Flipboard vs Circa News

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.

Circa lets users follow a selected story and get alerts to breaking news.

Everything displayed on Circa News is meant to be clear, concise, and easy to navigate.

Circa News uses curators to provide summaries of stories, not fluffy narratives.

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.