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EmailThis
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Available on the web and mobile devices
Extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. Bookmarklet for Safari & IE. Also includes a 'mail to self' feature for Android and iOS devices.
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PDF snapshots & notes
Lets to save PDF snapshots of all web pages. EmailThis also lets you add notes and keywords for faster searching.
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One-click save
The Chrome extension allows you to save articles with a single click.
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Makes it easy to organize and save pages for later
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Allows reading saved content in offline mode
Web pages are cleaned up and sent to your email inbox. They can be accessed even offline from mobile devices.
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Tagpacker
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100% free (at the moment)
The company earns (enough) money with affiliate links, therefore there is no need for a purchasable pro membership.
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Uses affiliate links, which can be seen as an invasion of privacy
Affiliate links are usually not only a way to earn money with advertisement. They also include generating user profiles, which could be seen as a big privacy issue.
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Auto tagging
It makes tag suggestions based on your tags already used
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Only list view available
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Follows strict privacy rules
Because it is located in Germany, the company has to follow very strict rules regarding privacy.
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Automate tasks with Zapier
Automating tasks with Zapier.
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API
Programatically access links and tags.
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Clean, efficient UI
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Date
It saves the date when the bookmark is added
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Pinboard
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Paid service
Costs $11/year. Many features are available elsewhere for free.
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An ad-free site with no third-party tracking
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Unresponsive support
Don't expect a response from their support email. Developer is very active on twitter, perhaps a tweet might work better.
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Cheap
The standard account is $11/year. The pro account ($25/year) provides you: A permanent personal copy of every bookmark you save. Full-text search of all your bookmarks Dead link and error detection
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Can't provide service paid for
I paid for an archival account for 5 years; as my subscription was about to end, there was no way to download my archive. The download button accomplished nothing, emails went unanswered, my post to the pinboard google support group was not approved, dm on twitter was unanswered. A public comment on twitter got me a reply that he'd "look into it", then nothing. $100+ down the drain! Save your money and look elsewhere.
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A searchable archive of all your tweets and favorites
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Easy tagging
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Excellent API
Pinboard has an API that gives you access to all features used in the webapp, so you can build scripts and apps that work against it very easily.
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Paid service
The service receives direct income from its customers so it is less likely to disappear overnight like so many free services, taking all your bookmarks with it.
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Easy download of all your data
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The ability to bookmark by email from your iPhone
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A way to save notes and other snippets of text as bookmarks
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Built-in sync of links and favorites from multiple Twitter accounts
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Built-in integration with Instapaper
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Raindrop.io
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Design (UX)
Really well-done.
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Security/Privacy Concerns
The contact information on the website indicates that the business is a sole proprietorship based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The privacy policy, section 3 concerning how the information they collect may be disclosed, may be concerning to some users given recent events that have been alleged to involve the governing authorities for this business.
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Mobile native clients available
Clients for iOS and Android available that are better integrated than the browser version.
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Slow performance in Safari
Slow to use with delays in response on Safari. Has not been fixed over many years.
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Cross-platform
Cross-platform because it's browser based. There are also apps for Mac, Chrome, iOs & Android.
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Subscriptions are non-recurring
You have to resubscribe every month to keep pro which is a real pain.
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Tagging
Add tags to bookmarks.
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Quite new company
Time will tell if this product will survive.
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Import bookmarks
Offers a possibility to import bookmarks from browsers.
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Regularly updated
Updated with features, yet not with performance.
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Export bookmarks
There is also a possibility to export bookmarks.
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Windows, Linux, Mac, Mobile
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Wallabag
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Optional server self hosting
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Poor UI
UI is not as good as other apps in this category.
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Open source
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Paragraphs missing
Paragraphs within downloaded articles are missing.
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Firefox and Chrome extensions available
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Difficult to configure
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Tagging
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Poor Text to Speech
Text to Speech frequently breaks and doesn't respond to speed change.
