| Muuted | Feedly | Inoreader | NewsBlur | Feedbin | Readwise Reader | The Old Reader | Apple News | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid price | $4/mo or $36/yr founding price | Pro+ $99/yr | Pro $90/yr | Premium $36/yr | $70/yr | ~$120/yr (bundled with Readwise) | Premium $30/yr | News+ $12.99/mo (~$156/yr) |
| Free tier | Yes — 100 sources + 20 muted words | Yes — 100 sources, no mute filters | Yes — 150 sources, ad-supported | Yes — 64 sites, trainer included | No free tier | Limited free plan; full features paid | Yes — 100 subscriptions | Yes — ad-supported, curated |
| Sources | You choose them — 100 free, more on Pro | Any RSS feed | Any RSS feed | Any RSS feed | Any RSS feed + newsletters | RSS, newsletters, saved articles | Any RSS feed | No RSS — Apple's approved publishers only |
| Keyword muting | 20 muted words free; unlimited on Pro ($36/yr) | $99/yr for 100 mute filters; zero on free | Filters on Pro ($90/yr), capped at 50 | Per-site training (free), not global mute words | Search-based actions; paid only | Filtered views; paid plan | None at any tier | None — block channels/topics only, and Apple's curated sections ignore blocks |
| Junk & sponsored-post filtering | 6 built-in junk filters on Pro | Leo AI dedupe/filters on paid tiers | Rules on paid tiers | Trainer can hide by author/tag | No dedicated junk filters | Manual filtering | No | No — ads are part of the product |
| Algorithm decides your feed? | No — your sources, your rules | Optional AI ranking (Leo) | Optional sorting/magic sort | No — training is explicit | No | Optional ranking | No | Yes — algorithmic + editorial curation |
| Ads & ad tracking | No ads, ever | No ads; promoted content in some views | Ads on the free tier | No ads | No ads | No ads | No ads | Ad-supported free tier |
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Prices and limits checked August 2026 against each product's published pricing page. If we got one wrong, tell us and we will fix it.
The honest version, reader by reader
A comparison table a company writes about itself is marketing. So here is the part most comparison pages leave out: when each of these is genuinely the better choice.
Muuted vs Feedly
Feedly is the biggest name in RSS for a reason: a polished reader, team features, and Leo, its AI assistant that can dedupe and prioritize at enterprise scale. Feedly is the better choice if you are a team doing market intelligence or you want AI summarization across thousands of feeds.
The gap is muting. Feedly's free plan gives you 100 sources and zero mute filters — to mute keywords at all you need Pro+ at $99/yr, and even then you get 100 filters. Muuted gives you 20 muted words on the free plan and unlimited muting on Pro for $36/yr founding. If the reason you want a feed reader is to stop seeing certain things, that is a 3x price difference on the exact feature you came for.
Muuted vs Inoreader
Inoreader is the power user's reader: rules, automation, active searches that monitor the whole web, and a generous free tier of 150 sources. Inoreader is the better choice if you want to build if-this-then-that pipelines out of your feeds, or you monitor keywords across sources you do not subscribe to.
The trade-offs: the free tier is ad-supported, filtering lives behind Pro at $90/yr, and filters are capped at 50 even when you pay. Muuted's whole premise is the inverse — muting is the core feature, not a paid add-on, and Pro removes the cap entirely for $36/yr.
Muuted vs NewsBlur
NewsBlur deserves more credit than it gets. It is open source, independently run, its per-site "trainer" (hide stories by author, tag, or phrase) works on the free tier, and Premium is $36/yr — the same as Muuted's founding annual price. NewsBlur is the better choice if you want an open-source reader you could self-host, or per-site training granularity.
Where they differ: NewsBlur's free tier stops at 64 sites, and training is configured site by site. Muuted's free tier carries 100 sources, and a muted word applies everywhere at once — one rule, your whole feed. Different philosophies; pick the one that matches how you think.
Muuted vs Feedbin
Feedbin is a beautifully built, no-nonsense paid reader with first-class newsletter support — it gives you an email address so newsletters land in your feed. Feedbin is the better choice if newsletters are half your reading and you happily pay for software with no free tier attached.
At $70/yr with no free plan and no dedicated junk filtering, though, Feedbin asks you to commit before you know it fits. Muuted lets you run 100 sources and 20 muted words free for as long as you like, and Pro is roughly half Feedbin's price.
Muuted vs Readwise Reader
Readwise Reader is really a knowledge tool that happens to read feeds: highlighting, spaced-repetition review, read-it-later, and sync into your notes app. Readwise Reader is the better choice if you are building a personal knowledge base and the highlight-review loop is the point.
But it is ~$120/yr bundled with the wider Readwise service, and feed filtering is not the star of the show. If what you want is a calmer feed rather than a research pipeline, you are paying triple Muuted's annual price for features you may never open.
Muuted vs The Old Reader
The Old Reader is simple, friendly, and free for 100 subscriptions, with a social layer for sharing posts with friends — a deliberate throwback to Google Reader. The Old Reader is the better choice if you want the most minimal possible free RSS reader, or the shared-with-friends experience.
It has no keyword muting at any tier, including Premium at $30/yr. If your feeds are already clean, that may never matter. If they are not, no amount of simplicity fixes a feed full of things you did not want to see.
Muuted vs Apple News
Apple News is a different kind of product: not a feed reader you fill, but a magazine Apple fills for you. Apple News is the better choice if you want editor-curated coverage and, with News+ at $12.99/mo, full access to hundreds of paywalled magazines and newspapers inside the Apple ecosystem.
The trade is control. There is no RSS — you read Apple's approved publishers, chosen by its algorithm and editors. You can block channels and topics, but Apple's own curated sections still show blocked channels, and there is no keyword muting at all. The free tier is ad-supported. Muuted is the opposite bet: you pick every source, you mute every word you never want to see, and nothing overrides your choices.
Follow everything. Mute the rest.
100 sources and 20 muted words, free. Pro is $4/mo — or $36/yr at the founding price — for unlimited muted words and 6 junk filters.
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