Tickr Alternatives
Tickr is described as 'TICKR is GTK-based RSS READER application which displays RSS FEEDS in a TICKER bar on your desktop. With a single click, you get the latest headlines scrolling in a thin window on your desktop, as what can be seen on News TV channels' and is a RSS Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Tickr for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, iPhone, Mac and iPad apps. The best Tickr alternative is Feedly, which is free. Other great apps like Tickr are Inoreader, RSS Guard, Feedbro and Fluent Reader.
Alternatives list
RSS Menu is a systemwide menu that allows you to read and organize your favourite RSS or Atom feeds.


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Readefine Desktop is an AIR app which uses Flex, creating a really nice, clean layout for your RSS / Google Reader feeds, text or HTML content. Read content in a book like multi-column layout and tweak settings like justification, column width...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Adobe AIR


RSS Monster is an easy to use web-based RSS aggregator and reader compatible with the Fever API, created as an alternative for Google Reader.

Alligator is a mobile RSS feed reader for mobile Linux devices. It is part of the Plasma Mobile app collection.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- KDE Plasma
- Linux Mobile
- Flathub
- Plasma Mobile


Do you want to read your news using RSS & Atom feeds in the most efficient (compact grid), no-nonsense way, with no requirement to setup or use an existing service account? If you do, Heartfeed might be the app for you.



Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Opera
Sage-Like is a simple, sidebar based feed reader (Atom, RSS and RDF). Like its add-on predecessors, Sage by Peter Andrews and the Sage++ by Higmmer, it's lightweight and fast.


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RSS Bandit is a standalone reader that has many attractive features, allowing a user to merge news headlines from multiple sources onto a single page, and organize articles based on keyword, read/unread status, and date.


Derived from the Icelandic word “Frettir”, which translates directly to the word “News”, Fretsi's main target is to make online reading easier than ever, enabling you to access news and keeping you up-to-date in the easiest and fastest way possible.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad

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Read the latest news from your favorite sites and blogs on your iPhone or iPod Touch, even when you’re offline.


Sage is a lightweight RSS and Atom feed aggregator extension for Mozilla Firefox. It's got a lot of what you need and not much of what you don't.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
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