There are 3 kinds of RSS reader in is to iPad. The initial mimics desktop readers and may be absolute (NewsRack) or abandon-ware (NetNewsWire). The second uses RSS, but keeps it a secret (Flipboard). The third difficulty comprises apps that take advantage of the hold capabilities of the iPad, of that probably the most appropriate e.g. is Reeder.
ReadPad is in this final category, and is the usually a we haven't deleted after a day (for the record, Reeder is the RSS app we use daily). Like most RSS readers, it syncs with Google Reader, creation it easy to try out (just pointer in with your Google ID). ReadPad's promotion content says that it is "beautiful," "download[s] articles similar to a wind" (sic), and that getting more information on it is a joy.
And that's often true. After an initial sync, successive updates are fast. Reeder-fast, in fact (and Reeder is just about the quickest reader we have used). With both already synced, a new modernise took 20-seconds for ReadPad, and 26-seconds for Reeder.
"Beautiful" is always a biased judgement, but as I'm a fool for simple, cultured interfaces I'll consent with the developer, George, on this a too. The interface is dark-on-light, reversing to light-on-dark is to essay view. When in held horizontally, the source-list is on the left. Tap a pretension to see all the articles in that "folder", and daub the round next to the pretension to spread that printed matter and see the feed titles within.
Then just daub a pretension to read that article. You can corkscrew to the next post in a list by pulling the stream essay up, and the new a then snaps in from next (just similar to in Reeder). To see the articles list again, swipe the principal page possibly left or correct to exhibit the list beneath.
Sharing options are many. You obtain Instapaper, Twitter,Facebook, Delicious, Pinboard, Read It Later. Tumblr, Google Reader (of course) and email. Only those that you have configured uncover up, gripping the menu giveaway from mess (unless you use them all, of course, in that box you're on your own).
The speed and ease of getting more information obviously creates the interface disappear, and we find myself fondness this roughly as ample as Reeder. In fact, if ReadPad had advance along first, it would probably be my every day RSS client. As it is, we am as well used to the application of Reeder's large thumbnail/icon perspective to change now, but you never know.
As it stands, this is a really burly (and so far really stable) v1.0 release, and the usually way to collect between it and Reeder is to try them. Both are capable and full-featured. Your ambience will decide. $5.
ReadPad product page [iTunes]
ReadPad product page [geeTouch]
See Also:
App Review: Reeder May Be the Best iPad RSS Reader Yet
10 Stellar iPad Apps That Will Blow You Away
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