Comparison

tiny poems vs poem.day

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

Head to head
About

tiny poems

Experience minimal poetry optimized for Apple Watch, iPhone, and iPad. This app features dynamic, short texts that reflect time and vanity, constantly changing with the passing moments.

Highlights
  • Minimalist poetry
  • Optimized for Apple Watch
  • Dynamic, time-based texts
  • Reflects time and vanity
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
Features
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For the first time „tiny poems“ brings concrete minimal poetry to mobile devices like Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad. The pieces are optimized for the screen of the Apple Watch and show short and dynamic texts for the wrist. The poems reflect time and vanity and change constantly according to the continuosly passing time.

About

poem.day

Features
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A beautiful poem is waiting for you right now. Just open the app. That's literally the whole idea. One poem per day, presented on a clean, quiet screen that feels more like a page from a good book than an app. No feeds, no accounts, no subscriptions. You read, you close it, you get on with your day. The collection is 365 poems deep. Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, John Keats, Walt Whitman, Christina Rossetti, and dozens more. For Swedish readers, there's a full Svenska collection too; Karin Boye, Gustaf Fröding, Edith Södergran, and others. Pick your language on first open and switch whenever. Everything lives on your device. No internet needed after install. Read on the subway, on a plane, wherever. The typography is generous, the spacing is comfortable, and there's nothing competing for your attention. Honestly? It's an app that doesn't want anything from you. And that feels pretty good.

Screenshots

tiny poems4 screens
poem.day1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: poem.day at fortnightly against tiny poems's every 6 months. tiny poems's advantage is iOS requirement (8.2 vs 15.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tiny poems ships an update every 6 months, poem.day fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
tiny poems versus poem.day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametertiny poemspoem.day
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjoerg piringerAndreas Scherman

In-app purchases

None

tiny poems

No in-app purchases

None

poem.day

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tiny poems free?
tiny poems is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is poem.day free?
poem.day is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do tiny poems or poem.day have ads?
Neither tiny poems nor poem.day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tiny poems or poem.day?
tiny poems ships an update every 6 months, and poem.day fortnightly. Most recently, tiny poems was updated on November 1, 2026 and poem.day on October 31, 2026.

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