RSS Central is one of the easiest to use RSS Feed Readers amongst all. It costs $1 after a 7-day trial. It costs $1 after a 7-day trial. Right after opening the app you get the idea what you have. The Old Reader is another great reader that has a slick and minimal look. It's free to use for up to 100 RSS feeds, and if you decide to connect your Facebook or Google account, you can see if any of your friends are using it too so you can follow them. All three versions of Reeder will get major updates. Unfortunately, these won't be ready for July 1st. Sorry about that. Reeder for iPhone. The current version of Reeder for iPhone will be free, starting today. Version 3.2 (already submitted) will support the following services as alternatives to Google Reader. Clean Windows 10 app. Provides basic tools without a ton of distracting bells.
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In this mobile-centric world, we still spend a good part of the day working on PCs and Laptops. And sometimes, we don't get enough time to grab our smartphone and scroll through the latest news and favorite websites. So, in such situations having an RSS Feed Reader or Personalized News Reader desktop app can be really handy. By desktop app I mean a Windows Store app. If you didn't know, Windows 10 apps can now be used as desktop apps. They'll work the same.
So, I tested out some RSS Feed Reader apps. And, here's a quick rundown on the best RSS Feed readers available on the Windows store for Windows 10 PCs. Let's dig in.
1. NewsFlow
If you like simplicity then you'll love NewsFlow. Following the Windows app design guidelines, Newsflow has given enough space between elements to breathe. It is not that charming but it's simple, easy to read and navigate. Here's a screenshot of the feeds in the Home display.
To add a feed, you can simply search for the website and it will display all the available feeds related to your search query. You can also manually add the feed link to the search bar. You get enough options to customize when you add an RSS Feed.
An unusual thing here is that you can't add a new category when you add an RSS Feed. You can only select them. You got to add them from the categories panel separately first.
A cool feature you get in the article options is to extend the readability. Many RSS Feed article ask you to fully read the article on their website. This feature will extend the article and let you read the whole post in the Article panel itself.
It's got all other features. Categories get added to the main menu. You can even add these categories to the start menu to quickly access them. You can manage the notifications and customize the article format according to your needs.
2. NextGen Reader
NextGen Reader is a Feedly client app making use of the Feedly API. It boasts of a multi-pane design with full customization. Yes, you'll, of course, need a Feedly account to get started with this one. It cost $1 on the store. But you can use it as a 7-day free trial. And then choose to buy it or not.
Here's how the multi-pane design looks.
You can also switch to modern view by clicking on the NextGen logo. It will show a beautiful card view of the Feed currently open.
You can further customize the fonts, switch between light and dark theme and change behavior of the application according to your needs. Unfortunately, you cannot add your own shortcuts.
You can set the behavior of the article for specific feeds. You can choose to open it with a summary, full view or open in the browser. Or else just pin the Feed to the Start Menu.
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Do you like to quickly scan your unread articles and read what's interests you? If yes then Readiy (another Feedly client app) will help you do so. Readiy organizes all your unread articles in tiles view so that you can quickly scan through headings and read what's interesting.
There's a sidebar to quickly navigate through your feeds and app settings to change the look of the app according to your liking. The article opens up in a separate panel for unobtrusive reading.
Here too you can extend the article using readability. You get different article specific options on the top-right corner of the panel. Options like saving it Pocket and sharing it with other Windows apps.
4. newsXpresso Pro
newsXpresso reminds me of Flipboard. (Flipboard is also available on the Store, though I haven't added it here because it's already popular.) newsXpresso has got an animation effect just like Flipboard. Flipboard flips to next screen and newsXpresso opens the next screen like you're opening a book. The default theme of the app is Paper. But you can change it as I did below.
newsExpresso Pro shows news and articles based on regions. You can also opt for Global but region based content does include Global content too. It's a mixture of personalized news and RSS feeds. You can simply search for the website you'd like to add to the list. Or just get random news and articles based on the category you've chosen. Here's how an article looks.
You can even add your YouTube Account and Feedly account to get more personalized content.
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5. RSS Central
RSS Central is one of the easiest to use RSS Feed Readers amongst all. It costs $1 after a 7-day trial. Right after opening the app you get the idea what you have to do. Each option is visible on screen with more natural navigation.
To add your own feeds you can simply paste them to add or do a quick search. It's fast and responsive.
The article can be expanded to full view. You can set the refresh interval time, always display unread article and set article sort order. You also get the option to personalize the app behavior when you're offline. It's simple, fast, has easy navigation and I like it.
