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Press
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Works offline
Once articles are synced, all of the information is cached and can be viewed while offline.
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Unreliable after being installed a while
After about a week, this app stops working as intended. Features like syncing and caching are the most common features to break.
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Lots of integrations
Works as a front-end for Feedly, Feedbin, Fever or Feed Wrangler.
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Lack of updates may cause compatibility issues
The last update to the Google Play Store was January 2014. It looks like it's been abandoned, so will likely have increasing issues with bugs and compatibility concerns with newer Android versions.
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Gorgeous UI
Beautiful app, and a great user experience. Press is able to take info from other readers and present it in a more manageable fashion.
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Android only
You are limited to only using the app on an Android device.
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Customizable themes
Light and dark themes are available to accommodate users in high or low light environments.
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Readability support
Press is compatible with Readability; a service that stores online articles for reading later.
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Great widget
Press has a widget available for easier reading.
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gReader
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4
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2
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Free version has very basic widget support
The free version includes just the icon widget, other widgets can be accessed with the pro version which costs $4.69.
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Built-in text-to-speech
The app can read the news stories out lout to you.
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Free version has ads
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Has a lockscreen widget
The widget allows checking the news without having to unlock the phone.
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Integrates with multiple read it later services
gReader integrates with Pocket, Instapaper and Readability.
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Integrates with third-party RSS services and works as a standalone RSS reader
While the app can integrate with third-party RSS services, like Feedly and The Old Reader, it can be used as a standalone RSS reader as well.
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Inoreader
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26
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Pros
18
Cons
7
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Easy to overview the list of articles so you can quickly find articles that interest you
All the feeds are easily accessible, allowing for a quick access to the most relevant articles, thanks to the interface’s design: minimal and free of distracting, unnecessary elements.
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Ads in free version
Ads appear in both mobile apps and the web version.
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Can generate new feeds from folders and tags.
You can resyndicate a curated feed of tagged or organized content.
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Limits free users
While Inoreader's basic functions are still available for free users, many of the options involving customization and search options are limited to paying users.
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Loads really fast
The lightweight UI allows Inoreader to display feeds quickly.
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Can't have unread items older than a month
If you don't read items older than 1 month they are automatically marked as read, with no possibility to "unread" them.
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Supports multiple views
List, card, or expanded view.
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No sub folders
You can't create sub folders. This makes it a bit harder to organize saved content.
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In-depth statistics about sources
Using the built-in dashboard, users can see most read sources, how often they update over time, etc.
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Price change / Feature capping instituted
In February 2019 Inoreader announced that the "Professional" plan will be capped (big change from unlimited filters to just 30!): Based on our observations, the new premium feature limits on the “Pro” plan are as follows: 10 Rules - *** Increased to 30 Rules after Inoreader evaluated feedback from their users. 30 Active Searches 100 Boosted Feeds 30 Social media feeds per service (Facebook, Twitter, VKontakte). These limitations will be applied to your account at the start of your next subscription period. All features that you use above the new limits will be deactivated, and only those that were created earliest chronologically will remain (For e.g. your earliest 10 Rules created).
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Easy to remove duplicate content
If you read from a large list of feeds that may contain overlapping information, Inoreader offers removing one of the duplicates.
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Mail2Tags is buggy
Only a small amount of e-mails looks OK. Most e-mails are unreadable.
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Extensive keyboard shortcut support
Shift + O and shift + N can be used in order to scroll quickly through feeds.
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Uses Ram when it is not active (stays in memory)
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Can disable social features
Social interaction features can be disabled if they are not wanted.
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Can filter articles by keyword
Allows user to filter rss feeds based on keywords and regular expressions. 1 Filter for Free, 10 for Plus members, and Unlimited filters for Professional members.
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Free search for all users
Unlike Feedly where search is a paid service, Inoreader allows search for free users. If you want to find content you have read by some keyword, it is free for everyone.
