Taptu is the app of the week. Their slogan is “DJ Your News” which is appropriate for their feature list. First and foremost, upon downloading the app you are given the option to log in with Facebook, Twitter, or your Google account. Logging in with Google would begin the sync from Reader. So anybody looking for that functionality, Taptu has it. Taptu’s user interface is pretty good. It has a mosaic look that I personally love about Pulse. Once you click a story it is expanded full screen for better reading. Once a story is open there are multiple sharing options including the standard Facebook, Twitter, and email. Probably the coolest part about Taptu is the “DJ” feature. Taptu can handle multiple RSS feeds, and searchable sources from their databases but the “DJ” feature allows for categories. The user can select multiple predefined categories such as “Android or Technology and Gadgets”  and they are added to the “DJ” feature. Once the DJ button is used Taptu becomes a virtual newspaper allowing the user to receive news stories under certain categories from thousands of sources. This allows for discovery of new news sources and areas of interest. Overall Taptu is on the right track. It has one of my must have features of a companion website that syncs with the app. Taptu is absolutely worth the try and it’s available for so many different platforms. Check it out, you may just leave behind every other app. Visually and functionality, yeah, Taptu has it all.

Pick it up from the Play Store for Android, or App Store for iOS devices. It is also available online at taptu.com

Check out this video by the developer using Taptu on the iPad.

-AJ