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Offline article support
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Import content from other apps
It's possible to import content from other apps, i.e Pocket
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RSS reader compatible
Miniflux, Vienna, FreshRSS, Tiny Tiny RSS, Leed FeedReader, Fiery Feeds.
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epub/kobo integration
Integration within Kobo reader through simple hack allows epub creation of saved articles.
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Windows, Linux, Web, Mobile
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Google Keep
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Easy to use
1-step to take a note on Android: tap 'take a note'. Web version: cursor is on the note itself.
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Google can access and mine your data
You have to be okay with Google analyzing and using your data in order to use Keep.
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Super fast to use
The focus on a minimal interface makes everything fast to use on both web and mobile. This comes in handy for when a note needs to be jotted down quickly, as there is little to no load times or faffing about trying to get to a space where the note can finally be recorded.
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Messy if you have lots of notes
It can be difficult to organize notes because you can only create labels and not, for example, separate projects.
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Unlimited and seamless sync across all Google connected devices, from mobile to desktop
When a mobile device isn't in use, Google Keep can be accessed as a Chrome app or as a website. Basically, no matter the device being used or the OS on it, there is always a way to access the app. There is also no limitation to how many devices this can be done with, freeing up the user to always have access.
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Organization is limited to just multiple tags for notes
There are no folders in Keep that you can move notes into. It makes the user interface more cluttered, and navigation gets more difficult.
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Automatic saving
Automatically saves new changes so that nothing is lost.
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Can be taken down some day
As Google is notorious for taking down services, you may end up with just a backup of your notes in XML format and a need to look for a substitute.
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Useful Android home screen widget
The Keep widget lets users quickly see existing notes and add new ones.
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No ability to undo changes
There is no way to revert changes or restore text you may have accidentally deleted (however, you can restore entire notes for up to 7 days after deletion).
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Notes can be grouped via labels
In addition to the ability to color-code notes, they can be labeled and navigated and grouped that way. This allows for easy organization, to then be found easily at a later date.
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Synchronization bugs
There are some issues with synchronizing data including laggyness and returning old/deleted items.
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Notes can be color-coded
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No text formatting
No basic formatting like bold, italics. Makes it harder to do things like meeting notes. Keep is intended as a minimal and quick note taking app, but sadly for those that are looking for something more robust, the features are just not there.
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Cross platform
This app can be used seamlessly across all platforms including Android, iOS, and desktop computer platforms.
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Scrolling through notes is horrible
There are no options to decrease the surface area of the notes to make it easier to get an overview. Compare this to something like the Apple Notes or Evernote UI, for example. You can't organize nor have a glance of what you have.
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Works as a great bookmarking tool as links added can optionally include a preview image
Keep has a great feature that allows you to save sites you visit as a special note type with a link and a preview image.
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Not free/libre
This application is proprietary, and thus cannot be modified or freely distributed.
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Can share and collaboratively edit any item including lists
Keep allows sharing any item with other contacts and editing them together at the same time. This way a team can work together in real time, no matter their location.
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Can be difficult to discover the features
Google Keep has slowly been introducing new features, but doesn't do a good job of helping you discover them.
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Really well implemented speech-to-text
Google has a lot of experience with speech-to-text functionality and they did a fantastic job with Keep. This means you can easily record spoken notes that can then be changed to a text based note.
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Google account required
You're required to have a Google account in order to use the app.
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Notes can include photo and audio attachments
Notes can include multimedia attachments in addition to text.
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Does not offer themes
There is no option for changing the color theme (such as a dark theme) unless you use a 3rd party extension.
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Supports drawing or writing notes by hand
Newer version of Google Keep now supports drawing on either a blank page, existing notes or in an image attached to the note.
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Does not integrate with Google Calendar or Tasks
It does not integrate with Google Calendar or other Google Apps with the exception of "Google Now." Keep reminders can appear on Google Calendar, but you can not get reminders and use Tasks at the same time.