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Optional login using Google or Facebook accounts
You can either use a username/password pair, or you can use your Facebook or Google account to login.
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Supports OPML files
Collections from other readers can be downloaded in OPML (outline processor markup language) files.
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Premium users can search in all public RSS feeds, even in those that they haven't subscribed to
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Has a night mode
For people who prefer reading articles at night.
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Cross platform
Inoreader has clients for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone, as well as a web app.
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Social media integration
Pro version has the ability to search Facebook, Google+ and Twitter feeds as well.
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Tags and filter tags
This is one of the best features.
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Rules allow you to trigger events
Rules allow for simple or complex conditions that can trigger webhooks, broadcasting, tagging, push notifications, and more, including adding items to a published folder or tag feed.
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Platforms:
Web, iOS, Android, Windows Phone
API:
Yes
Search:
Yes
Annotation:
Yes
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Paperoak
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8
Cons
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Doesn't contain ads
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Not available on iOS
PaperOak does not have an iOS version yet.
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It's free
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It's fast
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Supports multiple languages like English, German, Portuguese at the same time
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Can save articles offline by adding them to your bookmarks
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Website and Android application for reading
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OPML Import
You can now import feed using an OPML file on the web app which will then be automatically synced with your android app.
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Import RSS/Atom feed
You can now import RSS/Atom feeds right from within the Android app.
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Platforms:
Web, Android
Search:
Yes
Filtering:
Yes
Offline support:
Yes
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NewsTab Reader
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8
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5
Cons
2
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Pro
Simplicity of reading articles without distracting content around
The ability to read an article directly in the app in a simplified view without having to load each article in a separate browser again is very convenient.
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Con
No keyword filtering
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Smart
It finds the best stories in the feeds.
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Lacks customization and features
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Combination of design and functionality
Design is beautiful and really easy to use. Options to save and read later, to add any rss url, to follow by #.
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All in one
It is totally FREE, easy and fun to use, and with amazing feed catalog.
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Allows users to find and follow any RSS feed
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Platforms:
Android, iOS, Web
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Yahoo News Digest
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5
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3
Cons
2
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Pro
Beautiful UI design
Great look and feel to the app as you swipe though stories or scroll down on a headline to read more details. Most stories come with custom designed graphs tailored for the story.
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Con
No customization of news headlines or categories
You only get the top 8-10 headlines of the day regardless of news category or source.
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Great for a casual reader of the News
Rather than give you full articles, the app creates "Atoms". It's a short summary of the news event, generated from a variety of different sources. It provides infographs, images, videos and more to help you quickly understand the news event. This means you are able to read through all of the news stories in minutes.
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Meager sharing options
You can share any article in the digest, but it doesn't give many options for tailoring the message that is sent.
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Only shows top few stories
Hard to get lost in reading news when you only get 8-12 stories at a time.
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Circa News
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5
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No web version yet
Circa News is not available on the web, but this feature is coming soon.
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Makes it effortless to stay on top of the news
Circa lets users follow a selected story and get alerts to breaking news.
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Beautifully designed
Everything displayed on Circa News is meant to be clear, concise, and easy to navigate.
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Articles are to the point
Circa News uses curators to provide summaries of stories, not fluffy narratives.
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Ability to Follow favorite stories
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Android Wear compatible
This app pushes breaking news to Android Wear devices so alerts are never missed. Colors and animations can be chosen to make the notifications interesting.
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Pocket
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Available on the web and mobile devices
Pocket is available on iOS, Android, Kobo eReader and on the web.
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Con
Only the paid version allows to search by tag
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Allows reading saved content in offline mode
Instead of only saving the link, the content is saved for offline use.
