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Replace Google Reader with one of these five apps

By Wally Bahny June 19, 2013, 7:54 AM PDT

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Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: CommaFeed

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: CommaFeed

ntThis gallery is also available as an article in the TechRepublic Five Apps Blog.

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ntCommaFeed has a very basic, simple web interface.  Importing feeds from Google Reader is automated.

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Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: CommaFeed 2

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: CommaFeed 2

ntCommaFeed also looks pretty good in iPad Safari.  The top half of the page title is cut off due to their notice that they are “working on performance issues”.

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Replace Google Reader with one of these five apps

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: Skimr

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: Skimr

ntSkimr also has a clean interface, however it does not display unread counts.  Read items are shown by graying out the text.  Imports are accomplished through an OPML file.

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Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: Skimr 2

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: Skimr 2

ntIndividual feed items appear as bubbles that link to the full page on the source web site.  Images can be turned on and off via the button at the top.

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Replace Google Reader with one of these five apps

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: News360

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: News360

ntNews360 imports your feeds from Google Reader and other sources but in a non-traditional manner.  Instead of directly using RSS, it has its own feeds that it matches with your RSS imports and offers those as options.

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Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: News360 2

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: News360 2

ntNews360’s interface is a little more dressed up than CommaFeed, Skimr, and Bloglines.

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Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: News360 3

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: News360 3

ntOn the mobile app (iPad shown here), News360 shows tiles for each article.  It attempts to learn your preferences and shows you what it thinks are your most important articles first.

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Replace Google Reader with one of these five apps

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: Pulse

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: Pulse

ntPulse imports your feed listing directly from Google Reader and displays feed items in a tiled layout in the web browser.  Tile layout is adjustable using the 3 settings at the top right of the screen.

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Replace Google Reader with one of these five apps

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: Pulse 2

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: Pulse 2

ntThe tablet app (iPad shown here) for Pulse shows each feed in a folder as a line with each item as a tile in that line.

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Replace Google Reader with one of these five apps

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: Bloglines

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: Bloglines

ntBloglines is another simple, clean feed reader that imports from OPML files.

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Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: Bloglines 3

Five More Apps to replace Google Reader: Bloglines 3

ntBloglines looks basically the same on the iPad as it does on the desktop.

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