What's Your Take?
You still wanna stick to Flipboard or want to explore among these beautiful apps listed above? Let us know in the comments what's you take on these Windows apps and share your own favorite.
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A while ago I said that Unread was the new bar for having a beautifully readable interface for your text based content. It was so much better I felt that Instapaper needed to take a step forward to keep up. Now Unread has some faults, most glaringly it's entire lack of the ability to manage any aspect of your feeds. You can't subscribe or unsubscribe from anything inside Unread.
For that reason alone I kept Reeder 3 around but it wasn't my only issue with Unread. Unread had no keyboard shortcuts, which seems fairly problematic as more and more users are making their iPad's their main work machine. Yes, Unread responded to my criticism over 200 days ago saying it was on their list, but it's been 200 days with no update on that front.
@curtismchale Thank you for using and writing about Unread. Both keyboard navigation and subscription management are high priorities for future versions.1
That's not to say that Unread hasn't been getting updates, but they've been stability and bug fixes instead of feature enhancements. The longer Unread has gone without any keyboard support, the more frustrated I've been with it's lack as I sit at my desk reading and writing about the articles. I love a touch interface, but reaching up to the iPad all the time makes Unread feel handicapped.
Now Reeder 3 wasn't amazing on the iPad Pro. It didn't support the iPad Pro well, and the reading experience barely held a candle to what Unread was providing. Well Reeder came out with version 4 in late April so let's put them head to head to see what my RSS reader of choice is moving forward.
On the beauty of the text reading front, Unread would still be my choice. The font choices and line height settings out of the box are by far the best of any reading experience on iOS. This doesn't mean that Reeder 4 is a bad reading experience, just that out of the box I like Unread more.
[caption align='alignnone' width='6006'] Reeder 4 with my settings vs Unread[/caption]
To bring Reeder close to the reading standard that Unread set, I set my font size to 22 and my spacing to 1.7 and leave the stock font set to San Francisco. I'm not sure what the font settings are in Unread exactly, but those settings on Reeder make it feel close enough that I don't feel annoyed by the reading experience.
Out of the box, Unread does full screen article reading, while Reeder defaults to a split of articles on the side and a 3/4 article width. This is easy enough to change in Reeder by choosing compact mode. That gives me a list of the sites with unread article on the left and a list of the articles on the right. When I select an article to read it goes full screen.
Reeder has a much faster readability mode which I use for very one of those lame sites that don't include a full part of their article in the RSS feed. While unread has the same feature it takes a few seconds longer every time and while it never felt annoying it does now with Reeder being so fast.
Reeder Rss News Reader
[caption align='alignnone' width='4636'] Reeder 4 readability mode which pulled in the entire article content for me[/caption]
News Rss Reader
One of my favourite enhancements for Reeder 4 is that it dropped the old non-native Share Sheet. Yes, it was very useful when it first came out and iOS didn't have the support that it does now for sharing, but it's been long in the tooth for a while now. It was time they dropped this feature and stuck with what iOS provides natively.
For RSS sources Unread supports Feed Wrangler, Feedbin, Feedly, Fever, Inoreader and NewsBlur. Reeder supports Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler, FeedHQ, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, Inoreader, Fever, and BazQux Reader. Additionally Reeder will take any self-hosted RSS reader that is compatible with the old Google Reader API. Yes Reeder supports a few more services, but after a survey of friends, anyone could use either service and be happy.
5. RSS Central
RSS Central is one of the easiest to use RSS Feed Readers amongst all. It costs $1 after a 7-day trial. Right after opening the app you get the idea what you have to do. Each option is visible on screen with more natural navigation.
To add your own feeds you can simply paste them to add or do a quick search. It's fast and responsive.
The article can be expanded to full view. You can set the refresh interval time, always display unread article and set article sort order. You also get the option to personalize the app behavior when you're offline. It's simple, fast, has easy navigation and I like it.
What's Your Take?
You still wanna stick to Flipboard or want to explore among these beautiful apps listed above? Let us know in the comments what's you take on these Windows apps and share your own favorite.
ALSO READ: How to Install and Run Windows 10 Modern Apps from an External Drive
The above article may contain affiliate links which help support Guiding Tech. However, it does not affect our editorial integrity. The content remains unbiased and authentic.Also See#Lists #modern apps
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A while ago I said that Unread was the new bar for having a beautifully readable interface for your text based content. It was so much better I felt that Instapaper needed to take a step forward to keep up. Now Unread has some faults, most glaringly it's entire lack of the ability to manage any aspect of your feeds. You can't subscribe or unsubscribe from anything inside Unread.