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Correct and open export of bookmarks and tags are not possible
This means that Pocket is (currently) a total lock-in. This is very sad, unfortunate and creates a no go decision for any seasoned user. Too many bookmarking and tagging companies have stopped or have gone bankrupt these last years (e.g. Kippt, Spingpad, Delicious (to some extent), etc...). So, if you are going to invest a lot of your personal time and energy in curating your Internet findings (i.e. your bookmarks and tags), it is essential that a total, fair and open export (including all tags) functionality is provided. Personally tested the export "feature" and the resulting .html file that Pocket generates currently included only the URLs themselves, i.e. no save dates nor any of your personally curated tags, nor any other useful meta-data. This is deplorable, because otherwise, Pocket is a very polished and well-functioning piece of multi-platform and multi-device software/app/web service, with a very easy and well-designed and implemented user interface... Please fix this, Pocket ! These days of open and inter-operable web services, users are only attracted by valuable functionality, clean UX design and no lockins.
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Well-finished GUI and UX
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Search function in Pro version does not follow the proper date sequence
Although the pro version lets us search by tags, the search results unfortunately does not follow the time sequence of the saving of articles. Search results may show some old articles first, then a bunch of new articles, and then again old articles. It's so random and frustating. I have been using Pocket pro for quite a long time primarily because it lets me have the permanent copy of a news (this feature is really useful in journalism). However, when I search tag wise for the old references, the absence of time-sequencing the search results really frustates me.
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The Pocket plugin for Google Chrome is very stable
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Can't rename the title of links
If the page title isn't correct/good for a link, there is no way for you to fix it.
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Allows tagging bookmarks
Bookmarks can be tagged for search accuracy later on.
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Not really a bookmark tool but a tool to save webpages for later reading
A real bookmark tool has editable fields like title, url, folder, tags, notes. This saves webpages.
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Included in Firefox
Pocket is now integrated into the Firefox web browser, and you can login using your firefox/mozilla login, instead of having to create a separate account. This login method can even be used natively on their website, regardless what browser is being used.
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Deleted or edited tags do not go away from tag suggestions
For example, imagine you accidentally created a tag "US" instead of "USA," and saved some articles under "US." The unfortunate part is even if you edit the tag and rename it "USA" , the previous tag name will always appear in the suggested tags: so when saving an article, if you type US in the tag box, you will see two suggestions "US" and "USA."
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Integrates with over 500 apps
A key advantage of Pocket is that it is integrated in over 500 apps as a way to save the link, including Twitter, Flipboard, Pulse and Zite.
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Chrome addon doesn't let you open your library without saving current page first
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Works well across Google Chrome on macOS and iOS
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Can't import Firefox bookmark tags
When importing bookmarks from Firefox, Pocket doesn't include the tags.
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Highlighting available on iOS
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Chrome addon doesn't allow you to add tags with keyboard only (have to use mouse) while saving page
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Ability to filter by content type
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Platforms:
Android, iOS, Kobo, web, macOS, Windows
Software Type:
Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari extension, desktop app
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NewsBlur
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11
Cons
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Pro
Recommended articles that improves over time
NewsBlur has a discovery algorithm that users can "train" to show stories they are interested in and hide ones they don't care about.
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Freemium
This service is free, but can cost up to $24 per year for premium users.
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Keyboard shortcuts for fast navigation
By default arrow keys and spacebar are used to quickly navigate stories, but they can be rebound for premium accounts.
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Can't have unread items older than a 14 days/month
This is a premium feature.
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Multiple layout & style options
NewsBlur allows users to customize the font size, line spacing, story layout, and type faces.
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Fast to use
Very fast to navigate around the UI and load articles.
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View content the way it is originally displayed
NewsBlur offers an option of reading articles just like they are displayed on the original site.
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Cross-platform
Works on iOS, Android, and as a webapp.
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Organize feeds into folders
Feeds can be grouped into folders for easier management and to allow users to separate feeds for work, comics, research, etc.
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Share stories with comments
Burblog is a simple, customizable website for sharing stories with comments that people can subscribe to.
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Aggregates email newsletters
You can forward email newsletters to a user-specific email address to have them aggregated in your feed reader along with your RSS content.
