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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
API:
Yes
Search:
Yes
Filtering:
Yes
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$0 - $5.41/mo
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Miniflux
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3
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2
Cons
1
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Focused on content
The interface is very simple yet usable (completely navigable with keyboard), and focuses on the content.
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Subscription management
It is currently a bit difficult to handle many subscriptions in the web interface, as there is no mass edit option.
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Very light and easy installation
It is easy to install, and has few dependencies. It requires very few resources to run.
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Nooshub
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10
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2
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Cleans your feed by automatic grouping of similar articles
This feature can be turned off though.
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Con
Only 1 month free then monthly/yearly fee after 1 month trial
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Highlights topics that have many articles
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May cost money after beta
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Search through your collections
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Works on mobile and tablet
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Plays podcasts
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Readymade collections
Can be cloned and tweaked.
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Live updates
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OPML import and export
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No ads
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Dark Mode
Has an auto mode that activates dark mode in the evening.
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Platforms:
Web, iOS
Price:
1mo free, then 4$/month
Search:
Yes
Dark Theme:
Yes
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Yahoo News Digest
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5
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3
Cons
2
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Pro
Beautiful UI design
Great look and feel to the app as you swipe though stories or scroll down on a headline to read more details. Most stories come with custom designed graphs tailored for the story.
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Con
No customization of news headlines or categories
You only get the top 8-10 headlines of the day regardless of news category or source.
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Great for a casual reader of the News
Rather than give you full articles, the app creates "Atoms". It's a short summary of the news event, generated from a variety of different sources. It provides infographs, images, videos and more to help you quickly understand the news event. This means you are able to read through all of the news stories in minutes.
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Meager sharing options
You can share any article in the digest, but it doesn't give many options for tailoring the message that is sent.
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Only shows top few stories
Hard to get lost in reading news when you only get 8-12 stories at a time.
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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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Con
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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Platforms:
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$2.99
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Feedbin
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Pros
9
Cons
2
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Clean UI
Uncluttered and intuitive to use.
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No Team Integration
No ability to share information with others within the native app.
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Free and open source
Licensed under MIT. Code available on GitHub.
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There is no free plan
One of the few news readers that does not offer a free plan. They have a 14 day trial, after that a subscription is $3/month.
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Full API
Feedbin has a fully-featured, free, REST-style API.
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Supports JSON Feed
JSON Feed is a new syndication format that uses JSON instead of XML to store its data. JSON is generally considered easier to read and write than XML, making for less error-prone data structuring and broken feeds.
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Supported by many other apps
Works with Reeder, ReadKit, Mr Reader, SubToMe and many, many other apps.
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Classy interface
The web interface is nice, and the apps give a great native experience regardless of what platform you're on.
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Paid
This won't disappear in a year or two if ad revenue falls off.
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Privacy, hides user details from pulled content
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Integrates Twitter posts
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API:
Yes
Search:
Yes
Night Theme:
Yes
Keyboard shortcuts:
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$3/mo
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Vestorly
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5
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4
Specs
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Clean and user friendly interface
Very intuitive UI. The user experience in getting up and running is excellent
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AI driven Curation
Probably the strongest feature is that the software 'learns' from what my customers are engaging with and then provides me with even more personalized and pertinent content to share with them. It helps my brand build it's trust and authority
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Open API
Their open API makes this a robust platform solution as an add-on to existing software and website solutions.
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Integrates easily with other marketing services
Easily and quickly integrated with my mailchimp and salesforce CRM. I don't use constant contact, but I know from others that it works great with this software as well.
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Platforms:
Web
API:
Yes
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Circa News
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Experiences
Pros
5
Cons
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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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Con
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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Con
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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$0-$4.99/m
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Tagpacker
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7
Cons
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Specs
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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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Con
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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Platforms:
Web
API:
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FREE
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Tiny Tiny RSS
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Pros
7
Cons
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Has to be set up manually, tech-savviness and patience required
Using Tiny Tiny RSS is not as simple as creating an account on another service. Merely completing the installation procedure will take at least a few hours. Main requirements include a physical server or a web host supporting PHP and MySQL. The know-how’s also needed, but there are several guides online that explain all the steps quite well. Anyone familiar with computers, even not being an expert, who is willing to spend some hours reading and learning should be able to set up this software.
