Disclosure: Hushread is our app. We’ve tried to be fair, and we say where the others are the better choice.

Inoreader has the stronger free plan in 2026: 150 feeds with no ads and search included, against Feedly’s 100 feeds, 3 folders and sponsored ads. Feedly has the far better-rated Android app and a cheaper entry paid plan, but its AI features sit on Pro+, which costs about $8 to $9 a month billed annually in the first year, then about $12. The top-ranking comparison for this search dates from 2021; every price and limit below was checked on 29 September 2026, mostly against each company’s own pages.

Inoreader vs Feedly at a glance

Sources: Inoreader pricing and Feedly pricing. Prices are as of September 2026.

FeatureInoreaderFeedly
Free plan150 feeds100 feeds, 3 folders
Ads on FreeNone (removed October 2024)Sponsored ads
Search on FreeYes, in your own feedsNo, Pro and up
Main paid planPro: $89.99/year or $9.99/month, 2,500 feedsPro: about $6 to $7/month billed annually, 1,000 feeds, no AI
AI planIncluded in ProPro+: about $8 to $9/month first year, then about $12, billed annually
Duplicate handlingDuplicate filters by URL or title (Pro)Deduplication of copies with over 85% overlap (Pro+)
Filters and rules30 rules, 50 filters (Pro)Mute filters: 100 on Pro+, none on Free
Newsletters20 newsletter feeds (Pro)Pro+
Social sourcesFacebook, Bluesky, Telegram, VK: 30 each (Pro); YouTube sync (Pro)Subreddits and YouTube channels
iOS rating4.68 (4,423 ratings)4.6 (26,011 ratings)
Google Play rating2.8 (about 9.6K), 500K+ downloads4.4 (about 317K reviews), 5M+ installs

Inoreader Free vs Feedly Free

Inoreader Free allows 150 feeds, search inside your own feeds, Google News alerts, 10 translations a day and 5 text-to-speech listens a day. It has been ad-free since October 2024; roundups that say otherwise are out of date. What it lacks: rules, filters (including duplicate filters), push notifications, social feeds, newsletters, web feeds and offline reading. All of those start at Pro.

Feedly Free allows 100 feeds and 3 folders on the web and mobile, and it shows sponsored ads (hiding them is listed as a Pro feature). Search, notes and highlights, and integrations start at Pro. AI Feeds, newsletters, Google News feeds, the RSS Builder and mute filters start at Pro+. The 3-folder limit draws complaints: an App Store reviewer in June 2025 complained about paying roughly $16 a month just to get past it, comparing the cost to Netflix (App Store). Others are happy with it; one Hacker News commenter called Feedly’s free plan great and its web interface excellent (HN).

Which free plan is better: Inoreader, with more feeds, no ads and search. Feedly Free’s edge is its Android app and built-in subreddit feeds.

Which is cheaper, Inoreader or Feedly?

The answer changes once you want AI.

Inoreader has one paid plan for individuals. Pro is $7.50 a month billed annually ($89.99 a year) or $9.99 billed monthly, with a 15-day trial and a 7-day refund window on annual plans. It includes AI, 2,500 feeds, rules, filters, monitoring, newsletters, web feeds, push and offline reading. Team plans start at $44.99 a month for 3 members.

Feedly splits things across tiers:

  • Pro is about $6 to $7 a month billed annually for 1,000 feeds, search, notes and highlights, integrations (Evernote, OneNote, Buffer, Zapier and others), “up to 10x faster” updates and no sponsored ads.
  • Pro+ is about $8 to $9 a month billed annually in the first year (roughly $100), then about $12 a month billed annually (roughly $145 a year). It adds up to 2,500 feeds, Feedly AI, AI Feeds, newsletters, Google News feeds, the RSS Builder, and the Topics, Deduplication and Mute filters skills.
  • Enterprise is priced on request, with up to 7,500 feeds, team features, Slack and Teams, an API and SSO.

Feedly’s page showed slightly different US prices on two checks, hence the ranges. Monthly billing varies by platform. On iOS, for example, Feedly sells Pro Monthly at $7.99 and Pro+ Monthly at $15.99 as in-app purchases.

The short version: for a plain paid reader with search, Feedly Pro is the cheapest option on paper. For AI and filtering, Inoreader Pro ($89.99) undercuts Feedly Pro+ in the first year and is about $55 a year cheaper from the second.

AI features: what each offers, and on which plan

Neither offers AI on the free plan.

Inoreader Intelligence is part of Pro. It launched in March 2025 with article summaries and 1M tokens a month, and has since added podcast and video transcripts, suggested tags and Mentions (September 2026). Since Q2 2026 you can choose OpenAI, Anthropic or Mistral models. Intelligence reports and email digests are paid add-ons even on Pro.

Feedly AI (the assistant formerly called Leo) is on Pro+, along with AI Feeds and the AI skills above. One Trustpilot reviewer in February 2026 said they bought Pro+ for AI search and then found most of the AI search terms were Enterprise-only (Trustpilot).

Not everyone wants AI at all. A four-star Feedly review on iOS from July 2026 reads: “I hate how it tries to shove AI down my throat.” (App Store) An Inoreader user on Reddit in August 2026 complained about “all the AI slop they keep shoving in my face” (Reddit). That counts against both.

Duplicates: does Feedly or Inoreader remove repeats?

Both do, on paid plans.

Inoreader Pro has duplicate filters that match by URL, exact title or near-identical title, looking back anywhere from 6 hours to a month. Since April 2026 they share one pool of 50 with content filters.

Feedly Pro+ has Deduplication, which collapses articles with more than 85% content overlap into one; marking it read marks all the copies read.

Both catch copies. Neither groups different outlets’ own reporting on the same event into one story, and we found no story-clustering feature in either. Our guide to RSS readers that remove duplicates explains how grouping differs from copy-level filtering.

