Five RSS readers for Windows 8

Although in many places it is said that RSS is dead, we all know that it still has a lot to say. Therefore, today we bring you the five best applications to read feeds on your Windows 8. While there weren't that many options in previous versions of Windows (and, to be honest, the ones that were there weren't particularly useful), Windows 8 has brought a lot of really cool new apps. Let's see them.

FeedReader, seamless integration with Google Reader

We start with FeedReader , a client that has a seamless integration with Google Reader.In fact, the interface is very similar to the web reader. It is divided into three columns, one with folders and subscriptions, another with a list of new items and a third with preview articles.

From FeedReader we can also manage our subscriptions, adding feeds by URL or searching by name. Also, it has some cool customization options. For example, we can choose how many lines of text of each news item we see in the list, choose a dark or light theme or activate the offline download of the feeds, among others.

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The only thing I&39;ve found wrong with FeedReader is that it doesn&39;t perform particularly well. It has frozen me>"

Download | FeedReader

Dark RSS Reader, to read a few Metro-style feeds

We now move on to a less powerful but much more comfortable alternative if you are not a hoarder of feeds like me. Dark RSS Reader is a reader that displays all news in Metro-style tiles, with all subscriptions in a horizontal list.

It's fast and very easy to use, and it has small details that I really liked, such as filtering news that we don't like by keywords. Regarding subscription management, we can search for them on the Internet, add them by URL or import them from Google Reader or OPML files. The only fault that I have found is that it does not respect the format of the news, removing links, bold, headings and paragraphs, which sometimes makes reading very uncomfortable.

Despite this, I find Dark RSS Reader to be a very good application if you only have a few feeds (I don't want to imagine putting my 100+ subscriptions in a horizontal list). In addition, it is totally free .

Download | Dark RSS Reader

News Bento, organize your feeds like in a magazine

I must admit that the first time I opened News Bento it caught my attention.It is not a feed reader to use. It organizes all the sites we read like on the Windows 8 start screen, with tiles that we can make larger or smaller, in true Modern UI style.

When entering a subscription, it shows us all the news not as a list, but organized as if they were different paragraphs of a magazine. And the article view is not far behind: the article is paginated with controls on the sides that will be incredibly comfortable on a tablet; and also removes the images from the article and puts them in the header so as not to break continuity. Too bad it doesn't work too well with more than one image per article.

News Bento allows us to choose feeds by URL, or choose from a predefined list of media in English. We can also import our feeds from Google Reader. It is a very interesting application with a great design, and you can also download it for free.

Download | News Bento

Nextgen Reader, the best reader on Windows Phone makes the leap to Windows 8

I was pleasantly surprised to find this app on Windows 8. Nextgen Reader is an RSS reader for Windows Phone that I quite liked, and searching through the Store I found its bigger cousin for Windows 8. And The truth is that I have not been disappointed at all .

Following the traditional style of feed readers, Nextgen Reader shows us on PC an interface with three columns: subscriptions on the left, news list in the center and article preview on the left right. If you are on a tablet it will switch to a Modern view, following the Metro style. It is a pity that there is no option to choose the interface that we want.

The synchronization with Google Reader is perfect (in fact, you can't use it without a Google Reader account), as well as being very fast.It is a fluid application, with a great design and with all the options of a reader: mark as favorites, share articles, mark as read from a certain date…

Interestingly, despite not having too many options, it is the client that I liked the most. Perhaps because it is the one that focuses the most on being a useful reader and not just pretty. It costs €2.49, although it has an unlimited trial version with ads.

Download | Nextgen Reader

Readiculous, the most attractive RSS reader

Now for the last one on the list: Readiculous, the client with the most attractive design I've ever found. As is unfortunately often the case, attractive design does not mix well with functional design for heavy RSS users like me, but still this is a client to watch out for.

The main screen has two columns, one with all unread items and one with all bookmarked items. In the following separation we can find all our subscriptions, with sections for each folder.

What has caught my attention the most about Readiculous is the design of the reading screen. On the left we have the list with the news, and on the right the article itself. As you can see in the image, the design is almost perfect. With Readiculous we can also synchronize our Google Reader feeds and organize them into folders. It costs 2 euros, although it has a trial version that will last seven days.

Download | Readiculous

And this collection of RSS readers ends here. And, of course, if you have any other suggestion, don't hesitate to put it in the comments.