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What are the best RSS readers for Mac OS X?
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Best RSS readers for Mac OS X
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80
Feedly
$6 / month
Web, iOS, Android, Kindle
Yes
69
Reeder
$9.99
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Safari
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macOS, iOS, iPadOS
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56
Vienna
Free
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Tiny Tiny RSS
Free
Web, Android, iOS
Yes
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Feedly
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Feedly
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Feedly
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Experiences
3
Pros
15
Cons
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Multi-platform RSS Monica
It's a available as a webapp, as Chrome, Firefox, and Safari extensions, and on iOS and Android.
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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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PoliteBarastyr's Experience
I've been using it for years, can't see any replacement except Flipboard (not sure under same category or not)
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Specs
Platforms:
Web, iOS, Android, Kindle
Search:
Yes
Filtering:
Yes
Offline support:
Yes
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Clean 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 desired topic.
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No offline support
There is no offline support with the official client.
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FearlessNammu's Experience
ridiculous
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Seamless Google Reader migration
Feedly have made it especially easy to navigate away from Google Reader.
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Buggy
Logging in can sometimes cause Feedly to struggle. It can become unresponsive and force close.
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CheerfulPassalos's Experience
No Atom feed import
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Pro
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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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No native desktop applications
Despite access via a web interface, Feedly is specific to mobile software platforms.
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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 and it offers many ways to share a story from within the application, including social networks, e-mail, etc.
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Inline adds
Free version puts adds in your feeds.
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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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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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Great custom category organization
Split your feeds into many useful, editable, prioritized groupings. Obvious feature done well.
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Limit of 100 feeds in free mode
This limit is easy to exceed in a daily, casual news browsing routine. Because you don't read all the items, you're browsing and picking the interesting ones.
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Night mode
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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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Twitter feeds
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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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Reddit feeds
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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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Newsletter feeds
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Slow interface
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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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No in-app browser
If you wanted to stay in the Mac app and not go to your browser there is no way to do that.
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Open API
There are multitudes of third party clients available for many platforms.
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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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Great article recommendations
Search a topic and Feedly will offer resources that are related to that topic.
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Con
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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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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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Reeder
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Reeder
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Reeder
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8
Experiences
1
Pros
5
Cons
2
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Integrates with read-it later apps
Integrates with Instapaper, Pocket and Readability.
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Con
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Can't remove unused tags
Once you create a tag, it will always show up in tag selection screen. There's no way to delete it from the list.
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Jiří Kačírek's Experience
Doesn¨t support adblock
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Integrates with a wide variety of RSS services
Reeder supports Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler, Fever, FeedHQ, Inoreader, NewsBlur, Minimal Reader, The Old Reader and BazQux Reader.
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Can't edit tags
If you've made a typo, you have to create a new tag. You can't rename the existing one.
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Has dark theme
Beautiful dark theme for best reading.
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Integrates with Instapaper
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Nice keyboard shortcuts
You can also customise keyboard shortcuts.
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$9.99
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56
Safari
My Rec
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Safari
My Recommendation for
Safari
All
10
Pros
3
Cons
6
Specs
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Con
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No longer works in Safari 11
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Pro
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No additional software to purchase
Safari comes bundled with macOS. There's nothing to purchase or install.
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Specs
Platforms:
macOS, iOS, iPadOS
License:
Proprietary
Price:
Free
Based On:
N/A
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Outdated Rendering engine
All other browsers and toolkits (Qt/GTK) have shifted to Googles Blink-fork of KHTML/Webkit so Apple is currently the only main contributor left.
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Pro
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Works elegantly in OSX
The rendering of the pages and the browser compatibility with OSX works smoothly, when compared to other browsers. Also you get very high battery life with Safari, when compared to Chrome.
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Terrible support for open source formats like .VP9 or .ogg
Apple does not support open source formats. Instead, they use H.264 and H.265.
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Sleek design
– No distraction stuff like favicons in tabs, all that borders, bevels and embosses in panels like in other browsers, no ugly shaped tabs. – Neat adress bar. – Good looking start “show all tabs” screen.
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Proprietary
While Safari er is currently available gratis (without monetary charge) on Mac OS X, it is currently not libre (meaning that it does not allow users to view the source code used to create, to modify that code, or to redistribute modifications) and is therefore neither free nor open-source software.
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Poor support for new web technologies
Safari usually takes its time when it comes to adopting new and useful web technologies meaning that the user gets an inferior experience compared to other modern browsers.
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No categorization options
Safari will display a unified list of RSS feeds from newest to oldest. There's no way to categorize them.
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56
Vienna
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Vienna
My Recommendation for
Vienna
All
8
Experiences
4
Pros
3
Cons
1
Top
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Open Source
Vienna is an Open Source project. That means that every single detail of its implementation is freely available.
