A way of reading: Instapaper

I would like to discuss the well-known and very popular iPhone app: Instapaper.

Instapaper is a very good reading tool for your iOS device. The app is universal, which is a big advantage in my opinion.

Before I bought Instapaper I was very sceptical. Why should I need an app to read my articles offline when I have 3G coverage on my iPhone almost everywhere? I did some research and soon I realised that the app was more than just “a read it later tool”. There is no doubt that many users of Instapaper will agree with me.

You see, saving long articles for reading later is just one of the strong abilities that Instapaper has. The way Instapaper renders the website you saved is absolutely fantastic! It’s good on the iPhone, but oh man, it is rocking on the iPad. The website you saved is completely distraction free. Text, images and nothing more. This is the way to read on your iOS device.

As a student, I often take breaks from studying by reading my RSS feeds on Reeder. Often, I see some very interesting but long articles. Since I don’t have the time to read them all during my break, I send them to Instapaper and get back to work. In the evening, when I am done, I grab the iPad or my iPhone to read all the articles I have saved during the day in a comfortable and elegant way. This “workflow” also spares me a lot of time.

If you like to read on your iOS devices, you should really check out this app (and also reeder!). As I said, it really changes the way you read online.

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