NewsFire vs. ziepod vs. QuickNews vs. RSSRadio vs. itunes vs. juice

General Features NewsFire ziepod QuickNews RSSRadio itunes juice
Version
1.3
0.99 (Beta)
1.22
1.33
6.0.4
2.1
Last Release
2006-02-12 (18 years ago)
19/02/2005
2.2
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)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Stand alone, inc.
Daniel Broad
apple
juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/team/index.php
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
License
lifetime license for one user
Closed Source, open API, plugin source available
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
16,99€
14,95$
Free trial or $17.49
0
0
Languages
1
English
1
English
0
0
0
0
Operating System NewsFire ziepod QuickNews RSSRadio itunes juice
Windows 98
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Windows XP
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mac OS X
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Linux
No
No
No
No
No
No
Windows Mobile
No
No
No
No
No
No
Palm OS
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Programming Language
.NET
Python and wxPython
Common Features NewsFire ziepod QuickNews RSSRadio itunes juice
Search
local & web
local & web
local
local & web
local & web
local
Notifications
notifies you of updates, Notifier feed you news
MSN Style Popup + Chime
yes, customizable
OPML Import
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
OPML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Playlist Formats
M3U, PLS
WMP, iTunes, jRiver, Direct Sync to Flashdrive, any by API
M3U, PLS
Organize NewsFire ziepod QuickNews RSSRadio itunes juice
Expiring Channels
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Archive Old Feeds
No
configurable
Feed Reading NewsFire ziepod QuickNews RSSRadio itunes juice
Integrated Browser
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Plain Text
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Podcatching NewsFire ziepod QuickNews RSSRadio itunes juice
Schedule Downloads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Resume Partial Downloads
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Limit Download Size
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
ID3 Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Sync NewsFire ziepod QuickNews RSSRadio itunes juice
Sync to iTunes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sync to PSP
No
No
No
No
No
No
Sync to Mediaplayer
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Sync to iPod
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Integrated burning to CD
No
No
No
No
No
No
Media NewsFire ziepod QuickNews RSSRadio itunes juice
MP3
download
download
download & external playing
download & internal playing
download & internal playing
download & external playing
MPEG-4
download
download
download & external playing
download & external playing
download & internal playing
download
Real
download & external playing
download & external playing
download
Quicktime
download
download & external playing
download & internal playing
download
Windows Media
download
download & internal playing
download & internal playing
download
DivX
download & external playing
download
Xvid
download & external playing
download
Content Protocols NewsFire ziepod QuickNews RSSRadio itunes juice
rss 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
atom
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Transport Protocols NewsFire ziepod QuickNews RSSRadio itunes juice
http
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
https
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
http auth
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
bittorrent
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Proxy Server
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
feed://
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
podcast://
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
pcast://
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
itpc://
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
itms://
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Support NewsFire ziepod QuickNews RSSRadio itunes juice
Support Forum
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Mailinglists
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
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