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Free / Libre software
NewsBlur is FOSS, so it can be freely modified & redistributed.
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Freemium service
Free version has a limit of 64 sites. Upgrading to unlimited sites costs $1/month.
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Platforms:
Web, iOS, Android
Search:
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Feedly
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23
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Pros
11
Cons
11
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Clean, easy to overview UI
Feedly has an easy to overview interface. While this interface is clean and simple, it is still full of bright colors. A great feature that adds to the clean feel is "eliminate clutter", which keeps only the text of the desired topic.
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Long list of paid-only features
Free features are pretty basic. It seems like all the new development goes into paid-only features. Paid features include sharing and saving options, alerts, backup, support or integrations with collaborative tools.
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Integrates other services for ease of use and sharing
Feedly sign-in is done with Facebook, Twitter, Google, or Microsoft credentials. It offers many ways to share a story from within the application, including social networks, e-mail, etc.
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No push notifications
Among the most requested features for Feedly is push notification support. The feature was officially requested in 2011 and currently has over 600 votes on Feedly's Uservoice.
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Choice of many different layouts
For each news source, a different layout can be chosen. Choose between showing thumbnails, titles and summaries, titles only, thumbnails with overlaid titles in a grid, or have all content inlined.
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Log-in is buggy
Logging in can sometimes cause Feedly to struggle. It can become unresponsive and force close.
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Great article recommendations
Search a topic and Feedly will offer resources that are related to that topic.
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Con
The layout isn't like Google's original or Inoreader's of which is much easier to browse and read quickly
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Supports OPML export/import
With this feature, all subscriptions can be saved.
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Inline adds
Free version puts adds in your feeds
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Seamless Google Reader migration
Feedly have made it especially easy to navigate away from Google Reader.
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No keyword filtering
Feedly has no ability to filter a feed by keyword like a lot of other RSS readers do.
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Similar mobile experience to Google Reader
It supports a list UI similar to Google Reader, among other more graphical layouts.
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No offline support
There is no offline support with the official client.
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Browser extensions
Feedly's extension lets users add feeds directly from websites, but also lets users curate pages, save them to Evernote or Facebook, email, or Tweet pages.
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Forces external account to log in
Users are forced to use Twitter, Facebook, Google, or Microsoft login credentials.
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Open API
There are multitudes of third party clients available for many platforms.
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Steals page views
Feedly has had issues multiple times with hijacking page views from original publishers. See: Feedly WAS (is) Hijacking Shared Links And Cutting Out Original Publishers Feedly Found a New Way to Steal Page Views From Publishers
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Boards for organising the content (Paid)
Feedly allows you to create unlimited Boards (folders/sets/collections) and use them to organise your saved content.
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Organization/sorting features lacking
There is no ability to sort feeds within a folder, and moving feeds between folders is difficult with lots of content.
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IFTTT and Zapier integration (Paid)
Feedly functionality can be extended and workflows automated with IFTTT and Zapier integrations that make it possible to connect the reader with hundreds of popular apps.
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Slow interface
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Platforms:
Web, iOS, Android, Kindle
API:
Yes
Search:
Yes
Filtering:
Yes
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Miniflux
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2
Cons
1
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Focused on content
The interface is very simple yet usable (completely navigable with keyboard), and focuses on the content.
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Subscription management
It is currently a bit difficult to handle many subscriptions in the web interface, as there is no mass edit option.
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Very light and easy installation
It is easy to install, and has few dependencies. It requires very few resources to run.
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Tasker
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Infinitely tweakable
Tasker has an impressive amount of triggers, actions, and parameters that can be used together in an incredible variety of ways. It can even accept scripts to follow instructions.
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Awful user interface
While it's incredibly powerful, Tasker's user interface is counter-intuitive, confusing, and just plain clunky at every turn.
