Photon Alternatives

Photon is described as 'RSS/Atom reader with the focus on speed, usability, and a bit of UNIX philosophy' and is a RSS Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Photon for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Android, Mac and iPhone apps. The best Photon alternative is Feedly, which is free. Other great apps like Photon are Inoreader, Feeder RSS feed reader, RSS Guard and Feedbro.

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  1. BeyondPod icon
     52 likes

    Read RSS feeds, download and listen to podcasts/video casts directly on your phone.

    200 BeyondPod alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Android Wear
     
  2. Newsboat icon
     9 likes

    Newsboat is a fork of Newsbeuter, an RSS/Atom feed reader for the text console. The only difference is that Newsboat is actively maintained while Newsbeuter isn't.

    23 Newsboat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. xFeed icon
     5 likes

    The fastest, leanest, most user friendly feed reader for the iPhone and iPad!

    xFeed helps you gather all of your favorite news, sports, blogs or whatever and makes them simple to import, customize and view. Once you have your favorite sites saved you can enjoy how quick and eas.

    179 xFeed alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  4. Newsify icon
     26 likes

    Read and share your favorite websites and blogs with an amazing newspaper-like layout.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
     
  5. Sismics Reader icon
     31 likes

    Looking for a simple and open feed reader?

    Free, open source, easy to use, Sismics Reader is what you need to keep your feeds under control.

    Central

    Access all your RSS and Atom feeds in one central easy readable place.

    Easy

    Sismics Reader can be installed in few steps on al.

    211 Sismics Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Easy to use content reader. You can add News Websites or any other website that have rss or not and we will collect the content for you. You can add them from all over the world not depending on language.

    217 SyFeed News Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Vienna icon
     36 likes

    Vienna is an RSS and Atom newsreader, packed with powerful features that help you make sense of the flood of information that is distributed via these formats today.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Socialite icon
     30 likes

    Socialite is a revolutionary social application that keeps all your social networks in one convenient place!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Feeddler is a fast and highly customizable RSS Reader that presents RSS stories in an easy-to-ready interface. Feeddler is a universal app that supports iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads. The free version is ad-supported.

    188 Feeddler RSS Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. FeedReader icon
     14 likes

    FeedReader is a modern desktop application designed to complement existing web-based RSS accounts. Currently supported are Tiny Tiny RSS, Feedly, ownCloud News. InoReader will soon be added.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • elementary OS
    • GNOME
     
  11. RSS Captor icon
     2 likes

    RSS Captor is an easy-to-use RSS client with a three-pane interface. Feeds are listed on the left, a list of stories on the top right, and details on the lower right. Tabs offer quick access to sections where you can set up folders for automatically saved messages and manually...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Slow Feeds icon
     13 likes

    Slow Feeds: Rediscover your feeds with this unique and smart RSS client for iOS.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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