NewsBlur: A Personal News Reader
NewsBlur is a powerful and user-friendly personal news reader designed to aggregate and organize RSS feeds in real-time, allowing users to stay updated with the latest news as it happens. Built for individuals who value both context and community, NewsBlur offers a platform to read, share, and discuss stories with friends or the wider public through features like shared stories and blurblogs.
Key Features
- Real-time RSS Updates: Stories are pushed directly to users, ensuring immediate access to breaking news.
- Original Site Viewing: Read content in its intended context on the original website.
- Shared Stories & Blurblogs: Enhance the social aspect of news reading by sharing stories publicly or with friends.
- Training & Customization: Filter out unwanted stories and highlight preferred content through intelligent training.
- Full Text Search: Quickly locate stories across subscriptions (enhanced in premium plans).
- Story Tagging & Saved Searches: Organize content with custom tags and save frequent searches as feeds.
- Multi-Platform Support: Available on web, iOS, Android, and macOS with native apps, supporting third-party tools like Reeder and ReadKit.
- Privacy Options: Control sharing settings with public, protected, or private blurblogs (premium feature).
- Layout Flexibility: Choose from grid, list, split, or magazine views for personalized reading experiences.
- Dark Mode: Built-in across platforms for comfortable reading in low-light conditions.
Use Cases
NewsBlur is ideal for avid news consumers, researchers, and social readers who want a centralized platform to manage multiple feeds. It caters to users seeking a distraction-free reading environment with customizable filters, as well as communities looking to engage over shared content. With premium plans ($36/year) unlocking advanced features like unlimited sites and full archive search, it’s a scalable solution for both casual and power users.
Whether you're tracking industry updates, curating content for a blog, or discussing current events, NewsBlur combines technical efficiency with a social reading experience.
