In Inoreader, anything older than 30 days gets marked as read, and a holiday or a spell off sick wipes out part of your feed. Inoreader does not fetch the full text. In Readine there is no cap on unread items: full articles come with their images, and offline copies stay even after the site takes the article down.
Inoreader runs a 30-day rule — everything that is not read within a month is marked as read. You come back from holiday — part of the feed has already been marked as read, and you do not remember which of those you actually read.
In Readine there is no cap on unread items, and you can set up auto-deletion however you like. You can also save any article to your own drive as a file.
| Item | Inoreader | Readine |
|---|---|---|
| Unread older than 30 days | is marked as read | stays unread |
| Offline copy | no offline copy | kept even after the article is taken down |
In Inoreader you load the full text of an article with a separate button, even on the free plan. But full-text storage and offline access come only with the paid plan.
In Readine, offline access and full-text articles with images come built in, at no extra cost — no extra buttons to press. You can also set up automatic saving to your own drive.
Rules and filters exist only on Inoreader’s Pro plan, and even there you’re capped at 30. In Readine rules are a separate module: you can set a condition on the title, the full text, the URL or a tag.
Inoreader cannot fetch articles that require a paid subscription or a login — for example, on Telegram, Substack, Boosty, Fanbox, Patreon and Sponsr.
In Readine the password-protected feeds module unlocks such articles — you enter the credentials for your subscription tier, and the articles land in the app. You pay the author through the source’s own service.
| Item | Inoreader | Readine |
|---|---|---|
| Articles behind a subscription: Substack, Boosty, Fanbox, Patreon, Sponsr | cannot fetch them | fetches them through the password-protected feeds module |
| Telegram | can’t fetch it | all public channels, plus the paid module for private ones |
| Payment to the author | through the source’s own service | through the source’s own service |
| Ads in the feed | yes, on the free plan | none on any plan |
Q: Will the rules from Inoreader carry over?
A: No. In Readine you have to rebuild your rules from scratch.
Q: Does Inoreader support Telegram?
A: Yes, public channels only, and only on the paid plan. It does not support private channels. With a paid plan, Readine lets you reach private channels and chats using your own account.
Q: How quickly do new articles appear?
A: Readine checks sources on a schedule, so an update does not arrive instantly. You can set how often it checks, and buy a faster refresh module.
Q: Does Inoreader have ads?
A: Yes, only on the free plan. In Readine there are no ads, neither on the free plan nor on the paid plan.
Q: How do I move my subscriptions from Inoreader?
A: With an OPML file: export from Inoreader, 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.