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Both location- and time-based reminders
You can set reminders that bring certain notes to your attention when you arrive at a specified location or when it’s a specified time or date. Unfortunately you can only do one or the other for each note.
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Too simplistic of an approach
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Includes character recognition for text in images
Google Keep lets users take pictures of physical notes and makes the contents searchable within the app. This can be a convenient time saver for those that do not want to type out the necessary info, but rather take a quick snapshot of it.
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No integrated social media sharing
There is no integrated social media sharing if you directly want to post your note to Twitter, Facebook, etc.
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Drag and drop sorting
You can move cards manually, which is great for prioritizing to-dos. Within a card, you can also drag and drop items.
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Not good at all for longer notes
With almost no formatting options whatsoever it's hard to actually use Keep for long-form notes.
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Archives finished tasks
Any finished task is archived and can be searched at a later date.
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Sharing within team doesn't work that well
You can share separate notes but not Projects, Wordspace, or Teams.
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Not distributed
Cannot run on own servers as Keep will only run on Google's own servers. This increases the risks which are normally associated with handing over critical applications to a large (US) corporation.
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No notifications when tasks are added to shared lists
Although the ability to collaborate on lists is advanced, Keep will not let you know when another person adds an item to a list you share.
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No API
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There is a label limit up to 50
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No dedicated app for windows, linux, mac (except unofficial)
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Cannot share groups of notes (e.g., labels)
Google's equivalent of groups are labels, which can't be shared. By comparison, Trello allows you to share boards with others. Trello also supports grouping through teams. Google Keep has no such concept.
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Slow to save the updates
Saving is delayed by a moment and the saving status UI is unclear. You can lose updates if you close the tab too quickly.
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Delay between to-do entries
The keyboard closes and reloads between to-do list entries, so the first letters or words may be missed if you’re trying to quickly create a list.
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Notes get lost/deleted and can NOT be recovered
Since nothing is stored locally on the phone, everything can go missing. Google can't recover any of it.
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No BlackBerry 10 app
No BlackBerry support apart from web.
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No Windows Mobile app
No Windows Mobile app, and it is unlikely to ever be produced.
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Instapaper
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Became a paid service again
Most functions, like search, became premium.
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Annotation tools
Allows leaving notes attached to articles and highlighting certain part of the text. Free version of the app is limited to 5 highlights a month.
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Basic search not free
Basic search for link title or website too is part of the premium.
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Excellent typography choices
Instapaper allows you to choose from 14 different fonts, some of which have been designed specifically for the application. You can manually adjust spacing between lines, padding around text and font size to fit your preferences.
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Embedded images and videos are sometimes ignored
Instapaper sometimes saves articles without images or videos.
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Allows listening to articles
Instapaper comes with a build in text-to-speech feature that will read out loud articles. Premium version of the app allows creating playlists.
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Only supports English
It only supports English, and not Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages.
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Articles can be emailed to Instapaper
You can add articles to Instapaper by sending them to a unique email address associated with your account.
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Tags not implemented
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Pagination
Allows for pagination, not just scrolling.
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Search functions return random articles
The search function is very slow and does not provide accurate results. The user can not filter or reorder the search results, or search the archive or annotated articles.
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Awesome offline mode
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Can look up words in a dictionary and Wikipedia
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Can be set to switch to dark mode based on time of day
Instapaper includes a dark theme and allows switching to it after a set period in time or gradually over the course of the day.
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Rarely seen organization options
In addition to allowing you to sort articles by when you saved them, you can also order articles by length or read progress and popularity.
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Free archiving of deleted webpages
In Pocket, this is a paid function - but Instapaper provides this for free! If a webpage is deleted, it remains in your Instapaper and they even archive pictures of the articles.
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Can playback inline video
Instapaper will play videos from YouTube, Vimeo and other sources that are embedded in articles, but you have to be online for playback to work.
