Inoreader vs The Old Reader
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Inoreader
RSS reader with rules, filters and keyword monitoring
Where they differ
- Only Inoreader lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only Inoreader lists a browser extension.
- Inoreader also covers read later and highlights.
At a glance
| Inoreader | The Old Reader | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $7.50 per month, billed annually (Pro) | Not published |
| Free plan | Free forever plan: 150 RSS feeds, folders, tags, search in feeds and a read-later list, with translation capped at 10 articles a day and text to speech at 5. | 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 | 14-day trial when creating an account, no credit card required | 14-day Premium trial offered at sign-up |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Innologica Ltd | The Old Reader, Inc. |
| Price read from | inoreader.com | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Inoreader
- Heavy RSS users who want rules and filters to thin out their feeds
- Monitoring brands, topics or keywords across news and social feeds
- Teams that share curated feeds and articles through channels
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
Inoreader
- The free plan stops at 150 RSS feeds and leaves out rules, filters, newsletters and offline reading.
- Pro caps several features, such as 20 web feeds, 20 newsletter feeds and 30 monitoring feeds.
- Intelligence reports and email digests are not part of Pro; they are listed with the team plans.
- There is no desktop app: Inoreader runs in a browser, in iOS and Android apps, and has a browser extension.
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
Inoreader
- Feeds beyond RSS
- Alongside RSS feeds, Pro can follow email newsletters, websites without RSS, YouTube subscriptions, and public Facebook, Telegram and Bluesky feeds.
- Monitoring feeds
- Track people, brands, companies and keywords across publicly available sources in 30 languages. Pro includes 30 monitoring feeds.
- Rules and filters
- Rules act on incoming articles, for example by assigning tags or sending push notifications. Filters hide unwanted or duplicate items. Both need Pro.
- Inoreader Intelligence
- Generative AI summarizes articles, answers questions and runs custom prompts, with a choice of OpenAI, Mistral AI or Anthropic models. Starts on Pro.
- Read later and annotations
- Save articles and web pages to a read-later list on any plan. Pro adds highlighting and notes, which can be exported to Readwise.
- Team channels and dashboards
- Team plans share folders, tags, filters and dashboards, and team channels can post to 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
Inoreader
Free$0
150 RSS feeds, folders and tags, search in your feeds, a read-later list and Google News alerts, without ads.
Pro$7.50
per month, billed annually ($89.99), or $9.99 billed monthly
2,500 RSS feeds, 20 web feeds, 20 newsletter feeds, 30 monitoring feeds, rules and filters, AI article summaries, offline reading and API access.
Team$44.99
per month for 3 members; billing basis not shown
Pro for every member plus team folders, channels, tags and dashboards with shared limits. Tiers run up to 50 members at $374.99 a month.
Team Intelligence$64.99
per month for 3 members; billing basis not shown
The Team plan with AI summaries, prompts and multi-article reports for all members. The 50-member tier is $629.99 a month.
CustomCustom
A quoted plan built from add-ons such as extra web feeds, monitoring feeds and boosted feeds, or a different team size.
The Old Reader
Pricing could not be confirmed. See theoldreader.com.
Ways to pay less
Inoreader
- Annual discount
About 25% off Pro with annual billing
Pro is $7.50 a month billed annually ($89.99 a year) against $9.99 billed monthly, which works out to a saving of about 25%.
The Old Reader
No public discounts listed.
