Comparison

Transmission Pocket vs Grim Reader

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

Head to head
About

Transmission Pocket

Remotely manage your Transmission torrent server from your iPhone or iPad. Monitor speeds, progress, and status in real-time. Add new torrents, control existing ones, and fine-tune settings from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Live torrent dashboard
  • Add torrents from links or files
  • Start, stop, and remove torrents
  • Inspect torrent details
  • Set per-torrent limits
  • Search, filter, and sort torrents
Features
Read full description

Transmission Pocket is a fast, remote control for your own Transmission torrent server. Connect to a Transmission server running on your home server, NAS, or Raspberry Pi and manage everything from your iPhone or iPad. FEATURES • Live dashboard — see every torrent with real-time download and upload speeds, progress, ETA, and status at a glance. • Add from anywhere — tap a magnet link in your browser, paste one from the clipboard, or open a .torrent file from Files or the web. Then pick the destination folder and add labels. • Full control — start, stop, and remove torrents individually or in bulk. • Torrent details — inspect files, trackers, and peers; set per-file priority and choose which files to download. • Fine-tune — per-torrent speed and seed ratio/idle limits, plus move a torrent's download location. • Search, filter, and sort — quickly find what you need and filter by downloading, seeding, stopped, completed, or active. Transmission Pocket is a remote control for a Transmission server that you own and operate. It does not download or share content on its own and includes no built-in content, search, or trackers.

About

Grim Reader

Organize and enrich your personal library of e-books, comics, and audiobooks. This app allows you to manage your collection locally or via your own servers, adding details like covers and author information. Enjoy a seamless reading and listening experience across all your content.

Highlights
  • Library management for e-books, comics, and audiobooks
  • Enrich library with online book and author data
  • Supports local files and personal servers (WebDAV, OPDS)
  • Cross-device reading and listening progress tracking
  • Organize by author, series, and genre
  • Mark favorites
Features
Read full description

Your books. Your library. Your way. Privacy By Design. Made in the EU. Grim Reader is a modern reader and library manager for e-books, comics and audiobooks. Keep your collection on your device, connect to your own servers, and turn even a simple collection of files into a rich, beautifully organised library. A library that feels alive Browse your collection by books, authors, series and more. See covers, reading progress and detailed information at a glance, continue where you left off, mark favourites and quickly find what you want to read next. Grim Reader is designed for both iPhone and iPad, with an interface that adapts to the device you are using. Enrich your books Missing a cover, description or other information? Grim Reader can help enrich your library using online book and author sources. Depending on the available information, Grim Reader can help you find and add details such as: • Covers and book descriptions • Authors and author information • Series information • Publisher and publication details • ISBN and other identifiers • Genres, categories and tags • Additional book metadata You remain in control and can review and edit your library information. More than e-books Grim Reader brings different types of reading together in one library: • Read e-books • Browse and read comics • Listen to audiobooks • Keep track of reading progress • Continue reading or listening across your library • Organise books by author and series • Mark books and authors as favourites Your files, your servers You don’t need to hand your library over to a commercial book platform. Grim Reader can work with books stored locally and supports personal libraries through WebDAV and OPDS, as well as the optional Grimmory server. This makes Grim Reader equally useful for a small collection on your iPhone or iPad and for a large self-hosted library. Made for readers Grim Reader focuses on your books rather than a store. There are no books to sell you and no ecosystem you need to buy into. Build the library you want, enrich it, organise it and enjoy reading it. Grim Reader — your library belongs to you.

Screenshots

Transmission Pocket4 screens
Grim Reader3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Grim Reader at Free against Transmission Pocket's $1.99. Grim Reader also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). On rating, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Grim Reader is free to download; Transmission Pocket costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Transmission Pocket against 5.0 for Grim Reader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Transmission Pocket versus Grim Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTransmission PocketGrim Reader
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVanmo IT ABMaarten de Kreij

Customer experience

Transmission Pocket

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Grim Reader

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Transmission Pocket

No in-app purchases

None

Grim Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Transmission Pocket free?
Transmission Pocket costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grim Reader free?
Grim Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Transmission Pocket or Grim Reader?
Transmission Pocket and Grim Reader are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Transmission Pocket or Grim Reader have ads?
Neither Transmission Pocket nor Grim Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Transmission Pocket or Grim Reader?
Transmission Pocket ships an update weekly, and Grim Reader weekly. Most recently, Transmission Pocket was updated on November 5, 2026 and Grim Reader on November 5, 2026.

Other comparisons