In Feedly articles older than 30 days are marked as read. Come back from a holiday or sick leave and part of the feed is erased. Feedly does not pull in the full text. Readine does not cap unread articles, pulls in full articles with images, and keeps offline copies even after the source deletes the article.
Feedly enforces a 30-day rule: anything unread for a month is marked as read. You come back from holiday and part of the feed is already marked as read — and you cannot remember which articles you actually read.
In Readine there is no limit on unread articles, and you can set the auto-deletion policy however you like. You can also export an article to your own disk as a file.
| What | Feedly | Readine |
|---|---|---|
| Unread older than 30 days | marked as read | stays unread |
| Offline copy | none | stays after the author deletes the article |
In Feedly, whether you see the full text depends entirely on the publisher and its RSS feed. There is no single built-in button that pulls in the full text.
In Readine the whole article, images and all, is pulled into the app.
That is why filter rules work differently too. In Readine a rule can look for a word — or for its absence — in the full text.
| What | Feedly | Readine |
|---|---|---|
| Full text of an article | none | yes, with images |
| Going to the site | needed to finish reading | not needed |
| Rules and filters | by the RSS teaser | by title, full text, URL and tag |
Feedly does not read anything that sits behind a paid subscription or an account: Telegram, Substack, Boosty, Fanbox, Patreon and Sponsr.
In Readine the password-protected feeds module unlocks such articles — you tell it which subscription tier you are on, and the articles are downloaded into the app. You pay the author on the source’s own platform.
| What | Feedly | Readine |
|---|---|---|
| Articles behind a subscription: Substack, Boosty, Fanbox, Patreon, Sponsr | does not read | through the password-protected feeds module |
| Telegram | does not read | all public channels; private ones need the paid module |
| Payment to the author | on the source’s own platform | on the source’s own platform |
| Ads in the feed | yes, on the free plan | none on any plan |
Q: What happens to unread articles in Feedly?
A: Articles older than 30 days are marked as read. In Readine there is no such limit, and an offline copy can be exported as a file to your own disk.
Q: Does Feedly show the full text of an article?
A: No. The feed shows only what the site publishes, and filters work on the RSS teaser. In Readine the whole article is pulled in with images, and rules compare the title, the full text, the URL or the tag.
Q: Does Feedly read Telegram?
A: No, it has no built-in support. In Readine Telegram channels are added as a source, including private chats, but you need to buy the password-protected feeds module.
Q: Does Feedly have ads?
A: On the free plan, yes. In Readine there are no ads, neither on the free nor on the paid plan.
Q: How do I move my subscriptions from Feedly?
A: With an OPML file: export from Feedly, import into Readine. There is another way, too: the import wizard. During import the free plan limit does not apply. More details are on the page about moving subscriptions.