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What are the best RSS reader apps for PC?
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Best RSS reader apps for PC
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Inoreader
$0-$4.99/m
Web, iOS, Android, Windows Phone
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Feedly
$0 - $5.41/mo
Web, iOS, Android, Kindle
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Inoreader
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Inoreader
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Inoreader
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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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Mail2Tags is buggy
Only a small amount of e-mails looks OK. Most e-mails are unreadable.
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WorthyDogoda's Experience
They limited the Supporter status. I pay $20 a year and they cut my number of feeds down to a hilarious 500. Every month a aweful nag mail: If you want to keep your feeds, so login now. Annoying. Want to change reeder.
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Web, iOS, Android, Windows Phone
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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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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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Premium users can search in all public RSS feeds, even in those that they haven't subscribed to
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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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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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Ads in free version
Ads appear in both mobile apps and the web version.
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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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No sub folders
You can't create sub folders. This makes it a bit harder to organize saved content.
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Can disable social features
Social interaction features can be disabled if they are not wanted.
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Uses Ram when it is not active (stays in memory)
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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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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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Extensive keyboard shortcut support
Shift + O and shift + N can be used in order to scroll quickly through feeds.
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Supports multiple views
List, card, or expanded view.
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Loads really fast
The lightweight UI allows Inoreader to display feeds quickly.
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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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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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Free unlimited feeds
Unlike most other news reader services, Inoreader does not restrict the amount of sources you can subscribe to in the free version.
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Has a night mode
For people who prefer reading articles at night.
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Feedly
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Feedly
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Feedly
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Pros
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Cons
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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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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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Web, iOS, Android, Kindle
API:
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Yes
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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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Log-in is buggy
Logging in can sometimes cause Feedly to struggle. It can become unresponsive and force close.
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Open API
There are multitudes of third party clients available for many platforms.
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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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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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No offline support
There is no offline support with the official client.
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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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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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Supports OPML export/import
With this feature, all subscriptions can be saved.
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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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Forces external account to log in
Users are forced to use Twitter, Facebook, Google, or Microsoft login credentials.
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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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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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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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Slow interface
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Seamless Google Reader migration
Feedly have made it especially easy to navigate away from Google Reader.
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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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