Comparison

Zine vs Vienna

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

Head to head
About

Zine

Create and personalize beautiful articles with advanced typesetting and photo editing. Securely store your content in the cloud and easily share it in various formats or as a webpage. Organize your writing into booklets and export them as eBooks.

Highlights
  • Beautiful typesetting and personalization
  • WYSIWYG photo editing
  • Built-in cloud storage
  • Bank-level privacy protection
  • Multiple export formats (JPEG, TXT, MD, PDF)
  • Share as webpage link or independent blog
  • Create eBooks (ePub, booklets)
Features
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Zine is a well-designed powerful notes and writing app. It has many unique features: 1: Beautiful Typesetting, and Easily Personalize Your Articles: Zine supports many fonts, colors, font sizes, paragraph styles, papers, templates, and WYSIWYG photo editing. You can typeset beautiful articles very easily on mobile phone and share them to social networks. 2: Built-in Cloud Storage, Content Would Never Been Lost: Zine provides cloud storage space to save your articles. Even if your phone have lost or replaced, you can get all of your contents back very easily. 3: Protecting Privacy: Content created in Zine is private in default, they are only visible and edited by yourself; We provide bank-level security tech to protect your privacy. 4: Easy to Share: Zine offers many ways for sharing your articles, such as export to JPEG, TXT, MD, PDF etc. And even you can share them by webpage link or post as your independent blog. 5: Make an eBook Zine supports create booklets to manage your articles. And you also can export them as ePub, or share their weblink to your readers directly, reading them as an online magazine. ---- Notice about Auto-Renewal Subscription --- Premium Monthly Subscription: $ 3.49 / month Premium Yearly Subscription: $ 36.99 / year VIP Monthly Subscription: $ 9.49 / month VIP Yearly Subscription: $ 68.99 / year Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. After purchase, manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. Terms of Service: https://zine.la/pages/Term-of-Service_en.html Privacy Policy: https://zine.la/pages/Term-of-Service_en.html (a part of Terms of Service) -------

About

Vienna

This app provides a modern interface for managing WordPress website content. It leverages the WP REST API to allow editing of posts, custom types, and settings.

Highlights
  • Edit website content
  • Supports Custom Post Types
  • Supports Custom Taxonomies
  • Manage site settings
  • Uses WP REST API
Features
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Vienna: Editor for WordPress is a modern app for managing the content on your WordPress powered website. It uses the state of the art WP REST API which allows you to edit all your site's content including Custom Post Types, Custom Taxonomies and Settings.

Screenshots

Zine4 screens
Vienna4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Zine at 62% against Vienna's 0%. Zine also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (240 vs 1). Vienna's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (daily vs monthly). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Zine sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.29 per month. Vienna asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zine holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zine has 240 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Zine's written reviews are positive against 0% of Vienna's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zine ships an update monthly, Vienna daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Zine versus Vienna: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZineVienna
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (240 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews62.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings240 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB90 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAura Marker Studio Co., Ltd.Human Made Limited

Customer experience

Zine

All ratings239 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive62.3%
Neutral9.2%
Negative28.5%

Vienna

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Zine

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes on startup and during editing
  • Cloud synchronization failures lasting hours/days
  • Cut/copy/paste functions unreliable
  • Images not displaying on mobile after upload
  • Export features require subscription despite free tier indication
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  • Login failures with Apple ID on web version
  • Cursor disappears during editing
  • Content loss when app force closes
  • Membership purchase button unresponsive
  • Auto-login issues with WeChat accounts
  • Font size and template settings not persisting
  • Search functionality failures
  • Incompatibility with iOS 8 and newer versions
  • Network errors during sign-in process

Requested features

10 requests
  • Dark mode/night reading mode
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Folder organization system
  • Additional font options (e.g., Song typeface)
  • Landscape orientation support on iPad
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  • Improved input method compatibility
  • Better web editor with Apple ID login
  • Horizontal scrolling screenshot feature enhancement
  • Account deactivation option
  • Improved sync speed and reliability

Vienna

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Zine

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Monthly Subscriber$4.291 Month
  • VIP Monthly Subscriber$11.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly Subscriber$36.991 Year
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  • VIP Yearly Subscriber$77.991 Year
One-time6
  • ZhiZi$0.99
  • BuFeng$0.99
  • XingKaiTi$0.99
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  • Petal$0.99
  • XiaoLong$0.99
  • VIP Member$59.99
None

Vienna

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zine free?
Zine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vienna free?
Vienna is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Zine or Vienna?
Zine is rated higher. Zine averages 4.5 out of 5 from 240 ratings, while Vienna averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Zine or Vienna have ads?
Neither Zine nor Vienna shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zine or Vienna?
Zine ships an update monthly, and Vienna daily. Most recently, Zine was updated on November 1, 2026 and Vienna on November 2, 2026.

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