I used to go with Better Blogs, but due to the hard-to-fix layout issues (after a decent amount of private conversations, I assumed both style and addon developers have had no intention to fix that for me as part of the paid products), I gave up on using Better Blogs.
I went with XI Blogs thinking it has a better development and support. But I was again wrong. I stick with XI Blogs before upgrading to xF1.2, I am still with XI Blogs after upgrading to xF1.2. Until I see Better Blogs is compatible with xF1.2 responsive design, I was quite happy but sadly I had to ditch it again (now sticking with XI Blogs). I had a tough decision whether to stick with XI Blogs or go with Better Blogs specifically due to the responsive design. I seek advise at xenFluence regarding responsive design, but Forsaken told me this is planned but not gonna be done in short term. I was really upset because I spent quite much on these two addons but with poor services (here I mean Better Blogs with not-so-good design even though it's now responsive compatible; and XI Blogs developers seem don't care about anything?).
I then tried installing Better Blogs to check out the responsive design, I uninstalled it right away due to its design. I went through LP-John's critics/feedback, I agreed a lot with his feedback. For me, the round date thingy looks really special, but when it comes to responsive view, the whole thing just went a little crazy (not on default xF theme though).
It's hard for me (as I am not a designer) to fix those layout issues if there's no ongoing help from both style and addon developers as I'll most likely have to keep spending money to hire 3rd party to fix things in long run if the addon's foundation itself isn't fixed.
I like XI Blogs' simplicity, but I dislike the development even though I can bear with the responsive part (as only some views are eyesores).
I like Better Blogs development, but I can't keep asking for support or paid support to fix the styling issue with the styles I am using.
So basically, I am stuck now unless I see a better responsive development in XI Blogs. Otherwise, I will change back to Better Blogs once its design or responsive design got fixed (e.g. I do not have to keep bugging or paying developers to fix this layout issue and that layout issue whenever there's changes etc).
To developers: Please no hard feelings, this is just my honest opinions. I am not trying to be harsh, but English is not my first language, so I may use wrong terms/phrases.
Thank you.