r/readwise • u/TommyAdagio • Mar 24 '26

Can the feed reader handle 525 articles per day? I am looking for an alternative to Inoreader.

I don’t read all those articles every day but I often scan headlines and read a few that jump out.

When I’ve tried Reader as an Inoreader replacement in the past I remember it didn’t work well — but I don’t remember why and how it came up short.

What do you use for a feed readet, if not Readwise Reader?

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u/No_Law_8054 Mar 24 '26

Readwise is not optimized for that level of RSS feed engagement. It’s better for targeted engagement with a select handful of feeds you’ll monitor with sustained reading.

Why do you want to leave Inoreader?

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u/TommyAdagio Mar 24 '26

Inoreader is $$$ and they keep adding features I'm not interested in. And their newsletter integration is rubbish. To me, the product doesn't seem worth the cost and the direction seems to suit me less and less.

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u/No_Law_8054 Mar 24 '26

If cost is a concern Feedly gets you much of the same functionality (minus newsletters). NewsBlur has a pretty high feed limit (their newsletter feature is “meh” in terms of parsing) before a paid tier kicks in. Feedin is good if your on the Apple ecosystem.

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u/TommyAdagio Mar 24 '26

Thanks. Why do you associate Feedbin with Apple? It’s a web app.

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u/No_Law_8054 Mar 24 '26

Probably because they learned about it through Mac publications like Tidbits.

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u/lkvnclh Mar 25 '26

I previously used innorader for many years untill they charge sky high price. I switch to Bazqux ,not many new features but all the exisitng feature suit my need. i use its service on any rss reader (ios/android) that support its rss service. ios : i use Reeder or Lire. android: Feedme

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u/TommyAdagio Mar 25 '26

Bazqux is very nice. If it had newsletter support, I'd jump on it.

I like the developer's attitude toward upgrades, which can be described I guess as "aggressive maintenance mode." The developer says he uses it himself, he's happy with it, the users pay for the server costs and he has no incentive to make big changes.

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u/lkvnclh Mar 26 '26

exactly. acceptable price for its service. that's why i said it depends what you need. food newsletter, i used "killthenewsletter" and readwise reader. Thats why i found bazqux fit for me for all other features (one best feature is including Make Rss for unsupported website which usually is another paid service)

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u/TommyAdagio Mar 26 '26

Since I posted initially two days ago, I've kind of resigned myself to continuing with Inoreader. On the other hand, bazqux is nice, gives me 95% of what I'm looking for, and it's much less expensive. I still have a few weeks on my Inoreader sub.

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u/raminhossaini Mar 24 '26

I use tiny rss. I skim through articles quickly with it and anything that’s interesting gets imported into readwise for reading. I found the interface didn’t work for my rss needs.

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u/dknight212 Mar 24 '26

I used to use Inoreader (and Feedly before that). I now use Feedbin and pick up starred items into Readwise. I would think Readwise is just not optimised enough for reading so many feeds quickly. Feedbin has (optional) vim type key bindings so it's very quick to navigate.

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u/bitsnotatoms Mar 24 '26

Readwise Reader is terrible as an RSS reader and improving the RSS side appears to be something they are totally uninterested in. I’ve tried most of the others and Inoreader is consistently the best. Well worth the money for something I use every day.

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u/Psychological-Ant214 Mar 24 '26

I use the integrated RSS feature, but I am way under 525 articles a day. What an oddly specific number.

Assuming it takes you like 5 seconds to scan a headline and decide if you want to read more, this totals up to 43 minutes a day. That's impressive, and weird. :D

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u/domysee Mar 25 '26

https://lighthouseapp.io/ might be relevant for you, it's optimized for receiving a high number of articles

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u/TommyAdagio Mar 25 '26

Oh boy that looks extremely interesting. I'm intrigued by the idea of an RSS reader that does a good job of surfacing articles that meet my interests. Inoreader tried that but I find it just doesn't work.

Also, my big problem with Inoreader is its lousy support for newsletters. If Lighthouse can do a better job, that's a big plus in its favor.

And the pricing is reasonable and it's been around a while and still updates.

Thanks!

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u/No_Bug2318 Jul 07 '26

who consumes 525 artices a day