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Create powerful custom applications
Tasker has the ability to create custom applications, effectively replacing multiple installed apps in your phone with tasks that are triggered automatically. What's even better is that they will be custom tailored to fit your specific needs.
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Steep learning curve
Tasker lacks good documentation or tutorials, which is important as the learning curve is very high if you want to use its advance features where this app actually shines.
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Can adjust system software
With Root access it can also dabble with system software which other apps are not likely to achieve at the moment.
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Export tasks as standalone apps
Tasker allows exporting workflows you've created as standalone applications that can then be shared or even put on the Google Play store.
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Awesome plugin support
Tasker has awesome plugin support to connect with hardware that usually requires installing specific apps. For example, it has a plugin for Pebble smartwatch so that you can automate tasks that require using Pebble.
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Purchase only once
The dev does not keep bringing out revised apps expecting you to pay each and every time; the same app has been developed consistently for nearly a decade.
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Nooshub
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13
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Pros
10
Cons
2
Specs
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Pro
Cleans your feed by automatic grouping of similar articles
This feature can be turned off though.
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Con
Only 1 month free then monthly/yearly fee after 1 month trial
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Highlights topics that have many articles
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May cost money after beta
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Search through your collections
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Works on mobile and tablet
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Plays podcasts
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Readymade collections
Can be cloned and tweaked.
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Live updates
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OPML import and export
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No ads
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Dark Mode
Has an auto mode that activates dark mode in the evening.
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Platforms:
Web, iOS
Price:
1mo free, then 4$/month
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Yes
Dark Theme:
Yes
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AdAway
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Pros
4
Cons
2
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System wide blocking
Use the hosts files to block ads, so it works for everything.
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Needs root (by design)
Needs root to update the hosts file.
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Doesn't consume CPU time or memory
The app updates the hosts file periodically but doesn't need to run in the background in order to block ads, which is especially convenient for older phones.
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Won't block same domain ads
Because the host file can only redirect domains, if the ad and content are on the same domain the ad will be displayed.
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Can use systemless host
Can be used without modifying the system if rooted with magisk.
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Can use custom host files
Lots of people and keep their own updated host files used for blocking ads and ad away supports loading them in or even adding their source for autoloading.
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Platforms:
Android (Host-file)
Blocking:
System-wide
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IFTTT
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5
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Pros
2
Cons
2
Specs
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Free
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Recipes aren't guaranteed to work
Sometimes recipes don't work as expected, or fail to launch completely.
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Extremely simple
While this app can complete complex tasks, it is very easy to use.
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Limits only one action per trigger
Instead of allowing users to have a large amount of actions launch based off of one trigger, the limit is only 1:1.
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Platforms:
Web, Mobile
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Zenkit
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4
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Pros
3
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Powerful and simple to use tool with a clean design
Easy to use and easily understandable for everyone.
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Many important data views
Data views include Mind-Map, Kanban-Board, Spreadsheet, List, and Calendar. Views can be switched easily.
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Native apps
Native apps for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and Linux.
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Platforms:
Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iPhone
Languages:
English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Chinese (traditional), Korean, Russian
API:
Yes
Collaborative:
Yes
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News as Facts
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5
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5
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Elegant design
Design makes it very easy to read. No obstructions or ads anywhere.
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No ads or tracking
News as Facts doesn't have any ads or tracking software. The site always loads instantly.
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Daily email digests
Once you sign up you can receive a daily email digest of the most important news right to your inbox every morning. It's probably the most efficient way to catch up on world news.
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Unbiased news
The news are sourced from Wikipedia so the language is neutral, concise, and always are from reputable sources.
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Custom themes
If you sign up you can customize the colors of the site to your liking.
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OsmAnd Maps & Navigation
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Pros
11
Cons
8
Specs
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Based around crowdsourced OpenStreetMap data
OSM provides a map editable by everyone; just like the web-based encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Using a community edited map allows one to correct isses they encounter. Combined with the monthly turn around, these edits are added for navigation quickly.
