When comparing gReader vs Circa News, the Slant community recommends Circa News for most people. In the question“What are the best news readers?” Circa News is ranked 9th while gReader is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Circa News is:
Circa lets users follow a selected story and get alerts to breaking news.
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Pros
Pro Built-in text-to-speech
The app can read the news stories out lout to you.
Pro Has a lockscreen widget
The widget allows checking the news without having to unlock the phone.
Pro Integrates with multiple read it later services
gReader integrates with Pocket, Instapaper and Readability.
Pro Integrates with third-party RSS services and works as a standalone RSS reader
While the app can integrate with third-party RSS services, like Feedly and The Old Reader, it can be used as a standalone RSS reader as well.
Pro Makes it effortless to stay on top of the news
Circa lets users follow a selected story and get alerts to breaking news.
Pro Beautifully designed
Everything displayed on Circa News is meant to be clear, concise, and easy to navigate.
Pro Articles are to the point
Circa News uses curators to provide summaries of stories, not fluffy narratives.
Pro Ability to Follow favorite stories
Pro 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.
Cons
Con Free version has very basic widget support
The free version includes just the icon widget, other widgets can be accessed with the pro version which costs $4.69.
Con Free version has ads
Con No web version yet
Circa News is not available on the web, but this feature is coming soon.