Ziner vs FLAT RSS Reader
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
FLAT RSS Reader
This app offers a streamlined way to follow your favorite news sources. Easily manage your RSS feeds, discover new ones from website URLs, and save interesting articles for later access.
- Manage registered RSS information
- Get RSS from website URLs
- Register favorite news content
- Simple outlook
- Useful functions
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'FLAT RSS Reader' — Only what matters, beautifully. Stay focused on the articles you actually want to read, free from ads and noise. Add your favorite blogs and news sites, and catch up on everything in one place. [Features] · Latest - See the newest articles from all your feeds in one unified list. Never miss a thing. · Feeds - Easily add, remove, and reorder feeds. Browse articles by feed at a glance. · Bookmarks - Save articles to read later. Access them instantly, even offline. [Perfect for you if…] · You want a clean, simple experience without cluttered features. · You'd rather have fewer ads and unnecessary notifications. · You like reading news in a browser with a content blocker (ad blocker) enabled. · You prefer reading in Dark Mode for a gentler experience on your eyes. · You want one place to manage your personal news feed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FLAT RSS Reader at 4.4 against Ziner's 3.7. FLAT RSS Reader also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Ziner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). On price and device support 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. FLAT RSS Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
FLAT RSS Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Ziner's written reviews are positive against 50% of FLAT RSS Reader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ziner ships an update every 11 days, FLAT RSS Reader every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ziner | FLAT RSS Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (38 ratings) | 4.4 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 建寅 赵 | Nobuhide Uzawa |
Customer experience
Ziner
FLAT RSS Reader
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
FLAT RSS Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ziner
- Ziner Pro Remove Ads$2.99
FLAT RSS Reader
No in-app purchases
