Web Subscriber vs tiny Reader RSS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Web Subscriber
This app aggregates content from your favorite websites and blogs into a single, unified reading list. It offers smart streams to help you manage high-volume feeds, discover trending topics, browse visually, and view short posts.
- Unified reading list
- Organize subscriptions by tags
- Slow Feeds for low-volume content
- Hot Links for trending topics
- Image browsing mode
- Micro-Blogposts view
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You don't have to check your favorite websites one by one! Web Subscriber is a web-feed reader that lets you subscribe to many websites and blogs in one place. Web Subscriber shows you all articles of websites you subscribe to as a unified reading list. You can also organize your subscriptions by tagging them. If you start having lots of subscriptions, Web Subscriber helps you by providing smart and interesting streams of articles: - 'Slow Feeds' singles out your low-volume subscriptions, so they don't drown in the noise of high-frequency news sites. - 'Hot Links' shows you what gets linked to from multiple articles to help you find what's important. - 'Images' lets you leisurely browse your reading list like a photo album of article images. See if something piques your interest! - 'Micro-Blogposts' Tweet-like untitled posts with max. 280 characters. Web Subscriber supports any website or blog offering a web-feed in the RSS, Atom or JSONFeed format.
tiny Reader RSS
This is a lightweight, unofficial RSS reader designed for Tiny Tiny RSS (TTRSS). It requires a TTRSS server with an activated API and user account to function.
- Lightweight RSS reader
- Unofficial TTRSS client
- Requires TTRSS server
- API integration
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tiny Reader is an unofficial lightweight RSS reader for Tiny Tiny RSS (TTRSS). It requires a Tiny Tiny RSS server with an account and an activated API. ** Please contact support for help and feature request. **
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Verdict
Web Subscriber and tiny Reader RSS both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 79% of tiny Reader RSS's written reviews are positive against 59% of Web Subscriber's. tiny Reader RSS also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 7). Web Subscriber's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Web Subscriber sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and tiny Reader RSS sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Web Subscriber against 4.1 for tiny Reader RSS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 31 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Web Subscriber's written reviews are positive against 79% of tiny Reader RSS's.
Web Subscriber ships an update every 2 months, tiny Reader RSS every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Web Subscriber | tiny Reader RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (7 ratings) | 4.1 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.0% of reviews | 78.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Zozi Apps | Pascal PLUCHON |
Customer experience
Web Subscriber
tiny Reader RSS
In-app purchases
Web Subscriber
- Web Subscriber - Full Version$4.99
tiny Reader RSS
- Tiny tip for tiny Reader$0.99
- Normal tip for tiny Reader$2.99
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