Alternatives to Twine

An open-source RSS and Atom reader for Android and iOS with a card-based Material You design. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Twine.

  • FeedFlow

    A minimal RSS reader that shows your feeds in publication order on mobile and desktop.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    FeedFlow is an open-source chronological reader that also runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, with sync through iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, FreshRSS or Miniflux.

  • Feedly

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

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Feedly is a closed-source cloud reader with mature Android, iOS and web apps and AI topic filtering, though its free tier caps feeds and folders.

  • Inoreader

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

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Inoreader adds rules, filters and full-text search with Android, iOS and web apps, but is closed source, hosted only, and gates features behind paid tiers.

  • Folo

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

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSWeb

    Folo adds desktop and web apps plus AI features and sources beyond RSS, is free, but its license is not stated as open source.

  • ReadYou

    Follow RSS feeds with a Material-style Android reader.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    ReadYou is a GPL-3.0 Material-style reader for Android only, dropping iOS support compared with Twine's shared-code apps.

  • NewsBlur

    Open-source cloud RSS reader that learns what you like.

    FreemiumOpen sourceAndroidiOSWebSelf-hosted

    NewsBlur is an MIT-licensed hosted reader with Android, iOS and web apps that learns your preferences, with a free tier limited to a small number of feeds.

  • NetNewsWire

    Free, open-source feed reader for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSiOS

    NetNewsWire is a free MIT-licensed reader for iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud sync and many back ends, but has no Android version.

  • Feeder

    Read RSS, Atom and JSON feeds on Android.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    Feeder is a GPL-3.0 Android reader keeping subscriptions locally without an account, with no iOS app and no sync with remote backends.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Twine 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.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    Twine is an open-source reader with a card-based Material You design that also runs on iOS, though its layout is less dense than list-based readers.

  • Readrops

    An Android RSS client that reads local feeds or syncs with FreshRSS, Nextcloud News and others.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    Twine is an open-source card-based Material You reader that runs on both Android and iOS, with a less dense visual layout.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • Tapestry

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

    FreemiumProprietaryiOS

  • feeeed

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

    FreeProprietaryiOS

  • Capy Reader

    A small open-source Android RSS reader for local feeds or Feedbin, Miniflux and FreshRSS accounts.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid