Handy News Reader
A light Android feed reader, forked from Flym, that loads full article text for offline reading.
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About Handy News Reader
Handy News Reader is an Android RSS and Atom reader based on Flym News Reader. It can fetch the full text of articles rather than only the feed excerpt, and keeps them for reading offline.
The fork has a long commit history of its own and is published on GitHub under the GPL-3.0, with translations managed through Crowdin. It suits Android users who read long articles on the go and want them available without a connection.
Strengths
- Loads full article text, not just feed excerpts
- Articles can be read offline
- Long-running fork with frequent commits
Limitations
- Android only
- Maintained mainly by a single developer
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the GPL-3.0.
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Developer
- yanus171
- Platforms
- Android
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Reading full articles offline on an Android phone
- Categories
- RSS readers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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