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Con
Slow and sometimes poor search
Most often does not find what you are looking for (which is not caused by bad OSM data).
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OpenStreetMap contributing made convenient
One can also utilize features to contribute back to OSM. This includes reporting a bug or adding a POI. This feature doesn't require an internet connection as the points can be uploaded latter upon request.
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Slow rendering
It can take some time for an area to be rendered. This tends not to be a problem during navigation since only a small area must be rendered as the map moves, and this area isn't immediately needed; though likely a bigger issue with smaller screens.
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Works offline once the maps are downloaded
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Poor navigation interface
The interface is not the most intuitive, though is continually progressing. It doesn't provide a 3D view like many navigation apps.
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Helpful lane guidance
Lane guidance can assist in deciding if one should stay in the right or left lanes. OsmAnd provides detailed information on the number of lanes and which are valid for your chosen destination; based on the data available it may show too many or too few lanes.
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Near impossible to scroll through map
Due to the slow rendering (already mentioned) it is near impossible to scroll through OsmAnd's maps. You move the map only slightly and it takes ages to redraw all vector layers.
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Excellent general map viewing
Sometimes one needs more than just navigation, they have a need to view a map or specify a specific route. OsmAnd provides a very nice, detailed map. This can be good for seeing what is around you or showing a place you are talking about to a friend. It also provides a means to add waypoints on the map which can be used to dictate a specific route (not simple enough to do routinely).
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No display when the next speed limit occurs
When driving on unknown streets you are often surprised by speed limits or town signs, so you have to friction brake.
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Routinely updated maps
Utilizing the community driven OpenStreetMap data has allowed for monthly publishing of new maps that the user can use. Though that doesn't necessarily mean the map data has changed.
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Terrible address data
This is a limitation of OSM's data, but it is unreliable for locating an address while offline. Even with internet it doesn't appear that it can locate most addresses.
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Free and open source
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No recorded voices can be found for download, only text-to-speech
Though not generally a problem, since OsmAnd+ favours TTS-based voice prompts it does advertise also supporting recorded voice prompts. However they cannot be downloaded or selected anywhere in the app, so you'll end up with awkward pronunciation, depending on your device's TTS engine, especially when setting your language to English in a non-English speaking area. Disabling street names will help as a limited workaround, but for those looking for clear and well-pronounced instructions, it's better to look elsewhere.
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Shows speed limit
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Being based on OpenStreetMap data can be lacking
The use of OSM also has the drawback of many places not getting the attention needed for updates. Depending on the geographic location OSM may have the most detailed maps or the most bare/outdated map.
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Contour lines enable understanding the terrain
Through the use of an additional plugin OsmAnd Maps & Navigation is able to utilize contour lines on its maps which helps view the landscape and terrain.
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For car navigation, vehicle parameters and specifications can be entered
This helps in optimizing route calculations based on vehicle's maximum speed or a country's maximum speed limits, typical driving speeds, width and height of the vehicle and so on.
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Has an option to FAVOUR (rather than avoid) unpaved roads (remember when you have this selected!)
This helps in avoiding often congested main roads and in casually discovering alternative routes, sometimes dirt roads as well, which are commonly far less-travelled in most places. Odd place for this option though, should be near the section where you can select which types of roads to avoid instead.
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License:
GPLv3
Supported platforms:
Android, iOS
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Nova Launcher Prime
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Has a more customizable stock Android experience
Nova Launcher provides an experience that's similar to stock Android, but adds multiple customization options. Customization ranges in ways that interactions and the user interface can be changed both aesthetically and functionally.
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Lacks automatic backup
There is no way to automatically back up settings or content. Reinstalling the launcher on the same device will lose all settings and content.
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Fast
Speed of Nova Launcher is one of the app's key points. Even with a lot of widgets Nova Launcher performs speedy.
