CloudNews vs TinyTinyClient
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CloudNews
This app synchronizes with a personal server's news app to provide a seamless feed reading experience across devices. Customize your reading view with adjustable font sizes and spacing, and access full web articles easily. A home screen widget offers quick access to new content.
- Syncs with Nextcloud News app
- Cross-device synchronization
- Customizable reading view (font, spacing, margins)
- Direct access to web articles
- Article sharing
- Home screen widget
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Note: Access to a Nextcloud server with the News app is required to use this app. CloudNews is a feed reader that syncs with the News app on your personal server. Once you have logged in to your server, all feeds with be kept in sync between devices and also the web interface. Optionally supports sync on startup and in the background. Read feeds conveniently by adjusting font size, line spacing, and margins. You can also go directly to the full web version of an article. Easily view the web version of articles and share articles with several services. Quickly see new articles on a home screen widget.
TinyTinyClient
This app allows users to read and manage RSS feeds hosted on a tt-rss server. It offers features like browsing feeds by category, marking articles as read, and sharing content. Users can subscribe, unsubscribe, and manage labels for their feeds.
- Browse and manage RSS feeds
- Organize feeds by categories and labels
- Mark articles as read on scroll
- View and share articles
- Subscribe and unsubscribe from feeds
- View server information
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TinyTinyClient is an iOS app used to communicate with a tt-rss server. TinyTinyClient (also known as TTC) is used to read and manage RSS feeds that are hosted on a tt-rss server. You can use any server you'd like, as long as you have the credentials for it. Any feature suggestions or bug reports are welcome! # Features - Browse your feeds - Hide and show special feeds - Mark as read on scroll - View feeds in categories - Subscribe and unsubscribe from feeds (requires: >= API level 5) - View articles within the app - Share articles - Browse labels (requires: >= API level 1) - View server information - Publish articles - See labels that are applied to articles
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TinyTinyClient at Free against CloudNews's $1.99. TinyTinyClient also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.0). CloudNews's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#51 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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
TinyTinyClient is free to download; CloudNews costs $1.99 up front. TinyTinyClient sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. CloudNews asks for nothing beyond the download.
TinyTinyClient holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CloudNews | TinyTinyClient |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #51 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Hedlund | Milo Gertjejansen |
Customer experience
CloudNews
TinyTinyClient
In-app purchases
CloudNews
No in-app purchases
TinyTinyClient
- Small Donation$0.99
- Medium Donation$4.99