For that reason alone I kept Reeder 3 around but it wasn't my only issue with Unread. Unread had no keyboard shortcuts, which seems fairly problematic as more and more users are making their iPad's their main work machine. Yes, Unread responded to my criticism over 200 days ago saying it was on their list, but it's been 200 days with no update on that front.
@curtismchale Thank you for using and writing about Unread. Both keyboard navigation and subscription management are high priorities for future versions.1
That's not to say that Unread hasn't been getting updates, but they've been stability and bug fixes instead of feature enhancements. The longer Unread has gone without any keyboard support, the more frustrated I've been with it's lack as I sit at my desk reading and writing about the articles. I love a touch interface, but reaching up to the iPad all the time makes Unread feel handicapped.
Now Reeder 3 wasn't amazing on the iPad Pro. It didn't support the iPad Pro well, and the reading experience barely held a candle to what Unread was providing. Well Reeder came out with version 4 in late April so let's put them head to head to see what my RSS reader of choice is moving forward.
On the beauty of the text reading front, Unread would still be my choice. The font choices and line height settings out of the box are by far the best of any reading experience on iOS. This doesn't mean that Reeder 4 is a bad reading experience, just that out of the box I like Unread more.
[caption align='alignnone' width='6006'] Reeder 4 with my settings vs Unread[/caption]
To bring Reeder close to the reading standard that Unread set, I set my font size to 22 and my spacing to 1.7 and leave the stock font set to San Francisco. I'm not sure what the font settings are in Unread exactly, but those settings on Reeder make it feel close enough that I don't feel annoyed by the reading experience.
Out of the box, Unread does full screen article reading, while Reeder defaults to a split of articles on the side and a 3/4 article width. This is easy enough to change in Reeder by choosing compact mode. That gives me a list of the sites with unread article on the left and a list of the articles on the right. When I select an article to read it goes full screen.
Reeder has a much faster readability mode which I use for very one of those lame sites that don't include a full part of their article in the RSS feed. While unread has the same feature it takes a few seconds longer every time and while it never felt annoying it does now with Reeder being so fast.
Reeder Rss News Reader
[caption align='alignnone' width='4636'] Reeder 4 readability mode which pulled in the entire article content for me[/caption]
News Rss Reader
One of my favourite enhancements for Reeder 4 is that it dropped the old non-native Share Sheet. Yes, it was very useful when it first came out and iOS didn't have the support that it does now for sharing, but it's been long in the tooth for a while now. It was time they dropped this feature and stuck with what iOS provides natively.
For RSS sources Unread supports Feed Wrangler, Feedbin, Feedly, Fever, Inoreader and NewsBlur. Reeder supports Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler, FeedHQ, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, Inoreader, Fever, and BazQux Reader. Additionally Reeder will take any self-hosted RSS reader that is compatible with the old Google Reader API. Yes Reeder supports a few more services, but after a survey of friends, anyone could use either service and be happy.
Another feature that Reeder has that Unread never had is it's support for other services like Instapaper and Pocket. For me Instapaper is the only other service I have used, but even that has dropped off for me in favour of DEVONthink.
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While the DEVONthink ‘clutter free' reading archive (eh that wording) leaves much to be desired, it's a much more efficient way for me to deal with any material I want to read later because I can read it and catalogue it in one step. Formerly I'd send my content to Instapaper, maybe write about it while I read the article with Ulysses in a split view, and then if I wanted long term storage of the article I'd need to send it to DEVONthink and remember to tag the article.
[caption align='alignnone' width='2973'] Yup the DEVONthink clutter free reading experience is lacking. It strips the crap but those line lengths are terrible[/caption]
In practice, I'd move it to DEVONthink and then not get around to dealing with the article so it would sit in my inbox being mostly clutter amidst some other articles that I hadn't read. By pushing all my 'read later' content to DEVONthink I now catalogue the content as soon as I read it, so my research storage is in a much better spot.
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One thing I didn't mention, because I'm iPad first, is that Reeder 4 launched the macOS version at the same time and it's just as good as the iOS version. Unread has never had a macOS version so the few times I'm using macOS, Reeder has always been my choice since nothing else was as nice. I also purchased the macOS version of Reeder 4 and quite enjoy the reading enhancements.
I didn't actually cover all the features of Reeder 4 because Matthew Cassinelli has already done a great job of this. If you're interested in Reeder 4, highly suggest you look through his review of Reeder 4.
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