Flipboard vs Feedbin

This app has a very polished, magazine-style layout, that is flipped through by swiping. Because of its layout, Flipboard is especially nice on tablets.

Magazines is a features by Flipboard that can allow anyone to create their own personalized magazine by collecting the content from various websites and collate them into a magazine that can also be shared to other readers. Magazines can be set to either public or private access and anyone can follow the magazine.

Flipboard is available on Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Windows and web app.

There is also a simple import from Google Reader.

Flipboard pulls information from Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, etc. Everything is aggregated in one app, which can then be flipped through and shared, either directly on Flipboard or on social networks.

Flipboard has millions of Magazines that anyone can follow, covering various subjects. Some cover general topics like home decoration, while others are immensely specific: for example, there’s one just about technological advances that extend human lifespan. All users can create their own Magazines and share them publicly, with friends, or keep them for private use.

Uncluttered and intuitive to use.

Licensed under MIT. Code available on GitHub.

Feedbin has a fully-featured, free, REST-style API.

JSON Feed is a new syndication format that uses JSON instead of XML to store its data. JSON is generally considered easier to read and write than XML, making for less error-prone data structuring and broken feeds.

Works with Reeder, ReadKit, Mr Reader, SubToMe and many, many other apps.

The web interface is nice, and the apps give a great native experience regardless of what platform you're on.

This won't disappear in a year or two if ad revenue falls off.