Feedly Alternatives: 5 Other RSS Readers You Should Try

RSS reader apps are essential to anyone who wants to keep up with all the news and happenings that are going on all across the world. Whatever sort of news you're interested in, an RSS reader is a great way to collate and read through news from all your favourite sources. Feedly is one of the most popular web-based RSS readers of this type, but it's far from the only one out there. Feedly isn't perfect, either, and there are some problems with it, like a poor Android app and having to pay for something as basic as search. Another reason to consider an alternative RSS reader service has less to do with any weaknesses on Feedly's part and has more to do with the fact that it's actually better to not rely on just one reader, lest it goes down and leaves you without access to your feeds, as is the case of when Feedly was the target of a DDoS attack recently. While normal service resumed soon enough, it's a reminder that it's always good to have an alternate reader, just in case. Here's a list of the five best.

1. InoReader

InoReader is easy to use, clean, uncluttered and puts your content front and center. It also comes with a number of different views and themes to tailor the reading experience to your tastes. Like Feedly, InoReader has premium accounts; unlike Feedly, it doesn't require you to pay for something as basic as search. InoReader also has a lot of keyboard shortcuts, including a lot of global shortcuts that let you change views, subscribe to feeds and access preferences. T [...]