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Handcent Next SMS
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Can split a group text
Splitting a group text is a great option, so that follow-up can be personal and not everyone sees every response.
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Name is confusing
In your app drawer you'll see "Next SMS" but in Google Play "Handcent" is the first word of the app. That might confuse some people.
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Missed notification reminders
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Texting from a PC, Mac or tablet requires extra work
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Can text from a PC, Mac or tablet
Texting from another device allows one to not pick up one's phone every minute.
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Customizable appearance
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SMS Organizer
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Smart Assist
Check PNR status, check Flight status, Check-in directly through the SMS reminders itself. You need not open multiple apps, SMS organiser will take you to the right webpage through reminder cards and help you close your important tasks.
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Cannot set custom notifications
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Smart Reminders
Never miss your appointments now! SMS organiser will send you automatic reminders of upcoming trains, flights, buses, movies and even bill payments in time. You can also create a custom reminder to help you remember important events.
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Limited options to personalize groups
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Hassle Free OTP
It does a great job when you receive OTP. Shows at the top of the screen, you can copy OTP and it gets deleted automatically.
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No archive option
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Pulse SMS
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No RCS support
But only Messages has that.
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Multi-platform/Unified Messaging
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Inconsistent and intermittently unreliable syncing with web app.
Forgets password periodically - dev insists that it doesn't do this - but it does. Despite syncing via cloud there is no backup option.
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Open-source
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The web and pc clients haven't been updated in almost a year. No support for gifs in the web or pc clients. Sometimes the web and pc clients are unable to login or do not sync messages.
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Per-Conversation Customization
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Lacks support for UWP on Windows 10
UWP apps aren't hard to build - Luke K could bring his app to the Windows Store easily and make a TON of people happy at work.
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One-time fee
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Good Material Design UI
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Encrypted messaging content on devices
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You can use the iOS app as long as you know how to sideload it
It is on GitHub and there's a way to sideload it with Cydia impactor and appsigner.io
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QKSMS
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Allows responding to SMS without opening the app
When a new sms is received, a window will pop up that has the message and allows answering it from there, without having to open the app. It can be dismissed by tapping anywhere else on the screen.
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Last update was 2021
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Per-conversation notification settings
Users can set different notification settings per user as an easy way to know who is messaging without having to look at the actual message.
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Buggy
There are little annoyances here and there, from dark theme problems making text unreadable to crashing and missing notifications.
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Easily communicate with groups
Users can communicate with large groups at the same time due to the included group messaging feature. This is convenient when trying to synchronize with friends or colleagues.
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Lacks features compared to other offerings
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Very active developer who listens to the community
While QKSMS is one of the younger apps, the developer is quickly adding features/fixing bugs.
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Free
The app is available for free with an optional donation IAP that ranges from $1-$10.
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Beautiful design
Responsive, highly customizable Material Design interface makes for a native looking app that fits in well with Google's UI design guidelines.
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Save yourself from sending out bad messages
Through delayed messaging one can set it up so that a message is not sent automatically. This can help for those times that it may be best to think something over before sending out a rash message.
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Readable in day or night due to themes
There are light and dark themes available within the settings which can be switched depending on how light it is around one when using the app. The dark theme can also help to conserve battery when being used as not as much brightness and hence battery will be used.
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Schedule messages
Users can schedule messages to be sent for later.
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Convenient Android Wear support
Those that own an Android Wear device will be able to set it to receive their messages on the Android Wear device making for convenient notifications and easy messaging through not having to take their phone out.
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Android
Publisher:
QK Labs
File Size:
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Required Android Version:
4.0.3 and up
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Disa
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Doesn't support most messaging apps
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Does what it's supposed to do, without bloatware
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Disa doesn't follow the Google Design Guidelines
Hamburger Menu/Navigation Drawer (Side Menu): https://www.google.com/design/spec/patterns/navigation-drawer.html#navigation-drawer-content No Animations: https://www.google.com/design/spec/animation/meaningful-transitions.html https://www.google.com/design/spec/animation/delightful-details.html Empty Pages/States: https://www.google.com/design/spec/patterns/empty-states.html# Maybe a Launch screen?: https://www.google.com/design/spec/patterns/launch-screens.html#launch-screens-branded-launch
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Open source plugin API
Everyone can develop their own plug-ins.
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Does not support Google SMS
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Easy to use
Disa is very easy to use and has an open source API, so many new services will be added soon.
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Closed source
Disa is closed source, so the development speed is capped of their team, no external developer can help or add features that are not on the route of the team.
