Kill the Newsletter review (2026): is it any good?
Turns email newsletters into Atom feeds for your feed reader
Kill the Newsletter report card
Very good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for newsletters in a feed reader instead of your inbox
Kill the Newsletter turns an email newsletter into an Atom feed: you get an email address and a feed address, and the newsletter shows up in your feed reader. It is free. Entries older than a month are deleted, a few newsletters can't be confirmed this way, and some publishers block its addresses.
Who Kill the Newsletter is for
- Fits if you already use a feed reader and want newsletters out of your inbox
- Works for someone who wants no tracking on the newsletters they follow
Who Kill the Newsletter is not for
- Skip it if you do not have a feed reader
- Not for you if you need old issues: entries older than one month are deleted, sooner if a feed is large
- Watch out: a few newsletters cannot be subscribed to this way, and some publishers block its addresses
- Watch out: the feed address identifies your subscription, so the site says not to share it
Why Kill the Newsletter gets a 3.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- AValue for moneyFree to use, with no paid plan; the site links to donations. Against the reading category's $4 a month middle, nothing is charged.
- AFree plan and trialCreating as many feeds as you want costs nothing.
- CFeaturesIt does one job fully: an email address plus a feed, with confirmation emails arriving as entries and no tracking. It is a smaller job than a reader, and it can't reply to a publisher's confirmation request.
- BEase of useNo store rating on record. You fill in a form on the home page and paste the feed address into a reader, with nothing to install.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no apps, and it relies on you having a feed reader. No integrations are listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Kill the Newsletter's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/kill-the-newsletter#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/kill-the-newsletter.svg" alt="Kill the Newsletter: 3.0 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Kill the Newsletter stands among read-later and bookmark apps
Kill the Newsletter's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 46 of the 66 other read-later and bookmark apps we grade, and level with 14.
It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 47 of 66) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Kill the Newsletter has no paid plan.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 67 read-later and bookmark apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Kill the Newsletter’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 43 of 66, level with 23
- AFree plan and trialAbove 47 of 66, level with 19
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 66, level with 33
- BEase of useAbove 32 of 66, level with 32
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 2 of 66, level with 23
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 60 read-later and bookmark apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Kill the Newsletter, or make your own?
Keep it
Kill the Newsletter is free, so making your own would save you nothing.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 46 of the 66 other read-later and bookmark apps we grade.
What you could make
- RSS reader: an app builder makes this well.
What this rests on. Kill the Newsletter’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Kill the Newsletter?
Kill the Newsletter gives you an email address and a matching Atom feed. Newsletters sent to that address show up as entries in the feed, so you can read them in an RSS reader instead of your inbox. It is free, and the source is on GitHub.
Worth knowing
- Entries older than one month are deleted, and older entries may be removed sooner to keep a feed under a size limit.
- It cannot reply to a publisher's confirmation request, so a few newsletters cannot be subscribed to this way.
- Some publishers block its addresses.
- The feed address identifies your subscription, so the site says not to share it.
Key features
- Email address plus feed
- Each feed comes with its own email address; mail sent there becomes an entry in the Atom feed.
- Confirmation emails arrive as entries
- Subscription confirmation messages are converted too, so you follow the confirmation link from your reader.
- No tracking
- The site says it does not track users.
- Feed settings in each entry
- Every entry ends with a link to manage the feed, including deleting it.
Kill the Newsletter pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Kill the Newsletter is free to use.
- Starts at
- Free
- Free plan
- Everything: creating a feed costs nothing. The site links Patreon, PayPal and GitHub Sponsors for donations.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Create as many feed addresses as you need with the form on the home page. |
Read from kill-the-newsletter.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Kill the Newsletter before you buy.
Kill the Newsletter alternatives
- Kill the Newsletter vs Feedbin
Free trial · from $7/mo
- Kill the Newsletter vs Inoreader
Free plan · from $7.50/mo
- Kill the Newsletter vs Miniflux
Free plan · from $15/yr
- Kill the Newsletter vs NewsBlur
Free plan · from $36/yr
Common questions
Does Kill the Newsletter have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Kill the Newsletter is listed for Web.
Does Kill the Newsletter have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Kill the Newsletter is listed for Web.
Is Kill the Newsletter open source?
Yes. Kill the Newsletter is open source, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.