tiny Reader RSS vs RSS News Ticker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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. **
RSS News Ticker
Organize your news feeds with this reader. Subscribe to RSS and Atom sources, with articles cached locally for offline reading. Features include iCloud sync, a unified newsfeed, tagging for organization, bookmarking, and word muting.
- Subscribe to RSS & Atom feeds
- Offline article caching
- iCloud sync across devices
- Unified newsfeed and timeline
- Tagging for article organization
- Bookmark articles for later
- Mute specific words or topics
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Start bringing order in your news-jungle. Ticker can help you with that. FEATURES Subscribe RSS & Atom sources Subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds in Ticker. All articles are cached locally so you can read them on the go. Use pull-to-refresh to sync all your sources at once. iCloud Sync Your data is only accessible to you, thats why Ticker uses your private iCloud to sync across your devices. Newsfeed & Timeline Access articles of all your sources in one newsfeed. Check your viewed articles in the dedicated timeline. Tags Use tags to bring order in the news-jungle. Tags identify relevant articles by keywords you can define. Articles which include a keyword are automatically assigned to that tag. You can look up relevant articles per tag or view all articles that have at least one tag assigned. Bookmarks Don't have time to read all articles when they pop up? No problem, you can bookmark articles and read them later on. A dedicated Bookmarks view keeps track of all your bookmarked articles to have it available anytime. Mute words Sometimes, topics pop up in your feed, that might not be interesting. In that case, you can mute words for a specific period of time (one day, a week, a month) or even forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RSS News Ticker at 4.6 against tiny Reader RSS's 4.1. RSS News Ticker also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (88% vs 79%). tiny Reader RSS's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. tiny Reader RSS sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and RSS News Ticker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RSS News Ticker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of tiny Reader RSS's written reviews are positive against 88% of RSS News Ticker's.
tiny Reader RSS ships an update every 4 months, RSS News Ticker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 1, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | tiny Reader RSS | RSS News Ticker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (31 ratings) | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.5% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pascal PLUCHON | Daniel Hoefer |
Customer experience
tiny Reader RSS
RSS News Ticker
In-app purchases
tiny Reader RSS
- Tiny tip for tiny Reader$0.99
- Normal tip for tiny Reader$2.99
RSS News Ticker
- Small Tip$0.99
- Mid Tip$2.99
- Big Tip$5.99