Reddit, YouTube and social feeds

Feedly can follow subreddits, including Reddit keyword searches and flairs, and YouTube channels; its help docs don’t restrict either to a paid plan. X/Twitter was retired for Pro+ in April 2023 and now works only for Market and Threat Intelligence customers with their own API credentials.

Inoreader Pro follows Facebook, Bluesky, Telegram and VK (30 feeds each) and syncs YouTube subscriptions, but none of this is on Free. It has no dedicated Reddit integration; Reddit’s own RSS works “sometimes with some minor issues,” as one user put it. X has been unsupported since March 2023, and a Reddit thread from 26 September 2026 reports errors when adding YouTube channels.

Mobile apps

On iOS the two are close: Inoreader 4.68 from 4,423 ratings (App Store), Feedly 4.6 from 26,011. On Android the gap is wide: Feedly 4.4 from about 317K reviews and 5M+ installs, against Inoreader’s 2.8 from about 9.6K and 500K+ downloads.

Recent Feedly iOS reviews are rougher. Of the 53 most recent reviews we looked at in 2026, the average was 1.8 stars, and 18 described the app hanging on a green screen or failing to launch, including on iPadOS 26 (App Store review feed). It’s a small sample, and recent reviews skew negative.

Is Feedly dead? The enterprise pivot and the August 2026 slowdown

No, but its focus has moved. Feedly’s homepage is titled “Feedly Threat Intelligence” and speaks to cyber threat intelligence teams. Its Threat Intelligence plans were listed in the first half of 2025 at $1,600 and $3,200 a month.

In August 2026, TechCrunch reported a week-long web app slowdown that paying users called unusable. Feedly blamed a “mark as read” resorting bug affecting accounts with many folders, and the Feedly Classic app was retired without notice. CEO Edwin Khodabakchian told TechCrunch that basic RSS remains a priority, because threat intelligence customers use the reader too. The iOS app was still being updated in September 2026. Not everyone is convinced; one Hacker News commenter in February 2026 said Feedly looks neglected (HN).

Inoreader’s 2,500-feed cap and price complaints

Inoreader has critics too. Its Pro feed limit changed from unlimited to 2,500 between November 2024 and January 2025 (Wayback snapshots before and after), which drew complaints of “continuous price hikes and limits for NO REASON WHATSOEVER” (Reddit, October 2025). The Pro list price has held since at least mid-2023, but users still call it “too cluttered and too expensive” (Reddit, November 2025). Its fans are loyal, though: “For pure feature count, Inoreader Pro is hard to beat” (Reddit).

Verdict: Inoreader or Feedly?

Choose Inoreader if:

  • You want the best free plan: 150 feeds, no ads, search.
  • You’re a power user who wants rules, filters, monitoring, web feeds, newsletters, Facebook, Bluesky and Telegram in one paid plan.
  • You want AI without a bill of roughly $145 a year.

Choose Feedly if:

  • You read mostly on Android and want the higher-rated app.
  • You follow under 100 feeds, can live with 3 folders and sponsored ads, and want subreddit and YouTube feeds, which Feedly’s docs don’t limit to paid plans.
  • You want the cheapest paid plan with search and highlights (Pro).
  • You want newsletters, mute filters and near-duplicate removal, and Pro+ fits your budget.
  • You’re on a threat intelligence team, which is now Feedly’s core business.

Need more than 2,500 feeds? Of the two, only Feedly Enterprise lists more (up to 7,500). Our Inoreader alternatives and Feedly alternatives guides cover the other options.

A third option: Hushread

If what bothers you about both is seeing one event as ten separate articles, or paying $90 to $145 a year, Hushread works differently. It groups coverage from your own sources into stories on every plan, including Free: one card per event, a day-by-day timeline of every outlet’s reporting, chapters for long-running stories, and Trending ranked by how many distinct publishers cover a story hour by hour. Repeats and syndicated copies collapse under the freshest version. You can see live grouped stories here. It isn’t the only reader that clusters stories: NewsBlur clusters popular feeds for Free and Premium users, with full control on its $99 a year Premium Archive plan.

Push notifications, Facebook pages, subreddits, YouTube channels and keyword rules are on Hushread Free, and AI quick takes (inside articles you open) and article narration are included. Pro is $14.99 a year for unlimited sources.

The limits are real. Free holds only 5 sources, against Inoreader’s 150 and Feedly’s 100. There are no newsletters, podcasts, integrations, API, browser extension or highlights, and Hushread is built by one developer. The full trade-offs are in Hushread vs Inoreader.

FAQ

Is Inoreader better than Feedly?

For most individual readers in 2026, Inoreader offers more: a larger ad-free free plan with search, and one paid plan that includes AI and power tools. Feedly is better on Android, cheaper at the entry paid tier, and the choice for threat intelligence teams.

Is Feedly free?

Yes. Feedly Free allows 100 feeds and 3 folders on web and mobile, with sponsored ads. Search, highlights and integrations need Pro; AI, newsletters and deduplication need Pro+.

Which is cheaper, Inoreader or Feedly?

Feedly Pro, at about $6 to $7 a month billed annually, is the cheapest paid tier, but it has no AI. With AI, Inoreader Pro costs $89.99 a year, while Feedly Pro+ costs roughly $100 in the first year and about $145 a year after.

Does Inoreader or Feedly have AI on the free plan?

No. Inoreader’s AI is on Pro, and Feedly’s is on Pro+.

The bottom line

Inoreader wins on free-plan value and tools per dollar; Feedly wins on Android and entry price. If you’d rather read the news as grouped stories from sources you pick, at a lower price, Hushread is free with up to 5 sources on iOS, Android and the web. Try Hushread.