AirSS vs tiny Reader RSS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AirSS
Stay informed with a fast and elegant RSS reader. Listen to articles with text-to-speech, organize feeds, and customize your reading experience. It offers powerful search and automatic maintenance for your news.
- Audio reading with text-to-speech
- OPML import/export
- Customizable reader themes and fonts
- Powerful article search
- Priority feed notifications
- Background feed synchronization
- Intuitive gesture controls
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AirSS is the next-generation RSS reader designed for news enthusiasts and information curators. Elegant, fast, and powerful, AirSS lets you follow all your favorite websites from a single app. Premium interface Discover a modern interface with a dark “Liquid Glass” design inspired by iOS 26. Every element has been crafted to offer an immersive and pleasant reading experience. Audio reading Listen to your articles with built-in text-to-speech. Perfect for your commute, workout, or when your eyes need a break. Background playback supported. OPML import/export Easily migrate from Feedly, Inoreader, NewsBlur, or any other RSS reader. Export your feeds for backup or sharing. Intuitive gestures - Swipe right: Add to favorites - Swipe left: Mark read/unread - Long press: Quick preview and actions Customizable reader Tailor your reading experience: - 4 themes: Light, Dark, Sepia, OLED - 3 fonts: System, Serif, Monospace - Adjustable text size (12–24 pt) Powerful search Find any article in an instant. Search across titles, descriptions, and content. Priority feeds Mark your important feeds and receive notifications so you never miss anything. Automatic maintenance - Auto-delete old articles (configurable) - Inactive feed detection - Favorite articles preserved forever Background sync Your feeds refresh automatically even when the app is closed. Complete features - Add feeds via URL or search - Organize by categories/tags - Filters: Unread, Favorites, All - Unread article counter - Article sharing - Open in Safari - Native dark mode AirSS respects your privacy: no account required, no data collected, everything stays on your device. Download AirSS and take back control of your news consumption. Term : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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 review sentiment: tiny Reader RSS at 79% against AirSS's 18%. tiny Reader RSS also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). AirSS's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. AirSS sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and tiny Reader RSS sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AirSS holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 18% of AirSS's written reviews are positive against 79% of tiny Reader RSS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AirSS ships an update every 3 months, tiny Reader RSS every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | AirSS | tiny Reader RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (20 ratings) — better | 4.1 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | 78.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Heitz Bruno | Pascal PLUCHON |
Customer experience
AirSS
tiny Reader RSS
Bugs and requests
AirSS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
tiny Reader RSS
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes on launch (older versions)
- Share button causes crash on iOS 14
- Dark mode broken on iOS 13.1
- First article of every feed is cut off on iOS 11
- App crashes when trying to save image or copy it
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- Landscape mode toggle causes clock to disappear
- Mark all as read function only marks a part of unread items
- Scroll is not regular, swipe occurs instead of scroll
- Network connection lost errors frequently
- No content in feeds after latest update
- Badge icon, feed icon, and preview not working
- SSL self-signed certs throw exceptions
- Feed in subfolder crashes reader
- App crashes on reading headlines
Requested features
33 requests- Option to change font size
- Support for self-signed SSL certificates
- OTP login configuration
- Hide controls in landscape mode
- Mark all articles below as read confirmation
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- Option to always open articles in default browser
- Swipe to mark as read in article list
- Add subscriptions from within the app
- Login with basic auth before validating from /api
- Cache recent articles for offline reading
- Share title + URL
- Dark mode for older iOS versions
- Add 'mark all above as read' feature
- Bluetooth keyboard support/shortcuts
- Tag support
- Refresh function in subcategories
- Disable unread article count badge
- Show featured images
- Remove preview lines, show only headlines
- Start in 'fresh articles' view
- Offline reading capability
- Support for both landscape directions
- Option to read oldest entry first
- More sharing options (copy link, send message)
- Add attachments/embedded media display
- Edit feeds from within the app
- Portrait mode on iPad
- Mark articles as read when scrolling past them
- Save articles to Pocket
- Badge with unread count
- Enable/disable mark as read on scroll
- Always stay in 'Fresh Articles' and refresh
- Add additional forward/back buttons for in-app browser
In-app purchases
AirSS
- AirSS Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- AirSS Pro (Yearly)$8.991 Year
- Pro Version$12.99
tiny Reader RSS
- Tiny tip for tiny Reader$0.99
- Normal tip for tiny Reader$2.99
