Comparison

Seabird Reader vs Croissant

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Content discovery
  • Curated sharing
  • Writer features
  • Daily post limit
  • Positive online environment
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Simultaneous cross-posting
  • Support for Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon
  • Image and hashtag support
  • Thread creation
  • Draft saving
  • Customizable themes
Features
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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

Screenshots

Seabird Reader3 screens
Croissant4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Seabird Reader ships an update every 5 days, Croissant fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Seabird Reader versus Croissant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeabird ReaderCroissant
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.6 (198 ratings)
Positive reviews—62.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3198 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB64 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSeabird Inc.Innoveghtive Inc.

Customer experience

Seabird Reader

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Croissant

All ratings198 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive62.7%
Neutral12.0%
Negative25.3%

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

None

Seabird Reader

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Croissant

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Seabird Reader free?
Seabird Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Croissant free?
Croissant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Seabird Reader or Croissant?
Seabird Reader is rated higher. Seabird Reader averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Croissant averages 4.6 from 198 ratings.
Do Seabird Reader or Croissant have ads?
Neither Seabird Reader nor Croissant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Seabird Reader or Croissant?
Seabird Reader ships an update every 5 days, and Croissant fortnightly. Most recently, Seabird Reader was updated on October 10, 2026 and Croissant on October 14, 2026.

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