# Daily.dev review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Personalized developer news feed with squads and AI search Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Daily.dev collects articles from thousands of developer sources into one ranked feed that adapts to what you read. Each post opens with its discussion attached, and readers can join topic communities called Squads. A browser extension turns the new tab page into the feed, and mobile apps cover iOS and Android. - **Category:** Read Later & Bookmarks - **Made by:** Daily Dev Ltd. - **Website:** https://daily.dev - **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want to subscribe to your own RSS feeds, as the pages read don't describe that. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Daily.dev has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9.99 per month, or $89.99 per year. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free with no trial limit: personalized feed, Squads, discussions, AI search, bookmarks and reminders, streaks, and the extension and mobile apps. Supported by ads. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Full feed, Squads, discussions, AI search and bookmarks, with ads. No account needed to start reading. | | Plus | $9.99 per month, billed monthly ($89.99 per year) | Adds custom feeds, keyword filters, bookmark folders, auto-translate, unlimited briefings, no ads and higher API limits. | Read from https://daily.dev/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Daily.dev before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Plus is cheaper billed yearly** (Annual discount): Plus is listed at $9.99 a month or $89.99 a year, so the yearly price works out to about $7.50 a month. Source: https://daily.dev/pricing ## Key features - **Ranked personal feed:** Posts from thousands of developer sources are ranked by what you follow and read, with tags, sources and people to follow. - **New tab feed:** The browser extension replaces the new tab page with the feed. The pricing page names Chrome and Edge. - **Squads and discussions:** Join topic communities, post into them, and read the conversation attached to each article. - **AI search:** Ask a question in plain language and get an answer built from posts on the platform. - **Bookmarks and reminders:** Save posts, set a time to come back to them, and read them on any device. Folders need Plus. - **Public API and MCP server:** Free for everyone at 200 requests a month; Plus raises that to 60 requests a minute. ## Good for - Developers who want one place to keep up with tech news - People who like reading the comments and community around articles - Anyone who wants a new tab page filled with relevant reading ## Worth knowing - It is a curated feed of its own sources; the pages read do not describe subscribing to your own RSS feeds. - The free plan shows ads. Ad-free use needs Plus at $9.99 a month or $89.99 a year. - Custom feeds, keyword filters, bookmark folders and auto-translate are Plus-only. - Content is aimed at software developers, so it is a narrow fit for general news. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Daily.dev is a ranked feed of developer articles with the discussion next to each post, a new-tab extension and phone apps, free with ads. Ad-free use needs Plus at $9.99 a month, which is a lot for a reading app, and custom feeds and keyword filters sit behind it too. It's a feed of its own sources, not a place to subscribe to your own RSS list. - **Value for money: D.** Plus is $9.99 a month or $89.99 a year, about $7.50 a month. Reading apps start at $2.50 for the cheaper quarter and $7.99 for the dearest tenth, so this sits at the top for ad removal and custom feeds. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free with no trial limit and no account needed to start reading: the feed, Squads, discussions, AI search, bookmarks and the apps. It carries ads, and the free API allowance is 200 requests a month. - **Features: C.** Ranked feed, Squads, AI search, bookmarks and an API. But it's a curated feed of its own sources, and custom feeds, keyword filters and bookmark folders are Plus only. - **Ease of use: B.** No rating on record, but there is nothing to set up: open it, pick topics and read. The feed adapts to what you read. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, a browser extension, iOS and Android, plus a public API and MCP server. No desktop app, and the pricing page names only Chrome and Edge for the extension. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Daily.dev's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among read-later and bookmark apps - Daily.dev's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 7 of the 52 other read-later and bookmark apps we grade, and level with 13. - It stands best on ease of use (B, above 25 of 52) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $7.50 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $3.33 for the category: 28 of the 32 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 11 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/reading ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Daily.dev you would be making a search engine with an AI model behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 32 of the 52 other read-later and bookmark apps grade higher. It costs $89.99 a year. - You could make: Bookmarks: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A search engine with an AI model behind it. - You could not: A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Bookmarks, AI search, Community, Public API, AI features ## Alternatives - [Feedly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/feedly): News reader for RSS feeds, with AI filtering on paid plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dailydev-vs-feedly) - [Inoreader](https://toolgpa.com/tools/inoreader): RSS reader with rules, filters and keyword monitoring. 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