Alternatives to Tapestry

An iOS app that merges RSS feeds, social media, podcasts and YouTube into one chronological timeline. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • Tapestry

    An iOS app that merges RSS feeds, social media, podcasts and YouTube into one chronological timeline.

    FreemiumProprietaryiOS

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Tapestry.

  • Reeder

    Apple-platform timeline reader for feeds, podcasts and videos.

    FreemiumProprietarymacOSiOS

    Reeder offers one chronological timeline across feeds, video and audio with iCloud sync on both macOS and iOS, but lacks Tapestry's social posting to Bluesky and Mastodon.

  • feeeed

    An iOS feed reader that follows websites, RSS, YouTube and Reddit in a chronological feed.

    FreeProprietaryiOS

    feeeed is a free iOS reader following RSS, YouTube, Reddit and arbitrary websites in a chronological feed with no accounts, but without Tapestry's cross-feed mute rules.

  • News Explorer

    A feed reader for Mac and iOS that syncs feeds and read status through iCloud.

    PaidProprietarymacOSiOS

    News Explorer is a paid Mac and iOS reader syncing through iCloud that follows Reddit, Mastodon, YouTube and podcast feeds alongside RSS.

  • Folo

    An AI-assisted feed reader for RSS and other sources, with desktop, web and mobile apps.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSWeb

    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.

  • FeedDeck

    An open-source, TweetDeck-style reader that shows RSS and social media feeds in columns.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWeb

    FeedDeck is an open-source web reader showing RSS, YouTube, Reddit and Mastodon in TweetDeck-style columns, with an account required and a layout suited to wide screens.

  • Feedly

    Cloud RSS reader with apps, newsletters and AI topic filtering.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Feedly is a freemium cloud reader on Android, iOS and web that routes newsletters into one stream, with AI filtering on paid tiers but no social timelines.

  • Inoreader

    Power-user cloud RSS reader with rules, filters and full-text search.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Inoreader is a hosted reader on Android, iOS and web with rules, filters and full-text search, most of which require a paid tier.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Tapestry as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Openvibe

    A mobile app that combines Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads and Nostr timelines into one feed.

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOS

    Tapestry merges RSS, social media, podcasts and YouTube into one timeline and posts to Bluesky and Mastodon, but runs only on iPhone and iPad and shows ads on the free tier.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.