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Con
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No longer functions as Apple blocks its launch for security reasons
This have been fixed.
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Michael Howitz's Experience
Running stable even for many Feeds.
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Great Interface
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MeticulousMahuika's Experience
refresh time is too long
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Powerful keyboard navigation
There are easy to remember single keystrokes to scroll through a post, mark it a (un-) read etc.
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EarnestHuixtocihuatl's Experience
I had been using this tool for a year and loved it until yesterday when Apple decided to stop it. Now, it won't even open. Was hoping there was an update I was missing, but alas no. I will change if and when the Vienna creators update the code to appease the security gurus at Apple.
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ReveredPolybotes's Experience
Straightforward and free!
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Free
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Tiny Tiny RSS
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Tiny Tiny RSS
My Recommendation for
Tiny Tiny RSS
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6
Pros
4
Cons
1
Specs
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Pro
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Organize by tags and labels
Browse and organize feeds and posts by tags and labels.
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Con
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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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Specs
Platforms:
Web, Android, iOS
Search:
Yes
Filtering:
Yes
Offline support:
Yes
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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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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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Android client available
An Android app is available on the Google Play store.
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Free
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News Explorer
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News Explorer
My Recommendation for
News Explorer
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11
Experiences
2
Pros
7
Cons
1
Specs
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Built-in iCloud sync
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No Smart Folders
While it comes with pre-existing views for "latest" and "unread" it lacks the ability to create your own custom smart folders.
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EncouragingByggvir's Experience
iCloud Syncing: no (additional) monthly fee for syncing an unlimited number of feeds, yey! Application is stable, sync is solid and it does what it needs to do in a powerful yet intuitive interface. Wishlist: smart (regular expression) keyword filtering, detecting and filtering out articles duplicated in multiple feeds, expanded in-line scrolling view (GReader, Inoreader).
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Platforms:
macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS
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Supports all Apple platforms
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HumbleNinhursag's Experience
purchaed app iOS it was good but often problem with image load and sometime strange!
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Built-in search for new RSS feeds
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Supports RSS, Atom, JSON and Twitter feeds
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Themes
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Integration with Pocket and Instapaper
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Notifications support
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$10.99
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Leaf
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Leaf
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Leaf
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1
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1
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Syncs with Feedly, Newsblur, FeedBin and Feed Wrangler
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9,99€
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NetNewsWire
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NetNewsWire
My Recommendation for
NetNewsWire
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3
Experiences
1
Pros
1
Cons
1
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Let's you know when an RSS feed has gone stale
The app will inform you of dead, stale, or otherwise bad feeds.
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Unreliable
It will sometimes skip over news items.
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EnthusiasticBachue's Experience
Sync across all your devices, and supports authenticated RSS feeds which I wasn't able to get working with other RSS readers.
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ReadKit
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ReadKit
My Recommendation for
ReadKit
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3
Pros
2
Specs
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Read "Instapaper", "Pocket" and "Readability"
Read It Later for OS X that combines Instapaper, Pocket and Readability into one app, which is convenient for those that use multiple services.
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Specs
Platforms:
macOS
Search:
Yes
Filtering:
Yes
Offline support:
Yes
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Concurrency
Multiple threads allows to load / update content very quickly
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$9.99
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NewsBlur
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NewsBlur
My Recommendation for
NewsBlur
All
3
Cons
2
Specs
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Con
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Can't have unread items older than a 14 days/month
This is a premium feature.
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Platforms:
Web, iOS, Android
Search:
Yes
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Freemium
This service is free, but can cost up to $24 per year for premium users.
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$0 - $24/yr
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Feediary
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Feediary
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Feediary
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Experiences
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LuckyKaskuh's Experience
very easy to handle, comfortableI like the privacy approach
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FeedzBot
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FeedzBot
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FeedzBot
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8
Experiences
1
Pros
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Cons
2
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No need to install anything
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Techy interface
While easily understandable, it could feel a bit techy for some
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Juan C.'s Experience
Telegram bot that just fulfill my needs.
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Simple, organised interface
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Telegram required
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Periodic alerts
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Instant usage
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Easy to use
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RSS Bot - News Notifier
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RSS Bot - News Notifier
My Recommendation for
RSS Bot - News Notifier
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1
Pros
1
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Minimalistic
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EnthusiasticNindub's Experience
It's minimalistic and usable
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Deepfeed
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Deepfeed
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Deepfeed
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3
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Sleek UI
UI is very smooth for read purpose.
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Platforms:
Android, Web, PWA Support
Price:
Free
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Cross Platform
App is build with PWA support, so install it any device.
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