NewsRob (Google Reader / RSS)

>250,000 downloads, 16924 ratings (4.45 average), 509 kb

NewsRob is an RSS/Atom newsreader that auto syncs with Google Reader.

NewsRob is the Chuck Norris of news readers.

- Two way sync in the background
- Extensive offline support
- Downloads full web pages of (partial) feeds

Pro version available: http://bit.ly/nr_pro.

Miss a feature? http://bit.ly/nr_suggest
Participate? http://bit.ly/nr_list

Top questions from the FAQ:

Q:The Google Reader unread count doesn't match the NewsRob unread count

A:NewsRob only shows the unread count of the articles that it fetched and are stored locally now. You can set the number of articles you want to see locally using Settings/Local Cache/Reading List. Also relevant is Settings/Sync/Sync Type. If you have "Unread Only" there then NewsRob will try during each sync to remove articles locally that you read and fill them up with unread articles from your Google Reader account.

Q:Not all of the feeds in Google Reader show up on NewsRob. Why's that?

A: NewsRob will only show the feeds for which there are currently articles on your phone.
If you have 300 feeds on Google Reader, but the most recent 500 articles, if that is what you set capacity-setting to, only are in 90 feeds, then you will only see 90 feeds. When new articles arrive that are in other feeds, those feeds will be displayed then.
Also NewsRob will only show the feeds that match the current selection. That means if you look at the label "android" it will only show you the feeds that are below the "android" label. Additionally if you set NewsRob to "hide read articles" you will only see feeds with unread articles.

Checkout the complete FAQ: http://bit.ly/nrfaq

Recent changes:
4.8.3 Google Reader dropped social features.
4.8.4 Bug fixes.
4.8.5 ICS: Fixed broken progress monitor. Initial compatibility with Google TV to test it.
4.8.6 Now the option menu soft button comes up again on devices without an option menu hardware button.
4.8.7 Worked on the bugs in ICS. Please come to the list if you still have issues: http://bit.ly/nr_ics
Removed ads for the next weeks, don't scream when they come back. Enjoy.
Better sync performance and UI interactivity

Latest version: 4.8.7 (for Android version 2.1 and higher)

Reviews

NewsRob reviewed by AndroidTapp

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(67 likes, 7 dislikes)

User reviews of NewsRob (Google Reader / RSS)

dbareis
Dec 10, 2011

Quite a good RSS reader (with Google Reader sync, which is not as common as I expected...) but no podcast support so I'll be changing to BeyondPod. BeyondPod doesn't have WIFI only option so will use this app for RSS and BeyondPod or something else for podcasts.

KenW3
Nov 30, 2011

I used to love this app. It works great, looks great and is easy to use. unfortunately, i have also discovered that it was the cause of frequent phone freezes, resets and lock-ups. Since deleting, my frustrating phone has become a pleasure to use. Too bad. Try it. If you don't have a problem with freezes, you'll love it.

aturo23
Sep 27, 2011

Spitzen-App. Lässt keine Wünsche übrig.

Stefl
Aug 18, 2011

Alternative: FeedR (mit Google Reader Synchronisierbar), alternativ: RssDemon (gut offline mit Podcast-Integration)

hoya94
May 27, 2011

The best RSS app that I have used. Definitely worth going PRO but the free version is awesome too.

Android Market Comments (2609)

DigiHoliQ
Feb 12, 2012

Pictures! Correct viewing of pictures(thumbnails), it gives you a very fast reading the feed, because you dont need to read every post!

pixiecorpse
Feb 11, 2012

Doesn't work as well as it used to. Can't find some of my subscriptions even if there are new feeds in my Google Reader account when I check. Used to work really well.

Benjamin
Feb 9, 2012

Perfect reader...

Frank
Feb 5, 2012

OK Not very pretty. Also how on Earth do you get rid of that annoying pop up that keeps telling you about tapping that button?!!!

Geo
Feb 4, 2012

Integration of Social Media Please give us integration of (at least) Twitter and Google+. If I read a story I like, I would like to be able to tweet it. I know I can use the "Share" feature of NewsRob, but that only pastes the url to Twitter. I would like it to be formatted like: "article heading - shortened url". Do that, and this will become a 5star app!