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. Pulp RSS icon
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    Pulp provides a workflow focused on reading through an excessive number of RSS feeds with the goal of regularly marking all read, resting in a state akin to an empty inbox.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  2. Pulsefeed icon
     4 likes

    Pulsefeed is an RSS reader on steroids. We use your favorite topics, social accounts & websites to build you a personalized magazine which is full of fresh, interesting content. And it takes less than minute to setup... Supports OpenID Login.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. NewsFire icon
     7 likes

    Simple to use and packed with features, NewsFire makes it a joy to keep atop the constant flow of information on the web.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. BlogBridge icon
     3 likes

    BlogBridge is an open source Java-based feed aggregator.

    BlogBridge is aimed for those people who are subscribed to many feeds, including journalists, PR professionals and OPML enthusiasts.

    BlogBridge also gives users the option to create an account with the free "BlogBr.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Read where you write! Bring your feed reader into the wordpress admin. You can blog directly from Orbital and publish to your WordPress site.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
     
  6. D7 Reader icon
     1 like

    D7 Reader is a simple, fast and powerful RSS client for Android, lets you to access your reading list and manage your subscriptions with ease from a native application, which is always in sync with the chosen reader service.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  7. News Worm icon
     Like

    News Worm is a simple, yet usable news aggregator for Windows. It has a practical and well designed user interface which stays out of the way.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. NorthReader is an RSS feed reader created with love and determination of progression in a pioneer world of digital media.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. SwarmIQ icon
     5 likes

    SwarmIQ is a Web-based Feed Aggregator that helps users manage, monitor and curate their RSS feeds with a set of compelling free and premium tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
     
  10. RSS Savvy icon
     Like

    Follow your favorite News, Sport, Technology, Entertainment sites in a single, snappy app, organized by you, drawn directly from the websites you follow. Be up and running in seconds with no understanding of RSS required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  11. "After Google Reader retired I found "Spase rss" which I modfied for my needs".

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  12. Sparse RSS icon
     3 likes

    Sparse rss is a very simple and basic RSS reader for Android 1.5 or later. It includes a desktop widget.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
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