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The Old Reader vs Feedbin: catalog facts
The Old Reader	Feedbin
Freemium A limited free tier is available. Premium is a paid subscription.	Paid A paid subscription is required after the trial.
Web	Web, Browser extension
Deliberately faithful to the original Google Reader, including social sharing Free tier is usable for a modest number of feeds	Newsletters, YouTube and Mastodon arrive in the same reading stream Open API supported by most good third-party reader apps
Free accounts are limited in feeds and refresh frequency No official mobile apps; it relies on third-party clients	Paid only, with no free tier beyond the trial Feature set is deliberately restrained
Hosted service	Hosted service, Browser extension
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Account 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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