River of News for Google Reader, as the name might give away, is an RSS reader for the iPad for those who use Google Reader to keep up with their favorite feeds.
I’m a big consumer of RSS feeds as a major part of how I keep up with news each day – whether it’s iPad and iOS news, general tech news, or just news in general. I also follow Twitter, Google+, and news magazines like Flipboard, Zite, Google Currents, and others to keep up with what’s happening – but tracking my 200 or so favorite feeds in Google Reader is still my most used and most effective way to try to keep up with the daily information overload we’re all faced with these days.
I’ve tried other RSS apps on the desktop but Google Reader in a browser has remained my favorite for years on the desktop. It was my favorite on the iPhone for a long while too – even after the App Store opened and many decent native RSS reader apps came along. These days I do most of my reading on the iPad, so finding a great RSS app for the iPad was a priority from Day 1. Happily, River of News hit the iPad App Store a few months after the iPad was released – and it has been my favorite RSS app ever since.
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Reeder for iPad, the popular RSS reader app, has been updated this week, to Version 1.5.1.
It’s not a major update, but it does add a strong new feature, and one that comes via popular demand – the ability to save to Evernote.
Here’s the short, full change list for this update:
By popular request, Reeder can now save to Evernote, finally!
Fixed:
- Disappearing subscriptions (If you’re still seeing this, a restart of the app should help)
- Possible crash on launch
New:
- Readability syncing now can also be disabled from within the app (in addition to the toggle in Settings.app > Reeder)
Here’s an App Store link for Reeder for iPad; it’s priced at $4.99.
I’ve tried Reeder a few times on iPad and iPhone and just never found it as great as many of my friends and colleagues do. Maybe it’s time to give it another look.
What’s your favorite RSS app for the iPad?
Feedly started life as a very cool Firefox extension that enhanced Google Reader and gave your RSS feeds a slick, magazine-style presentation in a browser. It was kind of a Flipboard for the browser, but focused purely on RSS feeds.
Today Feedly has arrived on the iPad. There’s been an iPhone version of the app for some months, but today it’s been updated to a universal app, so there’s a dedicated iPad version.
I installed the app earlier and have been taking a quick look at it today. It looks good,as Feedly always has in a browser.
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Byline – the popular RSS reader app for the iPhone – has been updated and now offers full iPad support in a universal app, Byline (Universal).
Here are some of the app’s key features:
- Two-way syncing with your Google Reader feeds, folders, starred items and notes.
- Integration with Twitter, Instapaper, and Read It Later.
- Navigate between items quickly with a simple swipe gesture.
- View up to 1000 items when you’re offline, including embedded images.
- Offline browsing lets you access complete web pages linked to by your feeds.
- Automatic caching uses statistical analysis to selectively cache web pages for feeds with truncated content.
- High-resolution graphics optimised for iPhone 4’s Retina display.
- Tailored for use in both landscape and portrait orientations.
- Star items and mark as read/unread in bulk or one-by-one.
- Mark all as read with an intuitive one-touch gesture.
- Built-in web browser for online and offline browsing.
- Share items and create notes from any web page.
- Send full articles by email.
Here’s an App Store link for Byline (Universal); it’s a free app.
Good news: my favorite RSS reader for the iPad (by far), River of News, is on sale for a limited time:
I’m putting River of News on sale to celebrate its return to the top 10 in the news category. For a limited time it is priced at $1.99 in the US or the corresponding price in your region’s App Store.
I’m very glad to hear the app is back in its category’s Top 10, and hope this sale just adds to its success.
Here’s an App Store link for River of News. If you’re looking for a great iPad RSS app, you need to give this one a look, especially at this price.
