Alternatives to Folo
An AI-assisted feed reader for RSS and other sources, with desktop, web and mobile apps. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Folo
An AI-assisted feed reader for RSS and other sources, with desktop, web and mobile apps.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Folo.
Feedly
Cloud RSS reader with apps, newsletters and AI topic filtering.
Feedly is a closed-source freemium cloud reader for Android, iOS and web with AI topic filtering, but its free tier caps feeds and folders tightly.
Inoreader
Power-user cloud RSS reader with rules, filters and full-text search.
Inoreader is a freemium cloud reader for Android, iOS and web focused on rules, filters and full-text search, with those features behind paid tiers.
FeedFlow
A minimal RSS reader that shows your feeds in publication order on mobile and desktop.
FeedFlow is an open-source reader for desktop and mobile with no AI features, showing feeds chronologically and syncing via cloud storage or FreshRSS and Miniflux.
NewsBlur
Open-source cloud RSS reader that learns what you like.
NewsBlur is an open-source freemium reader for Android, iOS and web that trains on tags, authors and phrases, and can be self-hosted.
Feedbin
Paid RSS reader that also handles newsletters and YouTube.
Feedbin is a paid open-source web reader that brings newsletters, YouTube and Mastodon into one stream and works with many third-party apps.
FeedDeck
An open-source, TweetDeck-style reader that shows RSS and social media feeds in columns.
FeedDeck is an open-source web reader that shows RSS and social sources in TweetDeck-style columns, and it requires an account.
Feedspot
Reads blogs, YouTube channels, podcasts and social feeds from one dashboard.
Feedspot is a web-only freemium dashboard combining blogs, YouTube, podcasts and social feeds, with topic-ranked directories for finding sources.
Twine
An open-source RSS and Atom reader for Android and iOS with a card-based Material You design.
Twine is an open-source Android and iOS reader with a card-based Material You design, and its desktop support is less established.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Folo as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Bloglovin
Lifestyle and fashion blog aggregator with a discovery feed.
Folo offers desktop, web and mobile apps with AI assistance and support for RSS and other sources, covering general feeds rather than a lifestyle discovery focus.
feeeed
An iOS feed reader that follows websites, RSS, YouTube and Reddit in a chronological feed.
Folo is a free AI-assisted reader with desktop, web and mobile apps that follows RSS and other sources, going beyond iOS to every platform.
Tapestry
An iOS app that merges RSS feeds, social media, podcasts and YouTube into one chronological timeline.
Folo follows RSS and other source types with AI assistance across desktop, web, Android and iOS apps, free of charge rather than iPhone-only freemium.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
RSSHub
Generates RSS feeds for sites that do not publish one.
Readwise Reader
Read-it-later app for articles, PDFs, RSS, YouTube, and ePubs.
Matter
Read-it-later app that combines newsletters, RSS feeds, and saved articles.
RSS.app
An online service that generates RSS feeds from websites, social media, keyword searches and newsletters.
Fluent Reader
A desktop RSS reader with a Fluent Design interface that works locally or syncs with Inoreader, Feedbin, Fever and Google Reader API services.
