With two month left to go , the post - Google Reader landscape of RSS services is still sorting itself out . The newest player?Feed horse wrangler , a paid subscription help from the iOS developer ofCheck The WeatherandAudiobooks .
Feed Wrangler launch Tuesday on the web and as an Io app , sporting a membership fee of $ 19 a yr . ( substance abuser can buy access through the site or the app . ) DeveloperDavid Smithsaid the paid fashion model may be the good agency for small services like his — and in the Wake Island of Google ’s demise , well , all of the service will be comparatively small — to live and expand into the future .
“ you’re able to easily build a sustainable business by realise a service with a few thousand delighted customer who each yield a monthly subscription fee , ” Smithwrote on his blogin March . He said in the first place inannouncing Feed Wrangler : “ I believe the reason that Google turned its back on Reader and left its users hanging is that they were users , not customers . ”
After you ’ve chosen your blog , you ’ll see a feed list of web log newspaper headline ; just tap the newspaper headline to get the full post . If you like a piece , you may “ star ” it , or pull through it to read by and by in Pocket or Instapaper .
There are no brochure here . Instead , user can create “ smart watercourse ” by enter criteria for various matter that they want to show about ; similarly , you’re able to produce filters to mark certain topics as “ read ” without receive to cream off through them . You ’ll never have to read about Congress again !
The iOS oblation is similar , but perhaps slightly more aggressive in its aesthetic , with a bright blue streamer across the top of the Sir Frederick Handley Page , headlines in a bluff typeface , and ( unlike the Web version ) a few Bible from the sum-up of each post . you could also use the “ wrangle ” clit in the app to organise your provender and mark everything read . If there are no new Charles William Post in your “ unread ” feed , the app will suggest you study something from whichever read - it - by and by service you ’ve tied into the app .
Smith say in an email toMacworldthat he hopes to soon have a Mac customer to link up the iOS app , but those might not be the only ways to get Feed Wrangler in the future : He ’ll launch the API to third - party developer and take into account them build off his platform . Because the money is in the subscription and not the app , Smith said , he can open up the ecosystem to anyone who wants to take part .
Google Reader , meanwhile , formally closes on July 1 .