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Overwhelming at first
Nova Launcher offers such a huge amount of customization that at first it is quite a bit overwhelming. There are settings everywhere and other launchers offer more of a step-by-step setup process. Nova Launcher could take you hours to set up how you like it. On the other hand the pure amount of settings allows you to set it up almost exactly how you like it.
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Drawer style options
Options include horizontal pages, vertical scrolling or list. The user is also able to adjust the background transparency. This way the users drawer can look unique while also offering more or less apps on the page depending on their preference.
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Notification count not included
Notification count need tesla Unread app to be installed
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Custom grid size
From the Nova Settings menu, users can create a custom grid size for their desktop and app drawer, up to a maximum of 12 columns and rows. Discriminating users can also adjust the size of the margins on the top, bottom, left and right. This allows for users to set how many widgets and apps can fit on these screens.
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unable to inherit icon size on dock - dekstop - drawer
you need to set icon size separately on dock - dekstop - drawer
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Custom icon packs
Not all custom launchers allow custom icon packs. Nova supports most custom icon packs that are in the Play Store.
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Less icon packs
This launcher has less icon packs. The system icons it has, are not HD quality.
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Infinite home screen scroll
Turning on infinite scrolling allows the user to move seamlessly among all of their home screens, rather than having to scroll backward when the last page is reached. This proves particularly useful if the user has a large number of homescreens. Infinite scrolling can also be enabled in the app drawer.
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Memory utilisation is a bit high
With all of the features and options Nova Launcher offers there is an understandable loss of RAM, though it could always be optimized better.
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Extra dock pages
There are extra bottom row dock pages accessible when swiping left or right on the dock. In Nova's settings there is support for a maximum of five dock pages and a minimum of one. This way you can set up to 25 shortcuts in the dock that can be scrolled though, leaving plenty of room on the home screen for widgets and other apps.
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Tapping & swiping a shortcut can have different results
Nova has the ability to add an assortment of action shortcuts to the home-screen which can be performed when swiping on particular areas or icons (as opposed to when tapping).
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Folders in the app drawer
Nova Launcher has the ability to add folders into the app drawer making for easy sorting of many apps.
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Can automatically sort inside of folders alphabetically
The user can sort their folders in the drawer and home-screen alphabetically.
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Tablet support
The app drawer and widgets take full advantage of a tablets extra screen real estate.
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Outstanding widget support
With the custom grids, most widgets can be sized to specifications which give added control over Android home screens.
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Allows hiding the status bar
Within Nova's setting the user can set the notification bar to stay hidden, allowing for more screen real estate.
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Desktop lock
It has an option to lock the icons and widgets in place as well as locks out the ability to delete apps, preventing accidental rearranging or deletions.
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Folder contents synced between drawer and homescreen
Create a folder in the drawer. Drag the folder from the drawer to a home screen. Add more items to the drawer folder. The item gets added automatically to the home screen folder (because it is the same folder). In addition, the user can set a custom icon for the folder (or for each shortcut).
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Google widget customizations
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Sesame Shortcuts integration
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Gesture support
Use gestures (swipe up, double tap, etc.) to easily launch apps.
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Stable
Solid performance for getting work (and play) done, no crashes, no slow downs.
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Useful visual customization options
Allows you to customize scroll effects, scroll speeds, animation speed, app animations, gestures. All of these options allow for very individualistic differences in how the launcher performs and looks, making for a great way to set ones phone apart from others.
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A free version available
A free version, Nova Launcher is available, but it lacks gestures, unread counts, custom drawer groups, ability to hide apps from the app drawer, icon swipes and additional scroll effects.
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Backup option available.
Users can save their configuration in a backup file and quickly restore it.
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Unread counts
Nova Launcher Prime offers unread counts for all supported apps, a feature not available on all launchers. Although it requires the free installation of TeslaUnread. What TeslaUnread does is add unread count numbers to certain application icons in ones application drawer and home screen, giving a quick overview of how many unread notifications they have in that supported application.
