Comparison

NewsBlur vs TinyTinyClient

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

NewsBlur

This app is a personal news reader that allows users to follow unlimited RSS subscriptions, share stories with friends, and discover new people with shared interests. It offers offline reading, full text extraction, and customizable reading preferences.

Highlights
  • Unlimited RSS subscriptions
  • Offline story and image support
  • Full text story extraction
  • Share and comment on news
  • Meet people with shared interests
  • Autoscrolling for hands-free reading
  • Saved stories with tagging
Features
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NewsBlur is a personal news reader bringing people together to talk about the world. A new sound of an old instrument. NewsBlur is popular for a reason. While also being the oldest surviving RSS news reader, it is used by many news organizations, popular blogs, editors, and individual readers to keep up with the world. Let's talk about major features: * Read an unlimited number of RSS subscriptions * Offline support for stories and images * Full text extracts the whole story and is sticky per-feed * Gestures and long presses for feeds and stories * Share and comment on the news with friends * Meet new people who share the same interests * Autoscrolling of text for hands-free reading * Collapsible folders * Saved stories with tagging * Mark stories as unread * Read by oldest/newest first * Filter by unread/all stories * Search for stories by feed or folder * Send to Facebook/Twitter/Instapaper/Pocket/Evernote/email/etc * Landscape view * Customizable offline sync settings You can also optionally subscribe with a NewsBlur Premium Subscription * Subscribe to an unlimited number of sites * Sites you subscribe to are updated up to 10x more often * Read by folder with the river of news * Search sites and folders * Save stories with searchable tags * Privacy options for your blurblog (shared stories) * Custom RSS feeds for folders and saved stories * Use the Text view which conveniently extracts the full original story The subscription is auto-renewable which means that once purchased it will be auto-renewed every year until you cancel it 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Duration of the subscription is 1 year. Your iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage your Subscription and Auto-Renewal by going to your Account Settings. You may access the privacy policy at https://www.newsblur.com/privacy, and the terms of use at https://www.newsblur.com/tos.

About

TinyTinyClient

This app allows users to read and manage RSS feeds hosted on a tt-rss server. It offers features like browsing feeds by category, marking articles as read, and sharing content. Users can subscribe, unsubscribe, and manage labels for their feeds.

Highlights
  • Browse and manage RSS feeds
  • Organize feeds by categories and labels
  • Mark articles as read on scroll
  • View and share articles
  • Subscribe and unsubscribe from feeds
  • View server information
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TinyTinyClient is an iOS app used to communicate with a tt-rss server. TinyTinyClient (also known as TTC) is used to read and manage RSS feeds that are hosted on a tt-rss server. You can use any server you'd like, as long as you have the credentials for it. Any feature suggestions or bug reports are welcome! # Features - Browse your feeds - Hide and show special feeds - Mark as read on scroll - View feeds in categories - Subscribe and unsubscribe from feeds (requires: >= API level 5) - View articles within the app - Share articles - Browse labels (requires: >= API level 1) - View server information - Publish articles - See labels that are applied to articles

Screenshots

NewsBlur4 screens
TinyTinyClient4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: NewsBlur at 502 against TinyTinyClient's 3. NewsBlur also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). TinyTinyClient's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. NewsBlur sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month and TinyTinyClient sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TinyTinyClient holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NewsBlur has 502 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NewsBlur ships an update every 9 days, TinyTinyClient every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NewsBlur versus TinyTinyClient: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNewsBlurTinyTinyClient
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (502 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings502 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNewsBlur, Inc.Milo Gertjejansen

Customer experience

NewsBlur

All ratings502 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews192 reviews
Positive57.3%
Neutral9.4%
Negative33.3%

TinyTinyClient

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

NewsBlur

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on launch for some users
  • Incorrect feed display and article loading issues
  • Syncing problems between web and mobile apps

Requested features

4 requests
  • Customizable font sizes
  • Offline reading mode
  • Improved sharing options
  • Ability to delete feeds and folders

TinyTinyClient

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NewsBlur

Subscriptions3
  • NewsBlur Premium Pro$29.991 Month
  • NewsBlur Premium Subscription$35.991 Year
  • NewsBlur Premium Archive$99.991 Year
2 purchases

TinyTinyClient

One-time2
  • Small Donation$0.99
  • Medium Donation$4.99

Questions

Is NewsBlur free?
NewsBlur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TinyTinyClient free?
TinyTinyClient is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NewsBlur or TinyTinyClient?
TinyTinyClient is rated higher. NewsBlur averages 4.7 out of 5 from 502 ratings, while TinyTinyClient averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do NewsBlur or TinyTinyClient have ads?
Neither NewsBlur nor TinyTinyClient shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NewsBlur or TinyTinyClient?
NewsBlur ships an update every 9 days, and TinyTinyClient every 5 weeks. Most recently, NewsBlur was updated on September 22, 2026 and TinyTinyClient on July 6, 2026.

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