# Ziner - RSS Reader that believes in simplicity — user reviews

> 282 indexed App Store user reviews of Ziner by 建寅 赵, rated 3.70/5 from 38 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ziner-rss-reader-that-believes-in-simplicity/id565892456/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ziner-rss-reader-that-believes-in-simplicity/id565892456.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 18 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 7

## What do users think of Ziner?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast and responsive performance
- 👍 Clean, minimalist interface design
- 📖 Excellent Readability integration for full article text
- 🎨 Beautiful visual presentation with magazine-style layout
- ⚙️ Intuitive gesture-based navigation
- 🔄 Quick syncing with Feedly
- 🎯 Mark as read on scroll feature
- 🌙 Automatic day/night theme switching
- 📤 Multiple sharing options integrated
- 💰 Free app with optional pro version
- 👨‍💼 Responsive developer support

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and instability
- ⚠️ No updates for years (abandoned development)
- 🔐 HTTPS/SSL login authentication errors
- 📱 Poor compatibility with newer iOS versions
- 🔄 Auto-refresh interrupts article reading
- 📊 High data consumption
- 🎮 Unpredictable edge swiping gestures
- 📵 Badge notifications not updating
- 🎬 Video playback issues with orientation changes
- ⏱️ Slow article loading in some cases
- 🔌 Sync stops working after extended use

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes on startup with iOS 8+
- Cannot login to Feedly via Google authentication
- HTTPS error message preventing login
- App crashes when selecting Feedly as source
- Crashes when sharing to Twitter or Facebook
- Keyboard input not showing when posting to Twitter
- Badge icon not updating correctly
- Menu disappeared in some versions
- Articles display with missing portions or blocked content
- App freezes when loading large feed collections
- Sync fails after a week of usage
- Video playback stops when rotating device
- Edge swipe gestures behave erratically
- Articles marked as read automatically
- App loses article being read after refresh
- Readability feature stops working
- Feedbin login failures
- Slow performance with large RSS collections

**Most requested features**

- Customizable sync interval settings
- Support for additional services (Inoreader, Feedbin, Old Reader)
- Background refresh for offline reading
- Adjustable font sizes in article view
- iOS share sheet integration
- Push notifications
- OneNote integration
- Search functionality across feeds
- Ability to organize folders/categories manually
- Tag support for starred items
- Default folder/feed selection on app open
- Offline full article caching
- Mercury web parser support
- Per-feed readability/web-view choice
- Text selection and dictionary support

## Newest reviews (14 of 282)

### 4/5 — Great reader but let us choose sync interval

*2019-11-17*

I’ve tried many readers and this is my favorite for simplicity. One complaint I have is the lack of the ability to choose our own sync interval. Instead the app syncs on its own which is terribly annoying when your in the middle of scrolling through your feeds or reading a story

### 3/5 — best but

*2019-08-24, version 2.9*

the best avsak chyba velmi dolezita sucast "notifikacie@(!) 🙈

### 3/5 — Eklemeler iyi olur

*2019-07-02, version 2.9*

İndirdim
İnoreader ve oldreader entegrasyonu olmadığını gördüm
Sildim
15saniye sürdü ömrü
Eklemelerle daha iyi olacağına inanıyorum.

### 1/5 — No update in 3 Years?!

*2018-02-03, version 2.9*

Update the app to support the new devices and features please. ;-) Then you get 5 stars.

### 4/5 — Doesn’t work with iPhone X?

*2017-12-30*

This is my favorite way to read all the blogs I subscribe to, but when I got the new iPhone X I can’t sign in with my google account?! Please fix!

### 1/5 — Ne fonctionne plus 😞

*2017-12-25*

Ne fonctionne plus. Problème lié à l’authentification.

### 1/5 — Atualizações ?

*2017-12-22*

Última atualização há 3 anos???

### 1/5 — Outdated

*2017-10-12, version 2.9*

Used to be the cleanest, fastest, most straight to the point rss experience in the app store but the developer stopped updating it and won't provide support (for pro customer). The app is essentially broken at this point. A real shame.

### 2/5 — Поддержка!

*2017-09-13*

Автор приложения собирается осуществлять поддержку? Второе своё приложение поддерживает, а это-нет. При этом многие оплатили полную версию. В feddly через google аккаунт не войти!

### 3/5 — Almost perfect

*2017-08-31, version 2.9*

Is great, fast, simple and clean. I will buy ads free to your support. Only fails in one thing. If you are viewing a video in portrait and you change to landscape, the video stops. Is the only fault please fix it and google new auth and i will give 5 stars

### 3/5 — The menu disappeared

*2017-07-30, version 2.9*

直して欲しい

### 1/5 — Log in errors

*2017-07-01*

If you want people to use it, at least allow them to login and try it, it might be very good 
But so frustrated, I just gave up

### 3/5 — 참 좋았는데 업데이트가 없네요.

*2017-04-01, version 2.9*

기사 짤려서 보여요. 이제 잘 안쓰게될듯....

### 1/5 — Плохо

*2017-03-15*

Забросили проект, а был лучший ридер

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Not working

*2024-02-08, version 2.9*

Feedly

### 1/5 — Feedly not working cause of https error

*2022-10-08, version 2.9*

Cannot log in to Feedly cause of an https error message. Seems to be outdated for years

### 1/5 — It literally won't work.

*2021-12-14*

I downloaded this broken app to use as a Feedly reader.   It suffers a crash every time I select 'Feedly' as the source, and it simply does not work.  Today it gave me a popup to upgrade to Pro for only 2.99 / month!     What a deal!    So I deleted the app.    One star is very generous.  This app provides the literal same amount of access to news RSS feeds as Pokemon Go.  However, Pokemon Go made zero claims to ever provide this service, so they have an excuse.

### 1/5 — Can’t login Feedly

*2021-11-05, version 2.9*

It show error message: must to use https

Does it mean we used unencrypted http protocol to login before?

### 1/5 — Dead app

*2019-03-14, version 2.9*

No se actualiza des de hace 4 años, imposible loggear con Feedly mediante Google sign in.

### 1/5 — Super App aber seit 3 Jahren nicht aktualisiert!

*2018-12-01, version 2.9*

Würde diese tolle App ja gerne weiter verwenden aber sie würde und seit 3 Jahren nicht mehr aktualisiert. 
Langsam gibt es immer mehr Probleme....Schade....ich denke die App ist tot...

### 1/5 — This does not work anymore

*2018-11-23, version 2.9*

Fix the authorization or remove it from the store.

### 1/5 — Maj iPhone X ? Plante de plus en plus

*2018-04-24*

Plus de maj depuis 3ans. 
Peut on espérer une maj pour l’écran de l’iPhone X? J’en doute...
Ziner plante de plus en plus lors de l’ouverture des pages web en interne. 

Très bien jusque là, cette application est laissée à l’abandon...
Vraiment dommage !!!

### 1/5 — Broken App

*2018-02-20, version 2.9*

Please remove listing. This app is no longer functional.   

- Feedly Google login is broken. 
- Full text via readability is no longer available.  Please add support for the new Mercury web parser.

### 1/5 — Identification impossible

*2018-02-19*

Impossible de s’identifier sur feedly avec un compte google : erreur 403... l’expérience s’arrête là.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — عالی

*2021-05-01, version 2.9*

زبان پارسی اظافه شود

### 5/5 — solamente genial

*2020-05-13, version 2.9*

Si tienes Feedly amas los rss y la app nativa no te convence, Ziner es todo lo que necesitas. Feliz pagaré por eliminar la publicidad

### 5/5 — Wonderful simplicity and efficiency

*2020-01-13*

Been using this for years and although I have tried others I keep coming back. As it hasn’t been updated in a long time, I am fearing the day where an update kills the app...

### 5/5 — Melhor app RSS - Não atualiza mais 👎🏻

*2019-10-06*

O autor deveria investir em atualizar, pois o app é muito bom, mais fácil de usar entre todos. Na nova atualização do IOS beta, 13.2, parou de funcionar.

### 5/5 — Sehr guter Reader

*2018-01-22, version 2.9*

Eine einfache Liste mit einer Darstellung, wie viele ungelesene Artikel noch vorhanden sind, das brauchte ich. Diese App hat meine Erwartungen erfüllt und sie noch mit tollen Features übertroffen. Uneingeschränkte Empfehlung.

### 5/5 — Почему?

*2017-06-20*

У вас же лучшее приложение из всех подобных, почему забросили? Вернитесь с обновлением. Ждём.

### 5/5 — Almost perfect

*2017-02-22, version 2.9*

The odd crash but it loads rss quickly, well rendered, easy to use one handed, thanks!

### 5/5 — 真的好用

*2016-12-16, version 2.9*

即便好像很久沒修訂依然是目前最好用的 feedly reader。只是很想提出一件好像很不要臉的事……既然廣告欄位都是空的，不如就解放整個 app 吧！😅

### 5/5 — What Feedly should be!

*2016-10-19*

The best compliment is to see your idea is being copied. Did you check Feedly lately? It took a lot of ideas from this app but it is still not as good. I hope the developer has not quite on this project and is working to iron out the small hickups.
The only app I open deaily.

### 5/5 — Miglior lettore per feedly

*2016-10-15, version 2.9*

Decisamente il miglior lettore di feed rss gratuito con supporto a feedly che si possa trovare. Ottimi i controlli per la grandezza dei font, una rarità.

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