Movable Type vs Seabird Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Movable Type
Manage your Movable Type content on the go. Create, edit, and save articles, web pages, and custom fields directly from your iPhone. Preview your work for both mobile and desktop views with a simple HTML editor.
- Create and edit articles
- Manage web pages
- Edit custom fields
- Offline editing and saving
- Photo uploads
- Content preview (mobile/desktop)
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"Movable Type for iOS" is the best application for managing your content in the Movable Type from your iPhone. Anytime, anywhere, you can create and edit easily articles. Also, you can save your articles in your smartphone as a draft. KEY FEATURES * Made with Movable Type Data API v2 / v3. * Preview your content - You can see the preview for mobile view and desktop view at the single operation. * Simple HTML text editor - HTML input support. * Also, supports editing a Custom Fields values. MAIN FUNCTIONS * Add, edit and delete entries and web pages. * Set categories and folders. * Offline editing and saving. * Upload photos. [System requirements] * Movable Type 6.1.2 or higher.
Seabird Reader
Discover quality writing and media on the internet. This platform encourages thoughtful sharing with a daily post limit, fostering a positive online environment. It's a space for readers, curators, and writers to connect with engaging content.
- Content discovery
- Curated sharing
- Writer features
- Daily post limit
- Positive online environment
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Seabird is a new way of finding worthwhile writing and other media on the internet: A place for readers to discover, for curators to share, and for writers to feature their latest articles, essays, blog posts, books, and other work. We love the internet. There’s just so, so much of it. Despite all the good things about being online, contemporary social media is awash in toxic negativity. We want to bring back the weird, wonderful, open internet, and limiting shares encourages users to put the best content forward. On Seabird, all users are capped at three short posts per day. We hope you’ll devote them to sharing smart, funny, moving, engaging, and generally worthwhile writing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Seabird Reader at 5.0 against Movable Type's 2.0. Seabird Reader also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Movable Type's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Seabird Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Movable Type ships an update every 4 months, Seabird Reader every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Movable Type | Seabird Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Six Apart KK | Seabird Inc. |
Customer experience
Movable Type
Seabird Reader
In-app purchases
Movable Type
No in-app purchases
Seabird Reader
No in-app purchases
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