Brief Alternatives

Brief is described as 'Light-weight feed reading extension for Mozilla Firefox . Designed to be easy to use and streamlined, with exactly the right set of features' and is a popular RSS Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Brief for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Mac and iPad apps. The best Brief alternative is Feedly, which is free. Other great apps like Brief are Inoreader, FreshRSS, Feeder RSS feed reader and RSS Guard.

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  1. Reader.is icon
     2 likes

    [Currently in beta.]

    The RSS Reader reimagined. Simple, Open & Reliable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. MyFeeds icon
     Like

    MyFeeds is an RSS News Feed Reader for Windows Phone. Read all of your news on the go. No online accounts required; MyFeeds is self-contained. Support for streaming podcasts as well!

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows Phone
     
  3. JustReader is fast, customizable and easy-to-use RSS Reader client for Android. There are two versions: free and pro.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  4. Rosselo icon
     3 likes

    Simple beautiful web-based dashboard for all your RSS newsfeeds. It's simple and handy, neat, focused on oversight ability and empowers you to effectively pick up the articles you are truly interested in, even from an incredible number of sources.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Yandex Zen icon
     6 likes

    Zen searches the internet for content that will interest you — articles, news, and video — and displays it in a personalized feed on the start screens of Yandex.Browser and Yandex Launcher.

    173 Yandex Zen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  6.  3 likes

    newsrdr is a Web based RSS/Atom news reader that allows you to follow the latest news from your favorite websites in one place.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. The application allows you to quickly aggregate information from various sources, enabling you to have all the news grouped and organized in one place. Unlike social networks, where article priority is determined by algorithms, in this app, news remains in chronological order.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  8. Newspeye icon
     3 likes

    Get news by keywords or phrases any topic any person, anything. Right to your mobile newsfeed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
     
  9. Drop Feeds icon
     2 likes

    Displays a sidebar that lets you manage your RSS feeds in a folder tree view in Firefox 57+. A "Legacy" theme is available to have look close to "Sage".

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Firefox
     
  10.  4 likes

    Feed On Feeds is a server-based RSS aggregator written in PHP. It provides a simple firehose-style interface with the capability of filtering on tags and individual sites.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. Rnews icon
     8 likes

    Rnews is a server-side feed aggregator that can manage your hundreds of RSS and Atom feeds. It is:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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