Google Reader Alternatives

Google Reader is described as 'Was a web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline' and is a leading RSS Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Google Reader for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Android, Mac and Android Tablet apps. The best Google Reader alternative is Feedly, which is free. Other great apps like Google Reader are Inoreader, The Old Reader, QuiteRSS and NewsBlur.

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  1. Spout icon
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    Introducing Spout, the newest way to enjoy news, messages, tweets and comments; delivered to your screen as a beautifully rendered up-to-the-second display of social content.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  2. moonmoon icon
     15 likes

    Moonmoon is a web based aggregator similar to Planet . It can be used to blend articles from different blogs with same interests into a single page.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Visualping icon
     23 likes

    Visualping is the easiest to use website change monitoring, website change detector and website change alert software of the web. Contrary to other website change monitoring software like ChangeDetector, Versionista, Page Monitor, it tracks and detect visual webpage changes and...

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
     
  4. ArrEssEss icon
     3 likes

    ArrEssEss is a FREE and quick RSS reader that works on all platforms.

    We'll keep track of your feeds for free, forever

    All we do is post a few unobtrusive advertisements.

    If you'd ever like to remove the advertisements, it's just $2/month or $12/year.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. TinyFeeds icon
     2 likes

    tinyfeed is a CLI tool that generate a static HTML page from a collection of feeds.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • FreeBSD
     
  6. Totally awesome feed aggregation that includes digests that you can configure and even an embed widget! Gives RSS/Atom feed URL of all aggregated feeds. Super tool and its FREE!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  7. 1kpl.us icon
     2 likes

    1kpl.us is an RSS and Atom feed reader. Use it to subscribe to your favorite sites, and share and discuss news with friends.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Microreader icon
     7 likes

    Microreader - Very simple web based RSS/Atom reader. Written in python with bottle.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Snackr icon
     13 likes

    Snackr was built using Adobe Flex 3 and Adobe AIR 1.0. It's an RSS ticker that pulls random items from your feeds and scrolls them across your desktop. When you see a title that looks interesting, you can click on it to pop up the item in a window.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe AIR
     
  10. ToTheZeroth News is a cloud-hosted RSS/Atom feed reading service. It was originally designed to replace Google Reader's smartphone-oriented interface, which was great not only for smartphones but also for desktop browser sidebars.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Firefox
     
  11. 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
     
  12. NewsFox icon
     18 likes

    NewsFox is an efficient 3-pane(email) style Atom/RSS feed reader. NewsFox allows you to group your feeds as you wish, read feed content offline, update feeds when you want, 1-click subscribe with the Firefox URL bar icon, and read other feeds while updating.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • K-Meleon
    • SeaMonkey
    • Firefox
     
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