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The Old Reader pricing
The Old Reader publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
The Old Reader plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Premium | $3/month | 4 | +$3/month, 4 more features |
| Supporter | $5/month | 3 | +$2/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 100 subscriptions, social features, web access, opml import.
Premium
$3/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- 500 subscriptions
- Search history
- Priority refresh
- No ads
Supporter
$5/monthOver Premium, this tier adds:
- Unlimited subscriptions
- All premium features
- Support development
Where The Old Reader stops being free
Free, Free
- 100 subscriptions
- Social features
- Web access
- OPML import
Premium, $3/month
The first thing you pay for:
- 500 subscriptions
- Search history
- Priority refresh
- No ads
What the product covers
The full The Old Reader feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- RSS reading
- Social sharing
- Following friends
- Keyboard shortcuts
- OPML import/export
Integrations
- Third-party apps
- Browser bookmarklet
Platform
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
People bring The Old Reader in for rss reading, news aggregation, social reading. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to The Old Reader are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for The Old Reader
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $5/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
The Old Reader runs on web, ios, android, and is published by The Old Reader of United States. The full record is on the The Old Reader review.
The Old Reader pricing questions
- How much does The Old Reader cost?
- The Old Reader publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $5/month for Supporter. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does The Old Reader have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 100 subscriptions, social features, web access. Paying starts at $3/month for Premium.
- What is the difference between Free and Premium on The Old Reader?
- Premium costs $3/month against Free, and adds 500 subscriptions, search history, priority refresh, no ads.
- Is the Supporter plan on The Old Reader worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is unlimited subscriptions, all premium features, support development. It costs $5/month against $3/month for Premium. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- What am I actually paying for with The Old Reader?
- The record lists 10 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for rss reading, news aggregation, social reading.
- Does The Old Reader charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these The Old Reader prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare The Old Reader against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to The Old Reader to make a useful price comparison.