QuickNews vs. itunes vs. PPR vs. smartFeed

General Features QuickNews itunes PPR smartFeed
Version
1.22
6.0.4
2.0
1.4.2159
Last Release
2006-03-27 (18 years ago)
2005-12-18 (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
Stand alone, inc.
apple
Lance Robinson
URL
Free and Open Source
No
No
Yes
Yes
License
License Cost/ Fee
14,95$
0
Languages
0
0
1
English
0
Operating System QuickNews itunes PPR smartFeed
Windows 98
Yes
No
No
No
Windows XP
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Mac OS X
Yes
Yes
No
No
Linux
No
No
No
No
Windows Mobile
No
No
No
Yes
Palm OS
Yes
No
No
No
Programming Language
C#
Common Features QuickNews itunes PPR smartFeed
Search
local
local & web
web
local & web
Notifications
System tray notifier
OPML Import
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
OPML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
Playlist Formats
M3U, PLS
m3u, pls, wpl, apple, itunes
Organize QuickNews itunes PPR smartFeed
Expiring Channels
Yes
No
No
No
Archive Old Feeds
Configurable
Feed Reading QuickNews itunes PPR smartFeed
Integrated Browser
No
No
No
No
Plain Text
Yes
No
No
No
Podcatching QuickNews itunes PPR smartFeed
Schedule Downloads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Resume Partial Downloads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Limit Download Size
No
No
Yes
No
ID3 Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Sync QuickNews itunes PPR smartFeed
Sync to iTunes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sync to PSP
No
No
No
No
Sync to Mediaplayer
No
No
Yes
No
Sync to iPod
No
Yes
No
No
Integrated burning to CD
No
No
No
No
Media QuickNews itunes PPR smartFeed
MP3
download & external playing
download & internal playing
download & internal playing
download
MPEG-4
download & external playing
download & internal playing
download & internal playing
Real
download & external playing
download
Quicktime
download & internal playing
download
Windows Media
download & internal playing
download & internal playing
DivX
download & internal playing
Xvid
download
Content Protocols QuickNews itunes PPR smartFeed
rss 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
atom
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Transport Protocols QuickNews itunes PPR smartFeed
http
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
https
No
Yes
No
No
http auth
Yes
Yes
No
No
bittorrent
No
No
No
No
Proxy Server
No
No
Yes
No
feed://
No
No
No
No
podcast://
No
Yes
No
No
pcast://
No
Yes
No
No
itpc://
No
Yes
No
No
itms://
No
Yes
No
No
Support QuickNews itunes PPR smartFeed
Support Forum
Yes
No
No
Yes
Mailinglists
No
No
No
No
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