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I had never heard about this app before. Reading comments here it seemed like a good reading list app. Unfortunately the android app[0] seems abandoned, last update was in August 2017. Anybody know of a good alternative on android?

[0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instapaper...

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It's a bit strange to call an app "Abandoned" because the last update was 6 months ago. When an app is mature and stable, it doesn't require a steady flow of updates to be good and useful (except as a way for developers to show that they are still active and "please" their users).

I'd call it abandoned if it didn't fit the platform standards, if it was buggy, if it didn't run on some new devices…

If you go to the istore version history for the same app, there have been regular feature updates and bug fixes in the same time frame. Are you implying that the android version simply doesn't have any bugs to fix?

This update in September is enlightening:

Added support for iOS 11 password autofill.

You know which other OS introduced system-wide autofill suppport? Android Oreo.

I think it's safe to say that Instapaper is abandoned on Android.

There is a difference between being abandoned and having the latest shiny new features. Not that I don't understand your feeling.

Oreo is for the 1.1%.

http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

Please take all my upvotes

Shameless plug: I started creating an alternative client for Android, you can download it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.olivierpay...

I'm a heavy Instapaper user myself and was always disappointed with the quality of the official Android app: it runs terribly slow, some articles don't even show up, no image thumbnail, etc.

My app doesn't have all the feature from the official app yet (I'm starting simple), but I'm very open to feedback.

Software updated less than six months ago is "abandoned"?

Yes, because the iphone OS version has had regular bug fixes and new features in the same time frame. Unless the Android version is fully free of bugs and supports any new Android OS features already, I's say that it is abandoned.

It may have less priority, 6 months between updates is not a problem unless the app has some serious bugs.

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