When comparing Press vs Miniflux, the Slant community recommends Press for most people. In the question“What are the best news readers?” Press is ranked 7th while Miniflux is ranked 24th. 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 Focused on content
The interface is very simple yet usable (completely navigable with keyboard), and focuses on the content.
Pro Very light and easy installation
It is easy to install, and has few dependencies. It requires very few resources to run.
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 Subscription management
It is currently a bit difficult to handle many subscriptions in the web interface, as there is no mass edit option.