Re:Show HN: Complete list of Google Reader alternatives
by brockhand on Friday June 28, 2013 @10:22AM
(#5958098)
I jumped over to Feedbin when Reeder announced support for it (I am another Reeder die-hard). My experience has been somewhat mixed. I am excited about the server change but I am a bit annoyed that there wasn't a notification about it (I had to go to the blog/twitter to find out why I couldn't get feeds to refresh).
The update to load starred articles from Google Reader excited me quite a bit. It sounds like the business is sustainable and I'm hopeful for its future.
Re:Show HN: Complete list of Google Reader alternatives
by srik on Friday June 28, 2013 @11:00AM
(#5958337)
After going over reederapps post and twitters etc. I have a feeling, the next update Silvios is talking about might have it's own backend, but he did say it wouldn't be ready for a few weeks, so I am sort of telling myself, that theres a good chance that whatever I pick might only be for temporary purposes anyway and Export OPML is supert important.
Feedbin might be my final pick.
Re:Show HN: Complete list of Google Reader alternatives
by smackfu on Friday June 28, 2013 @10:04AM
(#5958015)
Feed Wrangler also has that single developer problem. And while the paid aspect is supposed to be make it self-sustaining, the number of users is critical to whether it is a side-project or something that is a full time job.
I really wish we could see a year into the future, to see which of these services really lasted and were well maintained with new feature updates.
FEEDBIN (2/month or 20/year)
+ best of the bunch
+ api on github
+ moved to new servers, better speed ahead
+ export available
+ aesthetic & functional
+ some app support on most platforms
+ feels like designed for heavy RSS user consumption
+ excellent reviews around the web
- 3 day only trial
- single developer and seemingly developed as a side project (not sure if + or -)
- unsubstantiated rumors about speed sync w reeder.app. (worried - where there's smoke theres fire)
FEEDLY (free)
+ integration w/ ifttt (can be amazing, for non-hosted experiments)
+ bigger team behind, slightly reassuring
+ aggresive about recruiting google reader users, made changes to accommodate.
- web client - more magazine-ish than reader-ish, even after their new update
- NO EXPORT, even after the new update. Looks like this may be strategic.
- mostly feedly's own apps only
FEED WRANGLER (paid 20/year)
+ smart streams
+ some decent app support
+ api on github, twitter
+ native phone apps
- AWFUL looking web ui thats hard to get past
- single developer (EDIT: tx for the reply)
4. FEED_A_FEVER (30/forever)
+ innovative
+ well designed
+ long time, so pretty cleaned up regards to bugs etc.
+ excellent reviews
+ trustworthy dev behind this
+ native app
+ good third party apps
+ api
+ self-hosted
- dev claims he is overwhelmed w/ life and other game related projects atm and will not be able to focus on this.
- have to worry about hosting etc.