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.

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11 Options Considered

11 Options Considered	Price	Platforms	Search
FeedWrangler		Web, iOS	–
juptr.io		–	–
WeavRSS		Web, Tablets	YES
FeedHQ		–	–
Readertron		–	–

FeedWrangler

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Built-in filters for RSS

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Syncs with Press

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Appears abandoned

Buggy to the point where it is no longer functional, and there is no response from the developer.

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juptr.io

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Cool trending channels separates good from boring content

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Mobile friendly

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Open system, can add new feeds

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Extremly fast

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WeavRSS

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WeavRSS's search functionality is second to none.

The option to write searches using regular expressions and run them against the article's full-text is extremely powerful.

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FeedHQ

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Clean UI

Very clean interface that is fast to navigate.

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FeedHQ is a service

FeedHQ is a paid service. After a 7-day free trial you pay $12 per year. This means it's more dependable and will remain ad free.

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Costs money

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Readertron

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Reeder

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Multiple platforms

Reader 3 has an iOS and OS X app, so for those in the Apple ecosystem they have the ability to use the same app on mobile and their Mac.

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Crashes frequently

Fairly unreliable app as it crashes constantly.

RSS Reader Xoonity - Rss Feed

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Keeps you informed of breaking news

Offers breaking news alerts.

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Simple, clean interface

Very intuitive to navigate, everything is clearly displayed.

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Good support for rss, podcast, youtube channel and vimeo

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No widget

There is no widget available and the developer(s) have mentioned they have no plans to add one in the future.

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Miniflux

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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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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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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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Netvibes

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Paperboy

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Free with no ads

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Very intuitive design

Follows Material Design (the same design style that is used for Android). It's a clean, intuitive design.

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Twitter

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Customization

Any writer worth the words they put down should have a Twitter account to promote their own work. As a result, you can follow individual writers or publishers and receive a more specified reading list than the broader scope of most RSS feeds.

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Not a feed reader

While it can be a good place to find the news, it's not specifically a news reader.

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No history

Twitter makes hard to impossible to go back very far in your time line: no pages, no real bookmark, etc. If you miss an update announcement in a crowded TL, there is little chance to see it again, unless the author bumps it.

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Digg Reader

Reeder 2

Paper

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