Ziner vs tiny Reader RSS
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
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
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ziner at every 11 days against tiny Reader RSS's every 4 months. Ziner also leads on iOS requirement (7.1 vs 15.0). tiny Reader RSS's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (79% vs 66%). On price, ratings volume, 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 tiny Reader RSS sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
tiny Reader RSS holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Ziner's written reviews are positive against 79% of tiny Reader RSS's.
Ziner ships an update every 11 days, tiny Reader RSS every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Ziner | tiny Reader RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (38 ratings) | 4.1 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.0% of reviews | 78.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — 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 | 7.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 建寅 赵 | Pascal PLUCHON |
Customer experience
Ziner
tiny Reader RSS
User reviews
Ziner
From 38 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 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
Room to improve
- 🐛 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
tiny Reader RSS
From 31 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- ✨ Clean and attractive design
- 🆓 Free and ad-free
- ✅ Works well with tt-rss
Room to improve
- ❌ Small font size
- ⚠️ Issues with self-signed SSL certificates
- 📉 Low contrast in dark theme
- 🚫 No OTP support
- 🐛 Crashes on certain actions
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
tiny Reader RSS
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes on launch (older versions)
- Share button causes crash on iOS 14
- Dark mode broken on iOS 13.1
- First article of every feed is cut off on iOS 11
- App crashes when trying to save image or copy it
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- Landscape mode toggle causes clock to disappear
- Mark all as read function only marks a part of unread items
- Scroll is not regular, swipe occurs instead of scroll
- Network connection lost errors frequently
- No content in feeds after latest update
- Badge icon, feed icon, and preview not working
- SSL self-signed certs throw exceptions
- Feed in subfolder crashes reader
- App crashes on reading headlines
Requested features
33 requests- Option to change font size
- Support for self-signed SSL certificates
- OTP login configuration
- Hide controls in landscape mode
- Mark all articles below as read confirmation
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- Option to always open articles in default browser
- Swipe to mark as read in article list
- Add subscriptions from within the app
- Login with basic auth before validating from /api
- Cache recent articles for offline reading
- Share title + URL
- Dark mode for older iOS versions
- Add 'mark all above as read' feature
- Bluetooth keyboard support/shortcuts
- Tag support
- Refresh function in subcategories
- Disable unread article count badge
- Show featured images
- Remove preview lines, show only headlines
- Start in 'fresh articles' view
- Offline reading capability
- Support for both landscape directions
- Option to read oldest entry first
- More sharing options (copy link, send message)
- Add attachments/embedded media display
- Edit feeds from within the app
- Portrait mode on iPad
- Mark articles as read when scrolling past them
- Save articles to Pocket
- Badge with unread count
- Enable/disable mark as read on scroll
- Always stay in 'Fresh Articles' and refresh
- Add additional forward/back buttons for in-app browser
In-app purchases
Ziner
- Ziner Pro Remove Ads$2.99
tiny Reader RSS
- Tiny tip for tiny Reader$0.99
- Normal tip for tiny Reader$2.99
