TinyCld vs CRPL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TinyCld
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TinyCld puts your whole office in one quiet app — mail, real documents, spreadsheets, files, calendar, and contacts, together and yours. No ads, no algorithm, no infinite scroll. Just the tools you actually use every day. WHAT'S INSIDE • Mail — Threaded conversations, folders, and search. Tracking pixels are blocked and external images load through a server-side proxy, so senders can't see your IP or know when you opened a message. • Docs — Real .docx documents on your phone. Format, comment, and collaborate with headings, lists, tables, and suggesting mode. • Sheets — Spreadsheets that actually work. Formulas, pivots, and .xlsx round-trip, right from your pocket. • Drive — Files with versioning, thumbnails, link sharing, and role-based permissions. Yours, not the cloud's. • Calendar — Shared calendars, recurring events, RSVPs, and reminders. A week that looks like a week. • Contacts — A shared directory with favorites and notes, in one quiet place. YOUR CLOUD, YOUR RULES TinyCld is open source and self-hostable. Run it on your own server in about fifteen minutes, or use a hosted instance. Either way, you keep the keys. OPEN STANDARDS, NO LOCK-IN Mail syncs over IMAP and SMTP. Calendars over CalDAV. Contacts over CardDAV. Files over WebDAV. Documents and spreadsheets round-trip as .docx and .xlsx. Keep using Apple Mail, Calendar, and Finder — or Word and Excel — alongside if you want, and walk away with everything any time. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No analytics. No tracking pixels. No data mining. When you self-host, nothing leaves your server. The app does what you ask, and nothing else. ONE APP, ONE LOGIN Switch between mail, docs, sheets, and files without bouncing between apps or tabs. One place for the work you do every day. FREE FOREVER $0 per user, no seat counting, no upsell. Open source under AGPL.
CRPL
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CRPL is a personal text expander for iOS. Define short codes like ;sig or ;feat and have them expand into longer snippets — anywhere you can type, in any app. WHY CRPL? You write the same things over and over: email signatures, commit messages, code boilerplate, addresses, replies. CRPL turns those into a few keystrokes you actually remember. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create groups of codes in the app — Git & Commits, Email Signatures, Code Snippets, whatever you need. 2. Each entry has a trigger code and a replacement. 3. Switch to the CRPL keyboard using the globe key. 4. Type your code, then press space (or any other trigger you've enabled) — the code is replaced by the full snippet. FEATURES • Short, memorable trigger codes; replacements of any length • Multiple groups, each individually toggleable • Built-in variables: {datum}, {tijd}, {clipboard} insert dynamic values • Suggestion bar shows partial matches as you type • Long-press a key for accented alternates (é, è, ñ, ç…) • Custom emoji row in the keyboard • iCloud sync — your snippets follow you across devices • Import / export as plain text • Dark, editorial design built for people who type a lot PRIVACY CRPL stores your data on your device and, if you enable iCloud sync, in your private iCloud container. Nothing is ever sent to us or to anyone else. No analytics, no tracking, no accounts. Requires iPhone or iPad on iOS / iPadOS 17 or later. Full Access for the keyboard is required only for the {clipboard} variable..
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TinyCld at Free against CRPL's $1.99. TinyCld also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
TinyCld is free to download; CRPL costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | TinyCld | CRPL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Argosity | Tom Bode Multimedia B.V. |
In-app purchases
TinyCld
No in-app purchases
CRPL
No in-app purchases









