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NewsBlur vs BazQux Reader: catalog facts
NewsBlur	BazQux Reader
Freemium A limited free tier is available. Premium is a paid subscription. Self-hosting is free.	Paid A paid subscription is required after the trial.
Android, iOS, Web, Self-hosted	Web, Browser extension
Training on tags, authors and phrases genuinely reduces the noise The entire service is open source and self-hostable	Pulls in comment threads alongside articles, which almost no reader does Very fast interface modelled directly on Google Reader
The free tier is limited to a small number of feeds Self-hosting the full stack is a substantial undertaking	Paid subscription only after the trial One-person project with a plain interface
Hosted service, Self-hosted	Hosted service, Browser extension
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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