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TinyServer is #11 in Developer Tools Paid in United States and charting in 14 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 21 events in the last 12 months
- 📈TinyServer entered the top 10Top Paid · Developer Tools · AU
- 📈TinyServer entered the top 100Top Grossing · Developer Tools · AU
- 📦TinyServer updated to version 1.6Temps de chargement améliorés et correction d’un éventuel plantage lors de la mise à disposition d’un dossier contenant de nombreux fichiers
- 📦TinyServer: first update in 477 days
- 📈TinyServer entered the top 10Top Paid · Developer Tools · IN
- 📈TinyServer entered the top 100Top Grossing · Developer Tools · IN
- 📈TinyServer entered the top 100Top Paid · Developer Tools · FR
- 📈TinyServer hit #1Top Paid · Developer Tools · GB
- 📈TinyServer entered the top 100Top Grossing · Developer Tools · GB
- 📈TinyServer hit #1Top Paid · Developer Tools · CA
- 📈TinyServer entered the top 100Top Grossing · Developer Tools · CA
- 📈TinyServer hit #1 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Developer Tools · DE · Top Paid · Developer Tools · SA
- 📈TinyServer entered the top 10Top Paid · Developer Tools · JP
- 📈TinyServer new best rank in the overall chart: #79Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈TinyServer entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · All Apps · SA · Top Grossing · Developer Tools · SA
- 📈TinyServer entered the top 10Top Paid · Developer Tools · US
- 📈TinyServer entered the top 10Top Paid · Developer Tools · CN
- 📈TinyServer entered the top 100Top Grossing · Developer Tools · CN
- 📈TinyServer charting in a new country in 3 chartsFrance · India · Russia
- 🆕TinyServer first spotted by AppInsider#56 in Top Paid · Developer Tools · South Korea
- 🆕TinyServer released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Developer Tools PaidTinyServer at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-04. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
TinyServer is a paid iOS utility that allows developers and hobbyists to serve static websites from local or iCloud folders over HTTP on their local network. The app holds strong positions in the Japanese Developer Tools category, ranking #2 in Paid charts and #30 in Grossing, indicating sustained demand for mobile web serving capabilities in that market.
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TinyServer on the App Store
App details
TinyServer downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Developer ToolsPaid | #11 |
 Japan | Developer ToolsPaid | #30 |
| Japan | Developer ToolsGrossing | #83 |
 United Kingdom | Developer ToolsPaid | #38 |
 China | Developer ToolsPaid | #68 |
 Germany | Developer ToolsPaid | #37 |
 Australia | Developer ToolsGrossing | #63 |
| South Korea | Developer ToolsPaid | #51 |
| Australia | Developer ToolsPaid | #36 |
 India | Developer ToolsPaid | #38 |
 Brazil | Developer ToolsPaid | #48 |
 Canada | Developer ToolsPaid | #62 |
 Indonesia | Developer ToolsPaid | #36 |
 Italy | Developer ToolsPaid | #77 |
 Saudi Arabia | Developer ToolsPaid | #62 |
 United Arab Emirates | Developer ToolsPaid | #62 |
Apps near TinyServer on the chart
Developer Tools Paid, around #11.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about TinyServer
From the 8 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's simplicity and utility for serving files or running web apps on iOS devices. However, a significant portion of reviews report critical stability issues, specifically crashes when attempting to start the server.
Mostly positive (75% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and being useful. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Ease of use: “It’s a relatively simple way to make the files on your device available to other computers”
- Useful: “Useful - Once I was able to select a folder”
- Connection & sync: “The server serves the directory in the background and the browser connects to it”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Now it keeps crashing whenever I launch the “start server” button :(”
About TinyServer
Access static websites from a computer or other mobile device.
FEATURES
• use folders stored locally on your iPhone/iPad or in iCloud
• serve static files and websites over HTTP
• enable Directory Listing to browse the selected folder in your browser
• Bonjour: no need to type in IP addresses - TinyServer will show a friendly URL like http://myiPhone.local:8080
• iPad Multitasking: use an external editor to edit your files and preview them in Safari running alongside TinyServer
• Open an in-app browser to access your served files
• See the access log of the web server
• Basic auth protection
CHOOSING A FOLDER
There are several ways to open a folder to be served by TinyServer.
• In the app, tap "Choose Folder", then long-press a folder to bring up the context menu. Choose "Serve in TinyServer"
• In the app, tap "Choose Folder", tap "Select" in the navigation bar, select a folder and tap "Open" in the navigation bar
• on iPad, you can have the files app and TinyServer side by side in multitasking. You can drag and drop folders to the top of the TinyServer interface.
Keep in mind that this way creates a copy, so if you change the files you have to drag them to the app again to see the changes.
IMPORTANT:
The web server cannot run in the background. Keep TinyServer in the foreground and the device unlocked. If you do change apps, the web server will restart automatically when you bring the TinyServer app back to the foreground.
TinyServer only works on local WiFi. The web server is not accessible via a cellular network connection.
It is meant for static files, so you can't run e.g. a PHP or Ruby on Rails backend from it.
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