Inoreader is the better app overall, scoring 8.5 to 8.3. Inoreader wins on 1 of the 5 scores, Kindle on 3, with 1 tied.
Researchers and news fans who want to filter and automate lots of feeds
Readers who already buy ebooks from Amazon or own a Kindle
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Inoreader | Kindle |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Reading & News | Reading & News |
| Category rank | #5 of 11 | #8 of 11 |
| Developer | Innologica | Amazon |
| Pricing | Free + paid plans | Free |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mac | — | ✓ |
| Windows | — | ✓ |
| Web | ✓ | ✓ |
Common questions
Is Inoreader better than Kindle?
Inoreader is the better app overall, scoring 8.5 to 8.3. Inoreader wins on 1 of the 5 scores, Kindle on 3, with 1 tied.
Which is cheaper, Inoreader or Kindle?
Inoreader: Free for 150 feeds; Pro is $7.50 a month billed yearly, or $9.99 monthly. Kindle: Free app; you buy books one at a time, and Kindle Unlimited is optional. On value for money, Kindle scores higher.
Do Inoreader and Kindle work on the same devices?
Only Kindle runs on Mac, Windows.
Which is more private, Inoreader or Kindle?
Inoreader scores higher on privacy (8.6/10). App Store label: no tracking. Only contact info is linked to you, and diagnostics are collected without being tied to you.
Strengths and weaknesses
Inoreader
- Generous free plan with 150 feeds
- Rules and filters do the sorting for you
- Very little data linked to you
- Rules, newsletters and offline reading need Pro
- Busier screens than simpler readers
- AI Intelligence features are a paid add-on
Inoreader is the RSS reader for people who want control. Follow sites, YouTube channels and podcasts in one place, add newsletters and social feeds on Pro, then let rules and filters sort, tag and trim the flood. The free plan covers 150 feeds, and Pro adds monitoring feeds and offline reading. It's busier than Feedly, and its AI Intelligence features cost extra, but it links very little data to you.
Full Inoreader review
Kindle
- Huge store with over six million titles
- Syncs your place, highlights and notes
- Free to read on almost any device
- Can't buy books inside the iPhone app
- Books are locked to Amazon's ecosystem
- Ties lots of data to you, including for marketing
If you buy ebooks from Amazon, the Kindle app is how you read them anywhere. It syncs your place, highlights and notes across phone, tablet, computer and the web, and adds X-Ray, dictionary and Wikipedia lookups, translation, real page numbers and a switch to the Audible version if you own both. The store has over six million titles. The trade-offs are Amazon's lock-in and a privacy label that ties a lot of data to you.
Full Kindle review
