FreshRSS vs Reeder

FreshRSS is a free, self-hosted RSS and Atom feed aggregator for following websites, podcasts, and video channels. Users can read and search articles, save searches, and organize items with custom tags. Feed management includes OPML import and export, creating feeds from filters, and scraping websites to make feeds. WebSub provides real-time updates from compatible feeds. The project says the software can manage 1M+ articles and 50k+ feeds. FreshRSS supports multiple users, anonymous reading, themes, extensions, configurable options, and a command-line interface. APIs support mobile clients, and Google Reader and Fever APIs enable use with mobile and native clients. Self-hosting requires a web server, PHP 8.1 or later, and PostgreSQL 10+, SQLite, MariaDB 10.6+, or MySQL 8.0+. The project advises exposing only the ./p/ folder to the web because ./data/ contains personal data. It offers no warranty and welcomes bug reports and feature requests through GitHub issues.

Reeder is an inbox for reading, watching, and listening to material from different sources on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Its unified timeline combines RSS feeds, videos, podcasts, and social-media posts. iCloud syncs subscriptions, tagged items, and timeline position across devices, while custom timelines can filter by keywords, media types, or feed types. Links can be saved through the share extension when iCloud for Reeder is enabled. Subscribers can turn tags into public, automatically updating JSON feeds containing up to the latest 50 tagged items; these feeds are hosted on reederapp.net and are public by design. The free plan costs nothing and allows up to 10 feeds, but excludes Shared Feeds, Home timelines from Mastodon, Bluesky, and Micro.blog, and OPML import. The subscription costs $1 a month, billed monthly, covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and includes Shared Feeds. Reeder says it collects no personal information or usage data, apart from data Apple may collect when Share with Developers is enabled.