Comparative overview of newsreaders
| Grabit | Newsbin Pro | NewsReactor | NewsRover |
NewsLeecher | Usenet Explorer | NewsPro | Xnews | SABnzbd and Ninan |
BNR2 | Forte Agent |
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| Built-in search engine | *3 |
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| Difficulty | easy |
moderate |
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| Clearness of the User Interface | + |
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Clearness of the User Interface |
| Price | free |
$35 |
€15 |
$29.95 |
$19.99 *5 |
$35 |
€ 35 |
free |
free |
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$29 |
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Price |
| Targeted users | beginners |
beginners & advanced |
beginners |
advanced |
beginners & advanced |
(beginners) advanced & experts |
advanced & experts |
beginners & advanced |
beginners & advenced |
advanced |
beginners |
beginners |
Targeted users |
| Remarks | Has no regular user interface, use your browser to operate the program. |
Low memoryuse Development has stopped. Official website is down. |
Remarks |
Not every newsreader has a Linux version, but some may work with Wine. NewsBin Pro does.
*1 =
downloading automatically is possible, but incomplete files will not be downloaded.
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This is only possible by editing .ini files or by installing a plug-in. More information
*3 = not for free. Grabit's search engine can be used freely 5 times a day, after that you'll have to pay. NewsRover's search engine is free for the first year and costs $9.95 per year after the first year. NewsLeecher charges $29.95 per year for its 'SuperSeach'-service plus NewsLeecher upgrades.
*4 = Since version 3.9 (beta 1)
*5 = Free upgrades for just one year. Also see *3 above for the combination of NewsLeecher upgrades & SuperSearch.
Any errors in this overview? Let me know!