Feedly vs The Old Reader
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Feedly
News reader for RSS feeds, with AI filtering on paid plans
Where they differ
- Only Feedly lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only Feedly lists a browser extension.
- Feedly also covers read later and highlights.
At a glance
| Feedly | The Old Reader | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $6.99 per month, billed annually (Pro) | Not published |
| Free plan | Free plan on the web and mobile apps: follow up to 100 feeds and organize them into 3 folders. | Free accounts show ads and keep up to 2 months of unread posts, capped at 300 posts per feed. Premium removes ads and adds search and up to 500 feeds; its price could not be read. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day Premium trial offered at sign-up |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Feedly Inc. | The Old Reader, Inc. |
| Price read from | feedly.com | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Feedly
- Following many news sites, blogs and publications in one reader
- Professionals who track topics or companies and want AI filtering
- Teams that need shared feeds, boards and intelligence tools
The Old Reader
- Readers who want a plain web-based feed reader with folders
- Groups of friends who share and comment on the posts they read
- People who pair a web reader with a third-party app such as Reeder
Worth knowing
Feedly
- The free plan stops at 100 feeds and 3 folders.
- Search, notes and highlights need Pro; newsletters, RSS Builder and Feedly AI need Pro+.
- Pro+ is listed with yearly billing only, while Pro can also be paid monthly at $8.99.
- There is no desktop app: Feedly runs in a browser and on iOS and Android, with Chrome and Firefox extensions.
The Old Reader
- The Premium price is not shown on the public pages; the terms say fees are stated at the time of purchase.
- Free accounts show ads and keep unread posts for up to 2 months, capped at 300 posts per feed.
- Full-text search, faster feed refreshes and Instapaper integration are limited to Premium.
- There are no first-party mobile or desktop apps; the apps page lists third-party clients that use the API.
Key features
Feedly
- Feeds and folders
- Follow news sites, blogs, publications, YouTube channels, podcasts and Reddit feeds in one reader. The free plan allows 100 feeds in 3 folders.
- Boards, notes and highlights
- Save articles to personal boards to come back to later. Adding notes and highlighting sentences is part of the Pro plan.
- Search
- Search across the sources you follow to find an article again. Search is listed as a Pro feature on the pricing page.
- Feedly AI
- On Pro+, Feedly AI Feeds track topics across the web, mute filters hide unwanted subjects and deduplication removes repeated stories.
- Newsletters and RSS Builder
- Pro+ can receive email newsletters and Google News feeds inside Feedly, and RSS Builder creates feeds for websites that do not offer RSS.
- Sharing and team tools
- Pro saves to Evernote and OneNote and shares to LinkedIn, Buffer, IFTTT and Zapier. Enterprise adds team boards, newsletters, Slack and Microsoft Teams.
The Old Reader
- Feeds and folders
- Add a feed by entering a site's address, or import an OPML file with its folders intact. Feeds and folders are rearranged by drag and drop.
- List view and keyboard shortcuts
- A list view collapses posts to their titles so only the interesting ones need opening, and keyboard shortcuts cover navigation.
- Sharing with friends
- Follow friends to see the posts they share, like posts, and comment on shared items. Shared, liked and commented posts are stored permanently.
- Send To and bookmarklet
- The Send To button passes a post's title and address to a sharing service you configure, and a bookmarklet adds posts from any site.
- API for third-party apps
- A Google Reader-style API lets outside apps sync with an account. The apps page lists clients such as Reeder, Vienna, Liferea and FeedMe.
- Premium extras
- Premium removes ads and adds full-text search, faster feed refreshes, up to 500 subscriptions, a year of post storage and Instapaper integration.
Plans
Feedly
Free$0
Follow up to 100 feeds and organize them into 3 folders, on the web and in the mobile apps.
Pro$6.99
per month, billed annually ($83.88), or $8.99 billed monthly
1,000 feeds, notes and highlights, search, saving to Evernote and OneNote, sharing to LinkedIn, Buffer, IFTTT and Zapier, and no sponsored ads.
Pro+$12.37
per month, billed annually ($148.45); no monthly option listed
Everything in Pro, plus up to 2,500 feeds, Feedly AI Feeds, mute filters, deduplication, newsletter and Google News feeds, and RSS Builder.
EnterpriseCustom
Up to 7,500 feeds, team feeds and boards, newsletters, Slack and Microsoft Teams, API access, SSO/SAML, and market and threat intelligence.
The Old Reader
Pricing could not be confirmed. See theoldreader.com.
Ways to pay less
Feedly
- Annual discount
About 22% off Pro with annual billing
Pro costs $83.88 a year on annual billing, shown as $6.99 a month, against $8.99 billed monthly. That works out to about 22% less.
- Other savings
Pro+ discounted for the first year
The pricing page shows Pro+ at $8.93 a month billed annually ($107.17) instead of $12.37 ($148.45), labels it a 30% saving and puts the first-year saving at $41.
- Nonprofit
Nonprofit and academic discounts on Enterprise
Feedly's help center says discounts for nonprofit and academic organizations are available on the Enterprise plan only, on request by email.
The Old Reader
No public discounts listed.
