Ziner vs Feed Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ziner
Stay updated with your favorite content through a streamlined RSS reader. Enjoy offline access, smart image preloading, and customizable themes. Share articles easily with various third-party services.
- List and Magazine view
- Offline feed access
- Smart image preloading
- Search starred articles
- Customizable themes
- Auto readability view
- Third-party sharing
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No ads for the first 5 days. The most interesting features: - List view & Magazine view. - Always updated feeds. - Works smoothly when offline. - Preloads images smartly. - Search in starred articles. - Themes: Day, Sunset, Night. - Auto readability view for partial feeds. - Add/Delete/Rename feed. (Setting -> Feedly Manager) - No prompt for rating. - Fast support within 12 hours. 3rd-party services: - Send articles/images via AirDrop. - Open articles in Safari, Chrome. - Share to lots of 3rd-party services. (Constantly adding new services) Important things to know: - App Badge can be turned off: Setting -> Show/Hide UIs - Feedly account is required to use Ziner. - Article tagging is not supported yet. - You can turn ON/OFF Readability for entire feed by long press on Readability button. - When in magazine mode, you can exit article by double tapping on an article. Support: We can not respond to App Store reviews, if you need to report any bugs/feature requests, please use Setting -> Contact Support. You will receive a reply within 12 hours. Follow Ziner on Twitter: @ZinerRSS
Feed Viewer
This app aggregates news from your chosen RSS feeds and converts them into daily podcasts. It functions as a full-text reader, even when offline, and offers synchronization across multiple Apple devices and Windows.
- Full-text RSS reader
- Offline reading capability
- News podcasts from feeds
- Cross-device synchronization
- RSS feed search
- OPML import
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Feed Viewer is an RSS reader with a news widget for iPhone/iPad/Mac and a personal podcast news app. It is perfect for daily news delivery or as an offline reader for traveling. You’ll have a podcast compiled from your chosen sources, ready for you to listen to every day. Product features: • Full-text RSS reader, even offline • News podcasts from the content of your RSS feeds • iOS ↔ iPadOS ↔ macOS ↔ Windows synchronization • RSS feed search • OPML import Terms of use (EULA): https://www.feedviewer.app/termsofuse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ziner at 66% against Feed Viewer's 0%. Ziner also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (38 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Ziner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Feed Viewer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ziner holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ziner has 38 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Ziner's written reviews are positive against 0% of Feed Viewer's.
Ziner ships an update every 11 days, Feed Viewer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ziner | Feed Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (38 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 9 days — better |
| 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 | 7.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 建寅 赵 | Vaclav Dajbych |
Customer experience
Ziner
Feed Viewer
Bugs and requests
Ziner
Reported bugs
18 issues- 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
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- 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
Requested features
15 requests- 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
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- 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
Feed Viewer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ziner
- Ziner Pro Remove Ads$2.99
Feed Viewer
- Essential3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Basic3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Advanced$19.991 Month
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- Premium$24.991 Month
