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. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| 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
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
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
