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Add to SafariWhen comparing NewsBlur vs Cronycle, the Slant community recommends NewsBlur for most people. In the question“What are the best Feedly alternatives?” NewsBlur is ranked 3rd while Cronycle is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose NewsBlur is:
NewsBlur has a discovery algorithm that users can "train" to show stories they are interested in and hide ones they don't care about.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Recommended articles that improves over time
NewsBlur has a discovery algorithm that users can "train" to show stories they are interested in and hide ones they don't care about.
Pro Keyboard shortcuts for fast navigation
By default arrow keys and spacebar are used to quickly navigate stories, but they can be rebound for premium accounts.
Pro Multiple layout & style options
NewsBlur allows users to customize the font size, line spacing, story layout, and type faces.
Pro Fast to use
Very fast to navigate around the UI and load articles.
Pro View content the way it is originally displayed
NewsBlur offers an option of reading articles just like they are displayed on the original site.
Pro Organize feeds into folders
Feeds can be grouped into folders for easier management and to allow users to separate feeds for work, comics, research, etc.
Pro Share stories with comments
Burblog is a simple, customizable website for sharing stories with comments that people can subscribe to.
Pro Aggregates email newsletters
You can forward email newsletters to a user-specific email address to have them aggregated in your feed reader along with your RSS content.
Pro Free / Libre software
NewsBlur is FOSS, so it can be freely modified & redistributed.
Pro Freemium service
Free version has a limit of 64 sites. Upgrading to unlimited sites costs $1/month.
Pro Advanced filters
Filter out the noise and get relevant information using advanced filters.
Pro Pre-curated topics
Smart AI that suggests relevant automated topics to discover content.
Pro RSS aggregation
Aggregate content to feeds from multiple RSS sources.
Pro Collaboration boards
Collaborate with teams efficiently to enrich curated content.
Pro Content publishing and newsletters
Publish curated content to multiple social media channels/enterprise messaging apps or Wordpress websites, and host newsletters directly from Cronycle
Pro Analyzing trends using metrics and analytics
Measures content engagement and trends using metrics
Pro Clean UI and user friendly
Pro Added functionality through shared feedback
Ask your team mates for feedback and collaborate to create intelligence from the articles you read. This is on par with most Feedly alternatives.
Pro Easy to manage sources in feeds
Ability to aggregate from anywhere on the web by adding sources and managing them in the sources library.
Pro iOS app
Pro Curate content from twitter
Curate information and content from Twitter without the noise and have complete control over feeds.
Pro Fast and smooth
Clean UI that loads quicky.
Pro Desktop extension 'Content Clipper'
Makes Cronycle a Pocket / Feedly alternative, by being a news feed reader as well as a place to save articles for easier reading.
Pro Good onboarding and customer support
Cons
Con Freemium
This service is free, but can cost up to $24 per year for premium users.
Con Can't have unread items older than a 14 days/month
This is a premium feature.
Con No android app yet