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Has a font designed for readers with Dyslexia
Instapaper includes Dyslexie a font that helps people with reading problems understand the text better.
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Includes optional social features
If you set your Instapaper profile to be public, your friends will be able to see articles you've liked.
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Feedly
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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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Great to have bookmarks, feeds and notes in one place
Start.me offers a great tool to stay organized and productive because it allows all bookmarks, news feeds and notes to be available in one place.
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No longer able to meet security standards for Google Sign-In
Start.me used to have an e-mail widget which gave you quick access to your Gmail account(s) along with all your other bookmarks, but it requires a security assessment so that Google can ensure that they do not misuse user data obtained using restricted scopes per the Google API policy. As of 2020, they no longer meet that standard and the e-mail widget has been removed altogether.
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Beautiful & Customizable Interface
It has a very nice and customizable interface + you can get your bookmarks online anyware.
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Should sell itself as a start page because they are not just a bookmark service
Be careful if you Curate Bookmarks or even just have a bunch. You can upload and export bookmarks now, the upload limit is raised. Still, you need an internet connection.
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Development could be faster
There's a lot to like about this product, but you need patience to see new widgets.
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Evernote
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Consolidates all your information
Evernote is designed to store a lot of different types of information from a lot of different sources in one place. Using the Web Clipper, native integrations, or a service such as IFTTT (If This Then That) you can use Evernote to store all your ideas, notes (both handwritten and typed), tasks, reading lists, receipts, and more.
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Free version limited to 2 devices
The free version has become very limited as a cloud based note taking app as there is now only sharing between two devices allowed.
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Powerful features for organising your notes
Evernote is designed to make it easy to keep your notes well organized, which aids in quickly finding/browsing old information. You can put notes into a single notebook and use search to access old notes, or if you're so inclined, organize notes extensively with hierarchical notebooks and tags.
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Pay for offline use, search, and other functions
The free version of Evernote is highly limited. You have to pay if you want to access your notes without internet connection, search your notes or documents, or upload large amounts of data. The free version allows you to upload 60 MB of data per month, which is about 20 to 30 iPhone camera pictures. At a certain point, they started charging you for "advanced" capability, which includes searching your own attachments.
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Can include images, and snippets from the web or a whole webpage via web clipper
With one click you can clip part or all of any webpage, including text, images, and links. Especially for those who use Google Chrome, this web clipper is a very rich add-on. The “simplified article” mode strips all graphical overhead from the page before adding the information to Evernote. It's also possible to add highlighting, tags, etc. before storing the note.
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Different features and functions per device
Desktop app has table creation. Android app lacks font color changes. Some functions can only be accessed on the desktop app. These include changing your default notebook.
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Has OCR functionality to convert images to searchable text
A really cool and handy Evernote feature is the ability to automatically scan images for text.
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Security issues
Evernote had their entire database hacked and compromised including customer user passwords. They responded by locking valid users out of accounts and forcing password changes but are still vague about their own security policies. They do not have a good track record for data security. They also do not offer local personal encryption of entire Notebooks as Microsoft OneNote does.
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"Reminders" are a great way to combine your to-dos and notes
One of the note types is a "reminder," which can act as a to-do list. You can add all the usual formatting to reminders, including audio. Evernote will provide alerts when they are due and house them in a special location within the app.
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Buggy
A program with more features is always prone to more bugs. Evernote is definitely not the most stable note-taking program available.
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Easy to use
Evernote is easy to dive into because it doesn’t overwhelm you with advanced functionality from the start. As you get more accustomed to the app, you might want to delve deeper to see what benefits the more advanced features will offer.
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No official Linux app
Evernote does not offer an official Linux app, although there are some third party alternatives available.
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Native and offline-capable apps on pretty much every platform
Evernote has apps for Windows 7 and 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, Mac, Android, iOS (both iPhone and iPad), Blackberry, and Windows Phone. It also has a fully functional web app and chrome plug-in. No matter what device or platform you're on, you will pretty much always be able to access Evernote.
