tiny poems vs poem.day
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Minimalist poetry
- Optimized for Apple Watch
- Dynamic, time-based texts
- Reflects time and vanity
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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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.
poem.day
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | tiny poems | poem.day |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | joerg piringer | Andreas Scherman |
In-app purchases
tiny poems
No in-app purchases
poem.day
No in-app purchases