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Publisher:
TeslaCoil Software
File Size:
8.35MB
Required Android Version:
4.1 and up
In App Purchases:
None
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SwiftKey
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Highly acclaimed for its constantly improving prediction engine
The prediction engine of SwiftKey is continuously being improved by using data from social networks, text messages or even emails from the user's device. Predictions appear above the keyboard as soon as a letter is typed. By adjusting to the user's writing habits and style, it really helps to save time when writing.
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Swipe recognition not as smart as Swype
It requires much more precision, if you miss one letter you have little chance of having the desired word, which makes it difficult to use in some situations.
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Can be customized with plenty of themes available
Swiftkey offers a wide range of different themes to add personality to your keyboard (some are free.. others paid for via in app purchases).
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Privacy, automatically saves unknown words
E.g. passwords entered in plain text fields, place names, people names etc.
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Has a large number of languages available
Has 61+ languages available that can be downloaded. So chances are the languages you need will be available.
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High data bandwidth usage
This product consumes several MB per week, sometimes per day. The fact that SwiftKey doesn't fix the bug despite many similar reports is not really reassuring.
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Multiple simultaneous languages
Keyboard can integrate multiple languages into one seamless autocorrect engine.
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No language separation or weighing
If you load several languages, you can choose any keyboard for any of them, but it won't help the recognition algorithm, which insists on giving other language words in the most absurd situations. Again, no help from their support to arrange the situation.
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Can be resized to as large or as small as you want
You can choose between five different sizes to resize the keyboard.
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Cannot remove some options
You cannot remove the emojis or Info button from the keyboard.
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Can be undocked
The feature may seem odd but the ability to undock the keyboard is extremely useful in certain situations. For example when creating content or using difficult websites.
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Themes are in app purchases
Like most third party keyboards, Swiftkey offers tons of themes but of course they cost money and have to be purchased through the app.
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Ad-free
SwiftKey is competely ad-free.
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The smallest layout is too big
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Can be customized to have a numbers row in easy reach
Users can optionally display a number pad above the keyboard.
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High processor/memory usage makes it unusable on older devices
SwiftKey is extremely resource-intensive compared to many of its competitors, and will often lag even on high-end smartphones.
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Gestures typing or tap typing
Swiftkey supports both popular methods of typing. Either way the methods integrate perfectly with the predictions featured above the keyboard.
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Predicting and inserting word combinations faulty
Recent update enabled Swiftkey to predict short word combinations. In principle this should be quite convenient, but so far it turns out this new algorithm is defective and way too aggressive. Too often it inserts combinations that are completely meaningless, or inserts English combinations in Dutch sentences or the other way around. Has almost doubled the amount of corrections needed.
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Fast access to Emojis
When users type the name of the desired Emoji, a small list will come up where the right one can be selected.
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Bought by Microsoft
Will undoubtedly lead to less innovation.
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Free
Swiftkey is free to download and use, though there are in app purchases to unlock more features.
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Users can view in-depth usage statistics
SwiftKey will even provide you exciting data about how you type such as a heatmap. The more you use SwiftKey, the more your heat map will transform from perfect circles into blobs where you tend to press. From the Heatmap you'll know where you tend to make mistakes and how SwiftKey is improved. Other stats provided include: Distance flowed in meters Keystrokes saved Typos corrected Words completed
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Supports Google voice dictation
Even though SwiftKey is a third party keyboard, Swiftkey still uses the preferred Google voice dictation.
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All the typing information saved from SwiftKey is synced across devices
Any learned words, phrases (inc. email addresses) will be backed up to the cloud and available across multiple devices.
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Various convenient layouts available, also for tablets
Among the layout choices is a split keyboard which anchors each half to the lower corners of the screen, where one would naturally hold a tablet device while typing, with the option to place a dedicated 10-key number pad in the unused space between them.
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Cloud backup
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Social Account Integration for learning new languages
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Platforms:
Android
App Stores:
Google Play
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