News readers are easy to come by and there are plenty to choose from, but Pulse News Reader stands out from the crowd thanks to its appearance. The app takes the news sources you follow and presents their output in a highly attractive visual form that’s easy to take in.

Tapping an individual news story in the mosaic reveals the story in a clean text form, but you also have the option of viewing the story in its original format. Working in dashboard mode, the screen is split into two, offering your news sources to the left and individual stories to the right, so you can easily navigate between what you are reading and other available feeds.

Adding news feeds need not mean having to determine the correct URL. Instead you can make use of the smart search feature to home in on feeds you may be interested in. If you find a story of feed that you would like to share or read later, in a couple of taps you can post to Twitter, Facebook, send via email or send to Instapaper.

Pulse News Reader is a highly polished app that makes browsing news feeds a joy. Great looks aside, the app works precisely as it should and is likely to quickly become your news reader of choice.