Facebook Paper Alternatives

Facebook Paper

Facebook Paper is a standalone iPhone app created by Facebook that intends to serve as a phone-based equivalent of a newspaper or magazine.

Features:

- The use of a grid structure to have a large amount of content discoverable by scrolling without overwhelming the reader in any one display.
- The use of tilting as a separate gesture used to load high-resolution photos, play videos, and load more details of status updates. Tilting is distinguishing from finger-based scrolling, that simply goes to the next item in the grid.
- A magazine-like texture in the display.
- A mix of curation by editors and the use of social signals (including Facebook likes and shares) in deciding what content to show. Content is not limited to content from friends.