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Customizable notifications
Ability to set different notification sound/vibration/led based on the plugin.
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Doesn't support WhatsApp at the moment
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Unified conversations
Ability to merge conversations from the same contact on different services.
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Attaching pictures suddenly failed; no working solution.
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Friendly developers and generally good G+ community
Fast, decent replies to questions, even if they've been asked before.
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Smaller development team leading somewhat slow implementation of requested features
Though the main development (framework, etc) is moving along fine, things like quick reply and sending multiple images at once should've been in quicker.
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Many requested features
The developer team does actually listen to the community and adds requested features.
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Constantly asks to re-authenticate WhatsApp
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Pushbullet support
Disa works great with Pushbullet, allowing you to answer from your PC.
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Doesn't let you customize notifications per conversation or contact
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Many languages
Help and support in many languages.
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Disa takes privacy much more serious
Currently, the Disa team knows less about you than the website you're currently visiting.
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Great material design
With color-changing design with custom colors for each service.
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Platforms:
Android
Publisher:
Disa.im
File Size:
34M
Required Android Version:
4.0 and up
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Signal
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Provides security and privacy
Signal uses an advanced end to end encryption protocol that provides privacy for every message every time.
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Needs access to your phone number and contacts to work
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Free and open source
Signal is free and open source software, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code. It's the only private messenger that uses open source, peer-reviewed cryptographic protocols to keep your messages safe.
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Single device
Signal can only be registered to one mobile device at a time. But you can link Signal to Signal Desktop.
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Supports encrypted group chats
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Servers hosted in the US
A security risk due to National Security letters, which require giving up data to the US state, and making it illegal to disclose that.
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Has a desktop app
Signal Desktop can be used on multiple devices and has most features of the Android version, although it still requires you to register with your phone.
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Unreliable notifications
Sometimes messages won't be received if the Signal app has been closed for a long time or hasn't been opened after booting the device.
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Supports sharing of various different media types
Signal supports: emoji, pictures, videos, audio, contacts, any location and GIF.
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Poor support
Their E-mail adress for support are not working. They have a Community support on here. Sometimes if you need a support, you need to create an account on their forum and need to share a topic and wait for long time.
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Note to Self feature
Allows you to "send: messages to yourself and sync to desktop so you can use Signal as a kind of encrypted Pushbullet alternative
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You can easily view all media exchanged
You can easily view all media shared in the chat without scrolling back to when it was shared.
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Annonymous Sender (Encrypted)
The sender credentials can be encrypted with the rest of the message, leaving only the recipient address readable by the Signal server. Even if Signal wanted they couldn't see who is talking with who by this mean.
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Works everywhere in every country
Unlike most messenger apps, Signal works reliably in all countries by securely circumventing internet censorship.
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Recommended by Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden uses this messenger and recommends it to everyone who is concerned about his privacy.
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Platforms:
Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, Mac OS X
Publisher:
Open Whisper Systems
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Yes
Media:
images / audio / video / files / contacts / GIFs / location
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Messenger
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Lack of privacy
Messenger is owned by Facebook. Based on their privacy policy, this means that any information you provide (including messages sent) are used by Facebook to profile you and sell access to your data to advertisers.
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Uses Facebook friends to create a contacts list
Allows communicating with anyone who's a friend on Facebook.
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Lack of end-to-end encryption
Secret (end-to-end encrypted) chats are only supported in one-to-one messages, and are not enabled by default, and the encryption has not been verified independently.
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Read receipts
Can see who has seen each message in group messages.
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Easy to share posts from Facebook
Integration with Facebook makes it easy to share any interesting posts from the Facebook timeline.
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Great UI
User interface of the application is clean, intuitive and easy to overview.
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Platforms:
Android / iOS / WP
Publisher:
Facebook
File Size:
Varies with device
Required Android Version:
Varies with device
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Google Hangouts
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Mobile support
Hangouts offers both an Android and iOS app so users can participate from nearly any mobile device in addition to his Desktop.
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Poor video call quality
Only goes up to 720p30 + low bitrate.
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Screen sharing
Any user can share his screen (or only a specific desktop or window) while still continuing an audio conversation.
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Owned by Google
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Free group video support
Hangouts works with up to 10 participants using video out of the box or up to 15 if you are a business, government or school. It determines who is the primary speaker at any given time, and the camera view automatically switches to that user.
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Lacking clients for older versions
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Useful for businesses
Hangouts can scale to become a videoconferencing solution for an entire company, since the software can run on nearly all platforms. In fact, Google itself uses Hangouts as its meeting room video conference software.
