Newsreader Reviews

Newsbin has been a bit of a pioneer in the newsreader front which is saying a lot for a company and program that came later to the game than many of its competitors. What instantly made Newsbin different was the way it handled multithreaded news messages and its advanced server configurations which enabled users not only to dictate on how it utilizes specific Usenet account connections but how it prioritizes servers to either work as a slave, only downloading specific messages or as a master, allowing the account to download headers. A feature that would later become a standard in many newsreaders since.

NewsRover is undeniably one of the most popular newsreaders in existence. Now up to version 13, Newsrover is always continuously expanding on its core features and product and is consistent in providing exceptional services as a desktop newsreader solution.

The software is fully automatic once configured to download Usenet messages, decoding the files and being able to view the messages, attachments and with it’s built in gallery, able to view pictures as well. Newsrover also does an exceptional job at batch downloading and scheduling.

New revolutionary way of working with Usenet. Instead of downloading a large amount of headers, GrabIt allows you to just go to a group and browse the contents without downloading headers. The program features automatic batch downloading of multiple binaries at once, advanced error checking, filter options and multiple server support. You can also choose to save the downloaded files with a custom prefix and resume broken downloads. It can shut down your computer when all of your downloads are complete.

Forte Agent is the most powerful newsreader and email program for managing your communications. Agent makes it easy to automate access to all your News Servers and NZB Sites while minimizing your connection costs.

alt.binz is a powerful binary newsreader, for downloading and managing articles from Usenet. Checking the downloaded files, auto unpausing missing PAR2 blocks, repairing, and finally unraring them, are just a few options in this utility.
Various usenet search engines fully supported, browsing groups, searching for files and importing them for download, has never been easier.

Hogwasher is the ultimate newsgroup browser for OS X. File downloads in multiple connections across multiple servers, thread trees and extensive filtering for keeping your discussions accessible, and a complete email client just in case

Ultraleecher is more than a classic Newsreader, Ultraleecher joins all the features and popular feature requests from the best Readers available and completes these features with a powerful CD/DVD Burn Engine, a highly secure encryption module to save your privacy, a great Script Engine and a comfortable Thumbnailviewer for your pleasure. Probably Ultraleecher is the first and only Newsreader, which includes a 100% working and fully automated PAR2 handling and Uncompress Engine. Ultraleecher has the ability to detect how much blocks are corrupt and loads just the amount of par2 files, the Engine needs to repair and uncompress.

Binbot is a specialized newsreader for downloading files from Usenet. It makes it easy to access the enormous quantity of new content posted daily to binary newsgroups. Even if you are new to Usenet, you will be downloading files in no time!

Unison won the Apple Design Award for Best Mac OS X User experience in 2004, as well as being a runner-up in the "Best product" category.

Android is a new newsgroup downloader that is designed especially for downloading from today's huge binary newsgroups. Android handles all types of binary newsgroups -- picture, movie, music, application/rar, and more!

NZBPlayer is a unique and free Usenet Newsreader designed to download and stream high quality video binaries from Newgroups. If you are a serious Usenet user, then this program is a must have. If you are not a serious Usenet user, then NZB Player is the best reason to become one!

Xnews is fashioned after NewsXpress, a program no longer in development. Xnews features a quick filter, a score file for more advanced filtering, support for multiple servers and identities, binaries handling, optional header and article caching, and folders for permanent archival. Version 5.08 adds a free-floating editor window, support for the yEnc binary encoding scheme, and many other enhancements and bug fixes.

If you've used Agent or Dialog, you'll feel right at home with Newsman Pro. Read text newsgroups effortlessly and store articles as long as you want in the database for fast search and retrieval. Newsman also fully supports binary newsgroups and decodes Mime, UUE and yEnc encoded messages in a separate background thread to minimize CPU usage.

Usenet Explorer is a multi server, multi windows, multitasking newsreader for text and binaries. A powerful binary downloader, without compromising support for text. Supports virtual groups and grouping binary posts into collections. Full download automation capabilities. Fast and reliable. Includes comprehensive Usenet binary indexing service. Version 1.9.5 adds ability for users to group headers into custom collections.

Welcome to nemo, a Newsgroups/Usenet reader made for Mac OS X. You can follow your favourite discussion with an elegant and powerfull user-interface that is designed to look and behave like an Apple Application. It also uses the most recent Mac OS X technlogies like WebKit and Spotlight. Nemo is a native Cocoa Application available both in Intel and PPC platform (Universal Binary).