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Google retired “Reader” earlier this month due to declined usage. Google Reader was launched in 2005 “in an effort to make it easy for people to discover and keep tabs on their favorite websites,” according to Google.

The absence of Google Reader doesn’t mean that people won’t be able to follow up on their favorite websites, yet it certainly will cause a little confusion for users who have depended on the famous service for so long.

Today, we have decided to bring you 5 free feed readers for mobile, but before reviewing the apps, it’s worthy to mention that you can still download your Reader’s subscriptions via Google Takeout, in order to export them to any other app.

Our favorite feed reader mobile apps are:

5 – Google Currents

Yes, you’ll leave a Google RSS product to seek another one. “Currents” is a pretty neat app that enables you to read or choose from pre-installed subscriptions, or to search for others to follow. The app has seven categories, plus a list of “feeds” that collects your customized subscriptions. There’s a breaking news section in each category to stay up-to-date.

4 – Digg Reader

The famous news digging website introduced a feed reader to its app 3 days before Google Reader’s retirement, aiming at the free market slot left by the tech giant. The app includes the usual Diggs for all users, whether signed-up or not. However, in order to add your own subscriptions, you need to sign-up using your Facebook, Twitter, or Google accounts.

Currently, the app is available for web and iOS; however, an Android version will be available towards the end of July.

3 – Pulse

You can pick an interest and start reading without signing up. You can also add your feeds and organize them in beautiful, mosaic-layout folders. However, if you sign-up, you’ll enjoy the perk of syncing your sources and stories across all your devices. The app is also available for iOS, Android, and the web.

2 – Feedly

You can add your favorite content by searching using either the URL or the hashtag. You can subscribe to your favorite YouTube channels as well. The app has multiple layouts that you can choose between.

Feedly is available for all mobile and web platforms. You can also access your subscriptions through a range of third party clients.

1 – Flipboard

Famous for its iPad version, the magazine-format app allows users to flip through their social-networking and favorite websites’ feeds all in one place. Once the feeds have been set up, the first page becomes a visual list of the subscribed content.

Once you sign up, you can access your Flipboard magazines and subscriptions from any device, and you can also start creating your own magazines on any topic.

You can follow people and read their magazines, which makes Flipboard a social-networking feed reader. The app pulls content from all public social networking websites, as well as news websites, which creates a hybrid, yet essential, state between professional and citizen news outlets.

The app is available for iOS, Android, and Windows 8, and it’s highly recommendable!

Is your favorite feed reader not listed? Please get in touch with us in the comment section!