Seabird Reader vs Croissant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Seabird Reader
Discover quality writing and media on the internet. This platform encourages thoughtful sharing with a daily post limit, fostering a positive online environment. It's a space for readers, curators, and writers to connect with engaging content.
- Content discovery
- Curated sharing
- Writer features
- Daily post limit
- Positive online environment
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Seabird is a new way of finding worthwhile writing and other media on the internet: A place for readers to discover, for curators to share, and for writers to feature their latest articles, essays, blog posts, books, and other work. We love the internet. There’s just so, so much of it. Despite all the good things about being online, contemporary social media is awash in toxic negativity. We want to bring back the weird, wonderful, open internet, and limiting shares encourages users to put the best content forward. On Seabird, all users are capped at three short posts per day. We hope you’ll devote them to sharing smart, funny, moving, engaging, and generally worthwhile writing.
Croissant
Effortlessly share content across multiple social platforms simultaneously. This app allows you to compose posts with images and hashtags, create multi-part threads, and save drafts for later. Customize your experience with unique icons and color themes.
- Simultaneous cross-posting
- Support for Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon
- Image and hashtag support
- Thread creation
- Draft saving
- Customizable themes
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It's a social network explosion! And you can now post to all of them in one app. Croissant solves that oh-so-2024 problem of wanting to post to all these great new social networks — Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon. Now you can, in one shot. Croissant makes cross-posting buttery smooth. Features: * Set up your social media accounts, choosing from Threads, Bluesky or Mastodon * Write posts using our composer, allowing you to attach images, hashtags, at-mentions. * Create threads by chaining multiple posts together. * Save drafts for later editing or sending. * Make Croissant your own with custom app icons and colour themes! Looking for features or support? Contact me at support@croissantapp.com. Privacy Policy: https://croissantapp.com/privacy.html Terms of User: https://croissantapp.com/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Seabird Reader at none against Croissant's 3. Seabird Reader also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Croissant's advantage is ratings volume (198 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Croissant sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Seabird Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Seabird Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Croissant has 198 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Seabird Reader ships an update every 5 days, Croissant fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seabird Reader | Croissant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (198 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 62.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 198 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seabird Inc. | Innoveghtive Inc. |
Customer experience
Seabird Reader
Croissant
Bugs and requests
Seabird Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Croissant
Reported bugs
5 issues- Threads login issues
- Mastodon login issues
- Bluesky login issues
- Duplicate accounts created
- Posting failures and lost work
Requested features
6 requests- Add support for more social networks (e.g. Twitter, WordPress, LinkedIn)
- Ability to group accounts
- Scheduled posts
- Customize account names/nicknames
- Integrate with Shortcuts
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- Add timeline viewing and interaction
In-app purchases
Seabird Reader
No in-app purchases
Croissant
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Annual$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$59.99
Questions
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