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Constantly directs you to upgrading your account
The frequent reminders to upgrade your account can quickly become disruptive. You get notifications when using the app, and many of the features that show as available in the app are actually for paid accounts only (which, when you try to use them, will remind you to upgrade).
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Multipurpose
In addition to general note taking and to-do list management, Evernote lets you search through scanned documents, handwritten text, and images; collaborate with others through shared notebooks; record audio notes; and more.
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Syncing is slow
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Trustworthy to store data in the long term
With many utility tools being constantly shut down by their creators, it's really important to consider the long-term risks of picking a home for all your notes. Evernote is a $1 billion company with a track record of exceptional security and goals of becoming a "100 year old" company.
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Prices have doubled since Bending Spoon purchase
I used to pay 7 €/month, now it's 13.
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Powerful note formatting
Evernote has an extensive range of formatting options and note types. You can create checklists, reminder alerts, audio notes, or add images and attachments. It also has an awesome speech-to-text feature if you prefer to dictate aloud.
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Very heavyweight for a to-do list
Evernote is a powerhouse program with many features. It uses a correspondingly large amount of memory to run.
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Great selection for integrating with other apps
The Evernote app center page is nicely organized and has good quality integration of apps that can improve your productivity.
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Missing some basic functions
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Focused, uncluttered user interface
Evernote has a very clean and intuitive interface that's simple to understand at a glance.
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Not distributed
One cannot run Evernote on own servers. This brings with it the risks normally associated with handing over critical applications to a large corporation.
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Evernote is synchronized
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Bending Spoon have relocated to Europe and fired 129 people
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Premium allows search in attached files and documents
With a premium account you are able to search through PDFs and Office Docs.
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Poor text formatting abilities
Text formatting in Evernote is buggy and unreliable. Bullets (outlining) are getting stuck or disappearing, tables are very static and prone to breaking and everything beyond the most basic formatting might cause an issue.
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Innovative hacks
To save emails, just forward them to your Evernote email address generated on account creation. It is of course one of many such hacks.
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Basic and lacking handwriting function
Handwriting has basic functions, is attached as a picture
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Flexible image manipulation
Permits photos that are taken, to be processed when in automatic mode and saved as a photo, black and white document, colour document, post it note or business card. The automated mode is also good at cropping the document effectively.
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Bloated and complex
Evernote is too big, has too many features. Note taking apps need absolutely clean interface to allow unobtrusive note taking and not a struggle to search for which buttons to click. It focuses on the search feature so much that it doesn't encourage or make it immediately easy to organize your notes and thoughts. It's essentially a sophisticated notes dump with good search.
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Best web clipper
Can clip to the web from desktop or mobile, using simplified format or original formatting. Very quick and flexible, and enables you to highlight, take notes, tag, etc.
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New web editor does not support Firefox
As of now, Firefox users must download a separate extension to change their user agent to trick the Evernote site into giving them the beta, or install Chrome.
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Can choose from a few themes
You can pick from a green theme, light, or dark theme. All are very clear and visually appealing.
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No recurring and snooze reminders
Perhaps because it is not truly a to-do list app, there is currently no support for recurring events or snooze reminders. The company claims to be working on this functionality.
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Effective with pictures or snapshot of boards
Take a picture of your white board/paper board and you have it instantly in evernote everywhere, ready for additional notes and classification Scannable friend app is rather efficient to keep hand written note as well.
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Lacks search and replace capability
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Skitch integration
If you're on iOS and have Skitch installed, you can quickly annotate your notes using Skitch.
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Rather poor user interface
Slow, not user friendly experience, complex, and somehow limited.
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Has conflict management and undo
Allows undo/redo when editing (i.e. all changes are finalized upon saving). If conflicts between synchronized versions arise, both copies are saved in Evernote.
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Lacks right-to-left writing support
When you write in a right-to-left language (Arabic, for example), everything looks fine in the editor but the direction changes to the left again after saving the note.
