Ten Open Source RSS News Readers for Smartphones
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<p><strong>I've been looking for a good open source RSS news reader application</strong> for a while, but each time I tried some out, I would feel frustrated by limitations and overwhelmed by the different apps available on the F-Droid app store.</p> <p>This article is <strong>a review of ten open source news reader applications</strong>. I've ranked them in order, with the app <strong>Feeder</strong> taking first place...for now. I'll explain more below.</p> <p>I was able to test these apps systematically, because I was traveling. Being away for a month gave me ample opportunity to thoroughly test and compare these ten readers, taking detailed notes.</p> <p>I hope that the work I have put into this benefits you. Keep in mind that elements like layout, filtering, customisation and whether or not you can read the text inside the application mainly come down to personal preference. In the review below you will find my take.</p> <p><em>Note: I only tested news readers that do not require other online feed services.</em></p> <h2 id=about-rss>About RSS</h2><p>RSS is a format for creating a specific news feeds—all the Technology articles posted by the BBC, for example. Readers can collect these different feeds in an RSS aggregator, or news reading app, which enables one to scan a huge range of headlines from different sources at a glance, while easily dippin