Twitter is full of bots and trolls.
Facebook is full of your family, fake news, and photos of kids and pets.
Why Feedly?
you could get started with Feedly for free.
There are some limits though.
you’re able to follow up to 100 different sites.
You get up to three “Feeds” to group those sources for easier reading.
“Boards” aretags it’s possible for you to apply to articles.
Those articles are collected together away from your RSS feeds.
it’s possible for you to create up to three of these with the free account.
This is great for research or saving stuff for later.
The free version is enough for most users.
you’re free to unlock the pro version of Feedly for $65 per year.
With Pro, it’s possible for you to follow unlimited sources and create unlimited boards.
Feedly Pro also integrates with Evernote, One Note, and Pocket.
It unlocks the ability tointegrate Feedly with IFTT.
Pro is definitely targeted at power users, but you could sign up to help keep the lights on.
If you haven’t got a free Feedly account, head over to thesignup pageand get started for free.
By default, all your links still open in the online window.
There is a buried preference item that opens links in the app as tabs.
It makes it slightly more useful, but you arebetter off sticking with the web client.
When you hit an article, a little window pops up to read the item.
Any links you click will open in your default surfing app.
The app has three themes: Light, Glassy, and Dark.
Glassy is more of a gray but has a blur effect in the background.
The downside is you might only get your articles as one big list.
NewsFlow is not the best choice if you keep your feeds organized.
It is even worse if you like to scan read some feeds while reading others closely.
Made by the same developer, Leaf is a full-window reader.
You also can go through your entire source list as well as the folder/feeds.
The glassy theme is missing.
Your only choices are a light and dark background, though they both look nice.
Sharing is identical to Newsflow.
Leaf is pretty plain, but it gets the job done.
Using thebuilt-in share sheet allows you to postwithout logging into various services again.
Reeder ($9.99) [No Longer Available]
Reeder is practically Mac royalty.
After its near-death experience in the wake of Google Reader shutting down, theapp came roaring backwith Feedly support.
More recently, the added support for Instapaper as well.
Reeder has a beautiful, minimal design.
The app’s most impressive feature is the gesture navigation.
It might be one of the oldest apps to support advanced trackpad features.
you could swipe up and down to scroll between articles.
This keeps the app’s navigation in line with its iPad counterpart.
you might customize the title and article fonts to get your reading environment just how you like it.
Reeder has an extensive list of sharing services you’re free to enable.
They are all contained in the app.
As you add options, you better authorize various services.
It also pulls in your Mac’s share sheet as a possible option.
5.ReadKit($9.99)
Want anapp that has support for everything?
In addition to Feedly and Instapaper, you could add Pocket and Pinboard accounts as well.
If you have an account for it, you’re free to probably add it to ReadKit.
While it lacks the visual polish and gestures of Reeder, ReadKit is still a great choice.
Being able to read all of your online services in one place is especially convenient.
You also set a custom font, though it is the same font for headlines and articles.
Sharing is comprehensive after you log into your accounts using the app.
ReadKit is an excellent hub for all your reading services.
Having your queues all in the same place is convenient.
Do I Really Need a Client?
Depending on how you work, each of these apps has something to offer.
Newsflow allows you to read passively.
But Reeder and ReadKit are miles ahead of every other Feedly client on the Mac.
ReadKit gives you support for more services.
Reeder has a better interface and more customization options.
Both are great choices, both only cost $10.