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Steep learning curve
Since Evernote has so many features built in, it's hard to know where to find everything until reasonable amount of time has been spent with it.
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Easy to accidentally hit the wrong button on the mobile apps
The mobile apps have fairly small touch targets, making it easy to miss the button or accidentally press the wrong one.
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No ability to re-order notes other than sorting
Evernote has no way to re-order notes, nor even to change their display order. Sorting is the only option, and the "official" workaround (for years now) is to prefix note titles with line numbers manually so notes will sort and display as desired.
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Platforms:
Android / iOS / WP / OSX / Windows / WebOS
API:
yes
Collaborative:
yes
Export:
ENEX, HTML, MHT
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Readability
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2
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Service is now defunct
This service was terminated on 30th September 2016.
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Allows seeing what other people are reading
You can follow friend's feeds to find out what they are interested in.
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No longer updated since 2013
Readability is no longer updated. The last update for this app is on January 7, 2013, which means no app redesigns, bug fixes or new features will be available.
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Yahoo News Digest
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5
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Pros
3
Cons
2
Top
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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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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Memosnag
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Pros
3
Cons
2
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Con
Comments can only be written in Latin script
You cannot add comments in Cyrillic, or Hebrew, or any language that uses symbols other than the Latin alphabet.
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Extremely simple and intuitive
The plugin is very easy to use. The social-media-like page layout makes it easy to navigate, while the drag-drop functionality, used to organize your content, is highly intuitive as an Evernote alternative.
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Does not work well for note taking
Memosnag is only for saving/sharing content you've found online (sites, videos, etc.).
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Automatic citations save time
Memosnag creates citations automatically, which saves the user a ton of time.
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Lets you save pretty much everything online
Unlike other clippers, memosnag allows you to save pretty much everything online in one simple click. That includes images, YouTube videos, websites, etc, which makes it a good Evernote alternative in this area.
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Press
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6
Cons
3
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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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Pros
4
Cons
2
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Con
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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Con
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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Evernote Clearly
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3
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3
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Highlight texts
Evernote Clearly allows users to highlight the texts and keywords inside the article for later reference and ability to export highlighted texts to Evernote.
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Distraction-free reader view
Evernote Clearly removes all unwanted and distracting elements such as ads, recommendations, other images and other unrelated items, leaving only the main article that the user want to read.
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Reader view customization
Users can customize how the article should be viewed by seting the background color, font or text size.
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Circa News
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Pros
5
Cons
1
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Con
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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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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Con
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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xbrowsersync
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10
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Pros
7
Cons
3
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Pro
Use this extension on all majorly used browsers: Chrome (and most up to date 'chromies' as well as Firefox and Android
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No iOS support
It doesn't support anymore iOS.
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Anonymous
No sign up required and no personal data is collected.
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Does not sync passwords
If youre afraid due to the lack of password syncing with xbrowser, this problem is easily fixable by using myki password manager. It supports all major operating systems with secure features that work alongside xbrowsersync perfectly. myki is available as a chrome extension, and for android, iphone, mac, windows, and more!
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Encrypts your bookmarks securley with a method you can check for yourself
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Doesn't support new Firefox for Android
Maybe not the developer's fault but since using Firefox as main browser, the cross platform niche can't be satisfied. Will be looking to jump ship once the extension is added to the very limited pool Firefox Android currently has.
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Developer seems to be actively developing the app
See here.
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It is free and the developer announces that it will stay this way, neither are there any ads involved
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xBrowserSync adds descriptions and tags to new bookmarks automatically.
Speeding up workflow cataloging important meta-data automatically.
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Know your way around docker? xBrowserSync is easily self hostable.
Not only will it benefit the people who set up docker containers, if opened to the public, even more people will be able to quickly get to know xBrowserSync. See here.
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Paperoak
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10
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Pros
8
Cons
1
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Pro
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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