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Add to SafariWhen comparing Press vs gReader, the Slant community recommends Press for most people. In the question“What are the best news readers?” Press is ranked 7th while gReader is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Press is:
Once articles are synced, all of the information is cached and can be viewed while offline.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Works offline
Once articles are synced, all of the information is cached and can be viewed while offline.
Pro Lots of integrations
Works as a front-end for Feedly, Feedbin, Fever or Feed Wrangler.
Pro Gorgeous UI
Beautiful app, and a great user experience. Press is able to take info from other readers and present it in a more manageable fashion.
Pro Customizable themes
Light and dark themes are available to accommodate users in high or low light environments.
Pro Readability support
Press is compatible with Readability; a service that stores online articles for reading later.
Pro Great widget
Press has a widget available for easier reading.
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.
Cons
Con Unreliable after being installed a while
After about a week, this app stops working as intended. Features like syncing and caching are the most common features to break.
Con Lack of updates may cause compatibility issues
The last update to the Google Play Store was January 2014. It looks like it's been abandoned, so will likely have increasing issues with bugs and compatibility concerns with newer Android versions.
Con Android only
You are limited to only using the app on an Android device.
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