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High hardware usage
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Easy to start using
Hangouts is integrated with Gmail & Google+, does not require you to download desktop software, and all chats can take place directly in your browser, significantly reducing the barrier to entry for a new user.
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Not recommended for long sessions
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Completely free
Google offers all features of Hangouts completely free. There are business, education and government solutions that increase the participant count to for video calls to 15 and offers support.
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Won't work on Windows 8-style UI
As Hangouts uses a browser plugin on the desktop and it doesn't work with Windows 8-style UI, it has to be used in desktop mode.
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Cross platform
Hangouts work on Android, iOS, Chrome OS, web and as a Chrome extension.
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Live broadcasting and instant recording
With Google+ “Hangouts on Air”, you can broadcast any hangout to an unlimited audience via your Goolge+ Profile or simply a generic YouTube link. Moreover, any Hangout on Air (public or private) is automatically saved as YouTube video that you can keep for private reference or use in any way that you would normally share a YouTube video. This allows you to record conversations without additional obtrusive software.
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Google Voice integration
Allows for a fixed phone number, receiving and making calls. Calling US or Canada is free.
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Integrates with Google Maps for sharing locations
When chatting with people while trying to plan a meet up, the share map button can be extremely useful.
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Android app does both sms and hangouts messaging
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iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, Web
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rsync
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Fast and bandwidth efficient
Only the changed parts of files are synced. For instance, if a long log file increases by just a few lines of text, a small diff will be sent to and saved in the archive. Rsync also compresses data in transit.
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No official GUI
To use rsync, you have to know your way around the command line.
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Works over SSH
SSH support allows sending files securely over the network by encrypting all communcation.
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Complicated, and you can accidentally overwrite the wrong files
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Pre-installed on OSX and most Linux distributions
Many *nix systems bundle rsync so there's nothing to install. All you need to do is open up the terminal and start using rsync.
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Free and open source
Licensed under GNU.
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Platforms:
Linux, Mac, BSD
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Yahoo News Digest
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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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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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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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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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Circa News
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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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Inoreader
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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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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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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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Android, iOS, Kobo, web, macOS, Windows
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Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari extension, desktop app
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Paperoak
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8
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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
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Yes
Filtering:
Yes
Offline support:
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Feedly
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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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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
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Yes
Search:
Yes
Filtering:
Yes
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Flipboard
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7
Cons
3
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Very polished UI that is organized like a magazine
This app has a very polished, magazine-style layout, that is flipped through by swiping. Because of its layout, Flipboard is especially nice on tablets.
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Excessive ads with no way to remove them
Flipboard doesn’t offer subscription plans, having only the completely free full version. However, it does feature ads that appear between articles and there’s no way of removing this function.
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Personalized magazines
Magazines is a features by Flipboard that can allow anyone to create their own personalized magazine by collecting the content from various websites and collate them into a magazine that can also be shared to other readers. Magazines can be set to either public or private access and anyone can follow the magazine.
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Needs better organization of topics, mags, users followed
When you follow 3-5 magazines per topic (sometimes more) it would be nice to be able to group some of these together in a way that constricts the 'fire hose' of content.
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Free
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Low quality news sources
The default content is from low quality sources such as Mashable.
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Cross-platform
Flipboard is available on Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Windows and web app.
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Google Reader import
There is also a simple import from Google Reader.
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Social network integration
Flipboard pulls information from Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, etc. Everything is aggregated in one app, which can then be flipped through and shared, either directly on Flipboard or on social networks.
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Easily discover stories based on topics
Flipboard has millions of Magazines that anyone can follow, covering various subjects. Some cover general topics like home decoration, while others are immensely specific: for example, there’s one just about technological advances that extend human lifespan. All users can create their own Magazines and share them publicly, with friends, or keep them for private use.
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Platforms:
Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Windows, Web
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Syncthing
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7
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5
Cons
1
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Free and open-source
Licensed under MIT.
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In beta
Although mostly stable, such stability is not guaranteed, and support is only community driven. Caution advised.
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Cross-platform
Available for Linux, OS X and Windows and web.
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Works out of the box
Requires no configuration to protect your privacy; it just works.
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Reasonably active community forum
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Unofficial Android client available
An Android app was created by a third-party.
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Platforms:
Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Android
License:
MPL-2.0
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Go
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PressReader
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5
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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Costs $39.99 per month
Although some readers may already spend this on tangible publications, PressReader is more expensive than its counterparts.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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