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Alternatives to Reeder
20 news tools sit alongside Reeder in this directory. Below is what separates each from Reeder on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 8
- Cheaper to start
- 2
- Reeder starts at
- Free, then $10/year
Why people look past Reeder
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Reeder has a free tier, and starts at $10/year against a category median of $16.5/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Free open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS, with no subscription, no ads and no feed limit
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Per user per month.
- 1 tier to Reeder's 3.
Native Mac email client built specifically for Gmail and Google Workspace accounts, and nothing else
- No free tier, where Reeder has one.
- Starts $5.01 a month cheaper, at $4.99/month.
- 1 tier to Reeder's 3.
The all-in-one platform for newsletter creators
- Starts $33 a month dearer, at $43/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Per user per month.
- 4 tiers to Reeder's 3.
The creator platform for digital professionals
- Starts $23 a month dearer, at $33/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Per user per month.
Modern publishing platform with content API and membership support
- Starts $5 a month dearer, at $15/month.
- 4 tiers to Reeder's 3.
Comprehensive news coverage powered by Google
- Sold on a free model rather than Per user per month.
- 1 tier to Reeder's 3.
Every Reeder alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reeder (this page) | Free, then $10/year | Per user per month | 3 | |
| NetNewsWireIf you want a free, open source, RSS-only reader with no subscription and no social feed integration | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Reeder |
| MimestreamIf your reading need is really email triage rather than RSS and social feeds | $4.99/month | Per user per month | 1 | vs Reeder |
| Beehiiv | Free, then $43/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Reeder |
| ConvertKit | Free, then $33/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Reeder |
| Ghost | Free, then $15/month | - | 4 | vs Reeder |
| Google News | Free | Free | 1 | vs Reeder |
| Free | Free | 1 | vs Reeder | |
| Buttondown | Free, then $9/month | - | 2 | vs Reeder |
| Artifact | Free | Free | 1 | vs Reeder |
| GlobeNewswire | On request | Usage-based | 4 | vs Reeder |
| Chartbeat | $1000/month | Quote | 1 | vs Reeder |
| Apple News | $12.99/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Reeder |
| CrowdTangle | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Reeder |
| Brightspot | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Reeder |
| EIN Presswire | On request | Usage-based | 3 | vs Reeder |
| Feedbin | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Reeder |
| Cision | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Reeder |
| Agility PR Solutions | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Reeder |
| Arc Publishing | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Reeder |
| Ghost CMS | $18/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Reeder |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Reeder badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (8)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- NetNewsWire , Free
- Beehiiv , Free, then $43/month
- ConvertKit , Free, then $33/month
- Ghost , Free, then $15/month
- Google News , Free
- Flipboard , Free
- Buttondown , Free, then $9/month
- Artifact , Free
Cheaper than Reeder (2)
Entry price under Reeder's $10/year. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Mimestream , $4.99/month
- Buttondown , Free, then $9/month
What you would be giving up
Reeder is most often brought in for a reader who wants youtube, reddit and mastodon alongside rss feeds in one triage-focused app, someone with more than ten feeds who is comfortable with a low cost subscription rather than a hard cap, a long time reeder user who prefers the older interface and wants to avoid a subscription by using reeder classic instead, a user who wants shared curated feed lists with friends or colleagues, a plus-only feature. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Reeder is broadly right and the question is cost, the Reeder pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the News category lists everything the directory holds, and best news tools ranks them.
Reeder runs on mac, ios. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Reeder alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Reeder?
- 20 other news tools are listed in this directory, led by NetNewsWire, Mimestream, Beehiiv, ConvertKit. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Reeder?
- 8 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: NetNewsWire, Beehiiv, ConvertKit, Ghost, Google News.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Reeder?
- Yes. 2 of the alternatives below start under Reeder's $10/year: Mimestream at $4.99/month, Buttondown at Free, then $9/month.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Reeder?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Reeder has a free tier, and starts at $10/year against a category median of $16.5/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Reeder?
- Reeder is most often brought in for a reader who wants youtube, reddit and mastodon alongside rss feeds in one triage-focused app, someone with more than ten feeds who is comfortable with a low cost subscription rather than a hard cap, a long time reeder user who prefers the older interface and wants to avoid a subscription by using reeder classic instead, a user who wants shared curated feed lists with friends or colleagues, a plus-only feature. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Reeder?
- None of the news tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Reeder alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, News, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Reeder against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Reeder covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every news tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the News category, 20 tools beside Reeder. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.