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Awesome
Best looking reader I’ve found. But lacking swipe gestures for navigation between articles and mark read/mark all read features.BobYourUncle
Missing Import/Export to OPML
Good looking app. Missing ability to import or export to OPML. Missing ability to mark all articles as read.JackRyan69
Needs this:
Mark read on scroll.
Mark all read.
Needs a mercury type parser so Twitter, TikTok and instagram pics show up in the articles without having to go to the website.harleydavid96
Needs this:
Open Twitter links in native app.
Needs a mercury type parser so Twitter and instagram pics show up in the articles without having to go to the website.Surprise Features?
I like this RSS reader a lot, though it’s a bit buggy. The gesture to zoom in is dodgy, often causing stories to be accidentally swiped away. I also wish you could tap on embedded images to open them, and then use a zoom gesture if needed, similar to the way Reeder does it. Too many stories display tons of blank space above the content as well. Automatic marking of stories as read once they’ve been scrolled past would be an appreciated feature. Maybe some of these things are available in the “Surprise Features” the developers promise as part of the $4.99/mo “Max” subscription, but I’m not willing to sign up just to find out. If anyone out there has paid for that and can disclose the surprises, it would be helpful to know if they’re worth upgrading for.Show less10100101001010
Shares content as its own, rather than as its publisher’s
Tragically, if you share a story with another app or a person, this app shares it as a “Big News” story, and not as a story produced by its original publisher. This makes it impossible to use with active reading or bookmarking apps like Pocket, Instapaper, Raindrop.io or Readwise Reader. That’s a real drag, and a huge knock against other independent app developers.Show lessBad Robot
Developer Response
Hey there! You can turn off Smart Links by going to App Settings > Smart Links which will give you the original story URL (we do this so if you share a story with someone it’ll offer to open it in Big News, but we know this isn’t for everyone!). Hope that helps!Big mail when
Best news app I’ve seen so far, thanks to not so big company for making such great app. Im aggressively watering for big mail to releasePASCAL APPLE SIMP
Awesome
Looks amazing. Works great. My new fave newsreader.Almost Perfect
The UI is fantastic. I love how easy it is to discover and add feeds to follow. The auto-categorization of articles works really well. I also really enjoy that you get an email so you can add newsletters as well as RSS feeds.
That being said, I think it’s missing some key features:
- There’s no ability to mark articles as read
- You can import feeds, but can’t export them
Overall though, this is a really beautiful RSS app.Show lessketoverlock
Pretty good, but can’t be my everyday…
RSS app until there is an app option to change the “startup default tab” away from “today” to “following.” I don’t want the categories, I just want the latest stories. Until then it’s just nice to occasionally use. Add the app option and move from 3 stars to 5 stars, easily.UCBearcats
