Feeder vs News Explorer
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| Figure | Feeder | News Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $7.99/mo | $14.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 11 | 4 |
| Spec score · RSS Reader Software | 9.3 (#1) | 8.6 (#10) |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 4.7 out of 5 from 1K ratings on the US iPhone listing. | 4.7 out of 5 from 640 ratings |
| What it does | Feeder is a news manager that collects online sources into a single reading experience. | News Explorer is an Apple-platform RSS and news reader that gathers feeds and synchronizes reading data across devices. |
Plans
Feeder
- FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Plus$7.99 a month
- Plus$9.99 a month
- Plus$9.99 a month
- Professional$14.99 a month
- Professional$19.99 a month
- Professional$19.99 a month
- Plus$95.88 a year
- Professional$179.88 a year
News Explorer
- Mac editionPriced on request
- Mobile edition$4.99, paid once
- Mac personal license$9.99, paid once
- Setapp edition$14.99 a month
In their own words
Feeder
Feeder tracks online sources selected by the user and brings them together in a reading experience. Sources include blogs, news, weather, government databases, job boards, Mastodon and newsletters. Users can filter posts by keywords or topics, exclude terms, arrange feeds into folders, save favorites, make collections and share content. AI options include summaries, text-to-speech, feeds generated for pages without RSS, and a setup assistant. Listed connections include MCP, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram, Zapier and webhooks, although availability depends on plan. The Free plan allows up to 200 feeds, with checks as often as every 30 minutes; the default interval is every two hours. It includes 50 posts of history per feed and two AI summaries per day. Plus costs $9.99 a month, and Professional costs $19.99 a month. Enterprise pricing is available by contacting sales. Feeder is available on Android, iOS, web and as a browser extension. It does not provide self-serve API keys; REST API access is available by request for app builders and is part of Enterprise.
News Explorer
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