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1 | Overall Score | Desktop, web, mobile or all? | Price? | Chrome Extension | Features | Limitations | Link to more? | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Skim.me | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Bloglines | Web | Free | No | Can import Google Read XML. Can view by feed or view all feeds in an auto-updating list. | http://www.bloglines.com/ | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Brief | Firefox extension | Free | Can import Google Reader XML. | No syncing of read/unread status between clients. Syncing of feeds subscribed can be achieved through higher-level Firefox syncing (e.g. of bookmarks folders, where the feeds are stored). | https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/brief/ | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Feed Viewer | Desktop, Tablet | $3 / year | Live view on the news. | Windows 8 only. | http://feedviewer.dajbych.net/ | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Feedly | Mobile, browser plugin for FF & Chrome | Free | Current front-end to Reader - has announced their own API cloning Reader to switch to seamlessly (Project Normandy) - takes about 4 seconds to import Reader feeds, including folders, notes, and starred items.. Customizable interface with more layout options than Reader. Shortcuts (J, K, ...) are working. | Project Normandy might "fail" and Feedly would be broken after July 2013... | http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/google-reader/ | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Feedly | Web, mobile (only iOS and Android, no WP or other platforms support). Mobile apps do not currently support offline reading. | Free | yes | RSS news reader, syncs with Reader, Youtube, Google News, etc. They are working on a clone of the Google Reader API to transition when Reader shuts down. | Not available for internet explorer | http://www.feedly.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Fever | Web (self-hosted), syncs with Reeder | $30 | Does analysis of most-linked to items in your feeds | Self-installed on a web server | http://www.feedafever.com/ | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Mobile | Free | http://www.friendfeed.com/ http://blog.justinkorn.com/2008/07/friendfeed-as-an-rss-readerorganizer/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Flud | Web, iOS | Free | Free: Add RSS feeds, follow news from other users, bookmark articles via app and web bookmarklet, earn "Flud IQ". PAID: Private news sharing for companies/teams. Send push alerts to team members. Analytics dashboard for admins. | No Android or Windows apps yet. | http://www.flud.it (Web app: enterprise.flud.it) | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Gjmm | Desktop, mobile clients like FFHound exist | Free | import RSS feeds, customize what you see from others, other social features | Not in active development/maintenance, but what works is still better than the majority of social media out there. Works well for reading RSS, native posts, discussion, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | GoodNoows | Web | Free | http://www.goodnoows.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Google Currents | Mobile | Free | Does not work with all RSS. | https://www.google.com/producer/currents | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Hootsuite | Unknown | Free/paid | "The RSS Reader provides a quick and easy way to view RSS feeds in the HootSuite dash. add your feeds or upload OPML files to import multiple feeds, | No way to import existing feeds from Google Reader, you need to recreate from scratch on the free version (not sure about paid version) | http://hootsuite.com/ | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Leed | Web | Free | http://projet.idleman.fr/leed/ | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Liferea | Desktop | Free (OSS) | Syncing with TinyTinyRSS; Import, export feeds (OPML); search feeds; mark feed items; save bookmarks of feed items online; supports podcasts, too | Linux (Liferea = Linux Feed Reader) | http://lzone.de/liferea/ | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | multiplx.com | Web | Free | RSS news reader, Can migrate google reader feeds, pintrest sytle UI | http://multiplx.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | N0tice's Feedwax | All | Free | Simple chronologically updated list of postings with shareable, followable public interface.Can feed in social web content eg Twitter as well as RSS | Lack of separate subsections - would have to set up separate noticeboards to differentiate topics | http://n0tice.org/2013/01/04/using-feedwax-com-to-curate-information/ | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Netflix (Build your own) | Unknown | Free - but coding ability required | Open source | http://techblog.netflix.com/2013/03/introducing-first-netflixoss-recipe-rss.html | ||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Netnewswire | Free with ads or $15 | Veteran Mac newsreader. Mac desktop and IOS | Mac desktop and IOS | http://netnewswireapp.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
21 | NetNewsWire | mac OS X & IOS | free / paid | free version has adds | http://netnewswireapp.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
22 | News360 | Mobile, Web | Free | Yes | Learns from Google Reader (or other services) data, and creates an interest-based news feed, selecting the most relevant content from the sources that you follow. Gets smarter about your interests as you use it. | http://news360.com/ | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | NewsBlur | Web (can be hosted or paid), Mobile | Free/Paid (OSS) | Chrome WebApp | NewsBlur is very similar to Google Reader with a sleek design. It can easily import feeds from GoogleReader or through OPML import. NewsBlur supports sending to Instapaper, River of News, and many other standard RSS reader features. It has four advantages: 1) Has 4 different view options. It can show the original site, feed, text or story view. 2) It has training, it hides stories you don't want to read based on tags, keywords, authors, etc. 3) Highlights stories you want to read, based on the same criteria. 4) It rebuilt the social community that Google had stripped out of Reader, users can share stories through their BlurBlog, and discover new content by following friends' BlurBlog's | The service has had some slow down with the exodus of Google Reader users, but the solo developer who created it is working tirelessly getting it up to speed, so this should not be a limitation for much longer. | www.newsblur.com | ||||||||||||||||||