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Highly customizable via plugins
The main way to customize Tiny Tiny RSS is via functionality plugins. Some come with the basic installation, but many additional ones are available from third parties. Users can also change the way information is shown, create themes or skins using CSS or download ones created by the community. All this is possible because Tiny Tiny RSS is open-source--anyone can create modifications for it and publicly share them. You just have to look out for possible bugs and security issues with user-made content.
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Full control of the service
Since this reader is open-source and self-hosted, users can have full control of the service and its data when used on a private server. This means they don’t need to rely on a third party service that can be discontinued anytime. It also ensures the cost for using the reader will not increase and it protects user privacy by not giving up personal data.
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Multiple users per installation
One instance of Tiny Tiny RSS can be used by as many people as necessary.
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Organize by tags and labels
Browse and organize feeds and posts by tags and labels.
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Android client available
An Android app is available on the Google Play store.
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Integrates with a media center
Feeds can be viewed on a TV or dedicated media box.
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E-mail digest
Users can request an e-mail to be sent at a set interval with news posts.
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Platforms:
Web, Android, iOS
License:
GNU GPL v3
Search:
Yes
Annotation:
Yes
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The Old Reader
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6
Cons
3
Specs
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Con
Not free/libre
This application is proprietary, and thus cannot be modified, freely distributed, or trusted to be secure. Also, if the developer abandons it again, there will be no way for others to continue to update it.
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Social
People from Facebook or Google can be found on The Old Reader so posts can be shared and discussed.
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No mobile app
Lacks an official native mobile app, but the mobile version of the site is quite usable and there are apps which support syncing with The Old Reader. However, users have created many apps for a variety of platforms using The Old Reader API. You can check them out here.
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Very similar to the dismissed Google Reader
Ever since Google Reader has ceased to be an option, The Old Reader has grown in popularity.
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Not very customizable
While the sources can be added or removed, the feed cannot be filtered in any other way. Display options are limited as well, leaving the user with the standard view.
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Great UI
A clean, easy to use interface.
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Easy to use
Intuitive, easy to overview service.
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OPML import
Allows for easy migration from any service that supports OPML.
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Freemium
Free version has a limit of 100 sites, upgrade to unlimited sites costs $25/year. Being freemium is a nice option for those that would like to try the app out without putting down any money first.
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Platforms:
Web
Offline support:
No
Subscriptions in Free Plan:
100
OPML support:
Yes
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$0-$3/mo
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NewsBlur
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14
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Pros
11
Cons
2
Specs
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Pro
Recommended articles that improves over time
NewsBlur has a discovery algorithm that users can "train" to show stories they are interested in and hide ones they don't care about.
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Freemium
This service is free, but can cost up to $24 per year for premium users.
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Keyboard shortcuts for fast navigation
By default arrow keys and spacebar are used to quickly navigate stories, but they can be rebound for premium accounts.
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Can't have unread items older than a 14 days/month
This is a premium feature.
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Multiple layout & style options
NewsBlur allows users to customize the font size, line spacing, story layout, and type faces.
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Fast to use
Very fast to navigate around the UI and load articles.
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View content the way it is originally displayed
NewsBlur offers an option of reading articles just like they are displayed on the original site.
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Cross-platform
Works on iOS, Android, and as a webapp.
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Organize feeds into folders
Feeds can be grouped into folders for easier management and to allow users to separate feeds for work, comics, research, etc.
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Share stories with comments
Burblog is a simple, customizable website for sharing stories with comments that people can subscribe to.
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Aggregates email newsletters
You can forward email newsletters to a user-specific email address to have them aggregated in your feed reader along with your RSS content.
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Free / Libre software
NewsBlur is FOSS, so it can be freely modified & redistributed.
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Freemium service
Free version has a limit of 64 sites. Upgrading to unlimited sites costs $1/month.
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Platforms:
Web, iOS, Android
Search:
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Paperoak
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8
Cons
1
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Doesn't contain ads
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Not available on iOS
PaperOak does not have an iOS version yet.
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It's free
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It's fast
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Supports multiple languages like English, German, Portuguese at the same time
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Can save articles offline by adding them to your bookmarks
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Website and Android application for reading
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OPML Import
You can now import feed using an OPML file on the web app which will then be automatically synced with your android app.
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Import RSS/Atom feed
You can now import RSS/Atom feeds right from within the Android app.
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Platforms:
Web, Android
Search:
Yes
Filtering:
Yes
Offline support:
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