Alternatives to Reeder Classic
The classic Reeder feed reader, still sold separately. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Reeder Classic
The classic Reeder feed reader, still sold separately.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Reeder Classic.
Reeder
Apple-platform timeline reader for feeds, podcasts and videos.
The newer Reeder is freemium and replaces unread counts with a single timeline covering feeds, podcasts and videos, syncing through iCloud.
NetNewsWire
Free, open-source feed reader for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
NetNewsWire is free and open source under MIT, with iCloud sync and many back-end options, but a restrained feature set without filtering or rules.
Fiery Feeds
Power-user iOS and macOS reader supporting many back ends.
Fiery Feeds also supports an unusually long list of sync back ends and adds smart views, but most features need a paid subscription.
Unread
iOS and macOS feed reader designed around comfortable reading.
Unread emphasises typography and gesture navigation with automatic full-text fetching, and requires a subscription instead of a one-off purchase for most functionality.
lire
iOS and macOS reader that downloads full articles for offline use.
lire is also a paid per-platform Apple app, focused on downloading full articles for offline reading and searching the downloaded text.
Vienna RSS
Open-source RSS and Atom reader for macOS with smart folders.
Vienna RSS is a free open-source macOS-only reader with smart folders, with no iOS version and more limited sync support.
ReadKit
An RSS and read-later client for iPhone, iPad and Mac that syncs with many feed services.
ReadKit syncs with many RSS and read-later services, includes a built-in RSS engine and smart folders, and is actively offered as freemium on Apple platforms.
News Explorer
A feed reader for Mac and iOS that syncs feeds and read status through iCloud.
News Explorer is a paid Apple reader that syncs through iCloud rather than third-party back ends and also follows Reddit, Mastodon, YouTube and podcasts.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Feedbin
Paid RSS reader that also handles newsletters and YouTube.
FreshRSS
A self-hosted feed reader that is light enough to run on a cheap shared host and still handles hundreds of feeds.
Miniflux
A deliberately minimal feed reader: one Go binary, a PostgreSQL database, and no options you do not need.
Inoreader
Power-user cloud RSS reader with rules, filters and full-text search.
Feedly
Cloud RSS reader with apps, newsletters and AI topic filtering.
Tapestry
An iOS app that merges RSS feeds, social media, podcasts and YouTube into one chronological timeline.
