PressReader Review

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Review of PressReader powered by the Slant community.

PressReader gives readers an endless stream of top news stories for reading, discussing, and sharing, just as they appear in print. PressReader delivers the top magazines and newspapers from 100+ countries and in 60+ languages. With a strong focus on news related material, PressReader has found its way into a very strong niche in the Android market.

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Pros

Pro
Text to voice translation in six languages

Being able to listen to articles is cool enough, but PressReader allows readers (or listeners) to hear their articles in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Russian.

Pro
Text-to-text translation is available in 12 languages

Text-to-text support includes Cantonese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. This is just one more feature that sets PressReader apart as one of the best news readers for Android.

Pro
New content is easy to discover

PressReader allows you to search by publication name, interest, country, or language preference. PressReader's advanced search options is one more aspect that emphasizes their attention to quality.

Pro
Easy to install and sync

With PressReader, you can sync your bookmarks, news preferences, and alerts across other apps on your Droid, or across other devices.

Pro
Downlaod full issues for offline reading

If you can't stay connected to the web, you can quickly download an article and move on with your life. This feature brings PressReader even closer to emulating tangible publications.

Cons

Con
"No connection error" is common among users

Many readers have given PressReader a 1 star reviews after the most recent update because it won't connect to the internet, which means they are unable to download articles.

Con
Costs $39.99 per month

Although some readers may already spend this on tangible publications, PressReader is more expensive than its counterparts.

Con
Constantly Crashes

According to user reviews, the newest update has caused the app to be very unstable. This problem is so common that almost half of PressReader's ratings are one star.