What are the best news readers?

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News readers aggregate information from various sources.

A modern news reader will allow pulling information from RSS feeds, social networks, and even news sites and blogs that lack RSS functionality. Good news readers will allow grouping and organizing sources and offer a choice of how information is presented.

Best news readers	Price	Platforms	Search
95 Inoreader	$0-$4.99/m	Web, iOS, Android, Windows Phone	Yes
88 Feedly	$0 - $5.41/mo	Web, iOS, Android, Kindle	Yes
84 Tiny Tiny RSS	Free	Web, Android, iOS	Yes
80 NewsBlur	$0 - $24/yr	Web, iOS, Android	Yes
79 Feedbin	$3/mo	-	Yes

The Best 1 of 39 OptionsWhy?

My Recommendation for Inoreader

My Recommendation for Inoreader

Easy to overview the list of articles so you can quickly find articles that interest you

Limits free users

Supports multiple views

Can't have unread items older than a month

Supports OPML files

No sub folders

Loads really fast

Ads in free version

Extensive keyboard shortcut support

Price change / Feature capping instituted

Can disable social features

Mail2Tags is buggy

Can filter articles by keyword

Uses Ram when it is not active (stays in memory)

Free search for all users

Optional login using Google or Facebook accounts

Premium users can search in all public RSS feeds, even in those that they haven't subscribed to

Has a night mode

Social media integration

Cross platform

In-depth statistics about sources

Tags and filter tags

Rules allow you to trigger events

Can generate new feeds from folders and tags.

Easy to remove duplicate content

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My Recommendation for Feedly

My Recommendation for Feedly

Clean, easy to overview UI

Long list of paid-only features

Integrates other services for ease of use and sharing

No push notifications

Supports OPML export/import

Log-in is buggy

Great article recommendations

The layout isn't like Google's original or Inoreader's of which is much easier to browse and read quickly

Seamless Google Reader migration

Inline adds

Choice of many different layouts

No keyword filtering

Similar mobile experience to Google Reader

No offline support

Browser extensions

Forces external account to log in

Open API

Steals page views

Boards for organising the content (Paid)

Organization/sorting features lacking

IFTTT and Zapier integration (Paid)

Slow interface

My Recommendation for Tiny Tiny RSS

My Recommendation for Tiny Tiny RSS

Has to be set up manually, tech-savviness and patience required

Highly customizable via plugins

Full control of the service

Multiple users per installation

Organize by tags and labels

Android client available

Integrates with a media center

E-mail digest

My Recommendation for NewsBlur

My Recommendation for NewsBlur

Recommended articles that improves over time

Freemium

Keyboard shortcuts for fast navigation

Can't have unread items older than a 14 days/month

Multiple layout & style options

Fast to use

View content the way it is originally displayed

Cross-platform

Organize feeds into folders

Share stories with comments

Aggregates email newsletters

Free / Libre software

Freemium service

My Recommendation for Feedbin

My Recommendation for Feedbin