24 | Netvibes | Web | Free | Very similar to Google Reader, sleaker design + a "read later" button. choice between widget or reader UI Can import Google Reader subscriptions saved by Takeout | no import of feeds from Google. NOTE: I actually did just import feeds from Google pretty easily. | http://www.netvibes.com | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | News Factory | Chrome webapp | Free | Lightweight reader that uses RSS feeds as well as browsing history and social media. | Chrome only | http://goo.gl/Qzgek | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | Newsify | Mobile | Free/Paid | iOS | http://newsify.co/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Newsisfree | Paid | http://www.newsisfree.com/about.php?what=premium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Newsrack | Desktop (Mac OS) / Mobile (iOS) | $7.99 / 4.99 | Can import and sync feeds with GReader, but also stand alone. Easy social media share options. | iOS and Mac | http://www.omz-software.de/newsrackmac/index.html | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | Newsroom | http://www.trileet.com/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Old Reader | Web | Free | Chrome & Safari extensions | importing broken at the moment | http://theoldreader.com | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | Opera Browser | Desktop | Free | No syncing. Unknow future with webkit | http://opera.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Prismatic | Free | http://getprismatic.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Pulse | Mobile | Free | ||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Reeder | Mac and iOS only (as of 2013-03-14) | $5 | Displays articles in a very readable layout, nice and clean UI. Downloads articles for offline reading. Nice UI porting most of the GReader pfeatures, and one of the best selling iPad apps. | Depends on Google Reader for managing subscription (as of 2013-03-14). Can use Fever or Readability to sync. Blog comment by Arne: "This week the Reeder app put up a notice saying they will work with Feedbin ( http://feedbin.me ) as a Google Reader replacement. It's a paid service (only $20 p/y). Didn't try it yet but it looks interesting" | http://reederapp.com/ | |||||||||||||||||||
35 | River2 | Web (to be hosted) | Free | River2 is an app that runs in the OPML Editor that implements a River of News aggregator. It's a feed reader, podcatcher, photo aggregator with reading lists and real-time feed support. | Self-installed on a web server | http://river2.newsriver.org/ | |||||||||||||||||||
36 | RSS Bandit | Desktop | Free | http://rssbandit.org/ | |||||||||||||||||||||
37 | RSS2IMAP | cli | Free | Saves articles from RSSFeeds to IMAP folders | You need an IMAP service and client to read your feeds | http://rss2imap.sourceforge.net/en/index.html | |||||||||||||||||||
38 | RSSOwl | 10\10 | Desktop (Java application) | Free (OSS) | No | News aggregation, grouping, filtering, saved searches, automatic labeling and classification to "bins", per feed display customization, internal browser, syncing, sharing, export and import wizards, feed detection, various other feed tools, Usenet gateway. Too many unique features to list here, really. | A bit of a resource hog. | http://www.rssowl.org/ | |||||||||||||||||
39 | Safari | Web | Free | adding simple by clicing on rrs icon in address window | not sure about sync, mac only. Not really a reader | go to help in Safari and go through the preoces | |||||||||||||||||||
40 | SwiftRiver | Web | Free | collaborative, open source | https://swiftapp.com/welcome | ||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Taptu | Web, Mobile | Free | http://blog.taptu.com/ | |||||||||||||||||||||
42 | The Old Reader | 10\10 | Web | Free | No | Based on the old Google Reader. Currently in beta. Supports sign in through Google and Facebook. Features importing directly from a Google account or OMPL. Can share content and post with friends | Doesn't have a mobile app yet. Does not show starred items. | http://theoldreader.com/ | |||||||||||||||||
43 | Thunderbird | Desktop | Free | Mail client | Only desktop, no syncing? | https://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/ | |||||||||||||||||||
44 | TinyTinyRSS | Web (to be hosted), Mobile | Free (OSS) | RSS feed aggregator web application, very much like Google Reader, will import OPML lists. | http://tt-rss.org/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.fox.ttrss | ||||||||||||||||||||
45 | TinyTinyRSS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Vienna RSS | Desktop (Mac OS X) | Free | Share the stuff you like and synch it all around: Google Reader Synch,Buffer, Facebook, Twitter, blogging, emailing - now built right in! Go read the announcement on the Vienna blog! | Only Mac OS X | http://www.vienna-rss.org/ | |||||||||||||||||||
47 | WeedFeeder | Desktop, web | Free | ||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Weedspot | Site currently down? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | WeedWizard | Mac | http://www.addictivetips.com/mac-os/feedwizard-simple-rss-reader-that-regularly-deletes-old-items-mac/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Prismatic | Mobile/web | Free | No | Can connect with social feeds. Gives other news based on preference. | Mostly social | http://getprismatic.com/news/home | ||||||||||||||||||
51 | RSSReader | Web | Free | No | Multiuser, OPML, auto backup, recently read, tags, search | You need your server | http://sourceforge.net/projects/rssreaderrssato | ||||||||||||||||||
52 | Zite | Mobile | No | http://blog.zite.com/2013/03/14/google-reader-is-dead-so-we-rebuilt-it-for-you-in-zite-in-six-hours/ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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