NewsFire vs. Armangil vs. Synclosure vs. FireAnt

General Features NewsFire Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Version
1.3
4.0
0.4
Last Release
2016.03.07
15.09.04
2006-01-23 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Doga Armangil
Joshua Kinberg
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
No
License
lifetime license for one user
MIT
CCPL ?
License Cost/ Fee
16,99€
Freeware
Languages
1
English
0
1
English
1
English
Operating System NewsFire Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Windows 98
No
Yes
No
No
Windows XP
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mac OS X
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Linux
No
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Mobile
No
No
No
No
Palm OS
No
No
No
No
Programming Language
Ruby
phyton
Common Features NewsFire Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Search
local & web
local & web
web
Notifications
no
OPML Import
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
OPML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Playlist Formats
m3u, pls, smil, asx, tox, xspf
M3u, PLS
Organize NewsFire Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Expiring Channels
No
No
No
No
Archive Old Feeds
yes
Feed Reading NewsFire Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Integrated Browser
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plain Text
Yes
No
No
No
Podcatching NewsFire Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Schedule Downloads
Yes
No
No
Yes
Resume Partial Downloads
Yes
No
No
Yes
Limit Download Size
No
Yes
No
Yes
ID3 Editing
No
No
No
No
Sync NewsFire Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Sync to iTunes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Sync to PSP
No
No
No
Yes
Sync to Mediaplayer
No
Yes
No
Yes
Sync to iPod
No
No
No
Yes
Integrated burning to CD
No
No
No
No
Media NewsFire Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
MP3
download
download
download
download
MPEG-4
download
download
download
download
Real
download
download
Quicktime
download
download
download
download
Windows Media
download
download
download
DivX
download
download
download
Xvid
download
download
download
Content Protocols NewsFire Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
rss 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
atom
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Transport Protocols NewsFire Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
http
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
https
No
No
No
No
http auth
No
No
No
No
bittorrent
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Proxy Server
No
Yes
Yes
No
feed://
No
No
No
No
podcast://
No
No
No
Yes
pcast://
No
No
No
Yes
itpc://
No
No
No
Yes
itms://
No
No
No
Yes
Support NewsFire Armangil Synclosure FireAnt
Support Forum
No
Yes
No
No
Mailinglists
No
No
No
Yes
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