News Reader vs Readrops
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
News Reader
This minimal RSS news reader brings you the latest news. It includes several feeds in different categories, including news, technology, science, sports and others! You can also add your own feeds. News feeds are available in the following languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Russian. Features easy to use and lightweight with wide selection of news feeds text to speech: listen to your news choose your theme, add your personal feeds mini widget showing latest news headline backup and restore settings designed for speed and low battery consumption language of news feeds can be changed: please select "Settings" and then click on "Feeds language" to choose the language of news feeds Permissions This application requires the following permissions: INTERNET - to retrieve news WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (aka Photos/Media/Files) - to backup settings
Readrops
Readrops is a multi-services RSS client for Android. Its name is composed of "Read" and "drops", where drops are articles in an ocean of news. Features : - Local RSS parsing (RSS1, RSS2, ATOM, JSONFeed) - External services: - FreshRSS - Nextcloud News - Fever API - Google Reader API - Multi-account - Feeds and folders management (create, update and delete feeds/folders if supported by the service API) - OPML import/export - Background synchronisation - Notifications
| Feature | News Reader | Readrops |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-2.0-only | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | NotesNewsBrowser | NotesNewsBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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