedly
Cloud RSS reader with apps, newsletters and AI topic filtering.
Feedly is a closed-source cloud service requiring an account, syncing across Android, iOS and web, with a free tier that caps feeds and folders.
Inoreader
Power-user cloud RSS reader with rules, filters and full-text search.
Inoreader is a closed-source hosted reader for Android, iOS and web with rules and full-text search, which need a paid tier.
NewsBlur
Open-source cloud RSS reader that learns what you like.
NewsBlur is an MIT-licensed cloud reader with Android, iOS and web apps that learns your preferences, with a free tier limited to few feeds.
Capy Reader
A small open-source Android RSS reader for local feeds or Feedbin, Miniflux and FreshRSS accounts.
Capy Reader is an open-source Android reader that supports local feeds and also syncs with Feedbin, Miniflux and FreshRSS accounts, which Feeder cannot do.
FeedFlow
A minimal RSS reader that shows your feeds in publication order on mobile and desktop.
FeedFlow is open source on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows and Linux, and syncs through iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive or self-hosted FreshRSS and Miniflux.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Feeder as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Handy News Reader
A light Android feed reader, forked from Flym, that loads full article text for offline reading.
Feeder is a GPL-3.0 Android reader that keeps subscriptions locally without an account, and likewise does not sync with remote feed-reader backends.
Readrops
An Android RSS client that reads local feeds or syncs with FreshRSS, Nextcloud News and others.
Feeder is a GPL-3.0 Android reader that keeps subscriptions locally without an account, but does not sync with remote feed-reader backends.
Twine
An open-source RSS and Atom reader for Android and iOS with a card-based Material You design.
Feeder is a GPL-3.0 Android reader keeping subscriptions locally without an account, with no iOS app and no sync with remote backends.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
FreshRSS
A self-hosted feed reader that is light enough to run on a cheap shared host and still handles hundreds of feeds.
Nextcloud News
RSS reader that runs inside a Nextcloud instance.
Miniflux
A deliberately minimal feed reader: one Go binary, a PostgreSQL database, and no options you do not need.
Kill the Newsletter!
A web tool that turns email newsletters into Atom feeds you can read in a feed reader.
GetRSSFeed
A web tool that finds the RSS feed URL behind podcast pages, YouTube channels and websites.
rss-bridge
Generate feeds for websites that do not publish them.
