Comparison

Gamer X vs Umbra

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

Head to head
About

Gamer X

Aggregates Xbox and gaming news, reviews, and rumors from various sources into a single, streamlined feed. Offers personalized topic following, story notifications, and customizable reading settings.

Highlights
  • Aggregated news feed
  • Full coverage side-by-side
  • Topic following
  • Story notifications
  • Customizable reading settings
  • Explore and search stories
Features
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Gamer X brings Xbox and gaming news, reviews and rumors from many sources into one clean, fast feed. WHAT YOU GET • Today: Top, Latest and Most Discussed. The biggest releases, the newest news, and what players are talking about. • Full Coverage: see how every outlet reports the same story, side by side • Top Stories: the day's biggest stories, full screen, one tap at a time • Topics: follow your games, Xbox Series X|S, Game Pass, studios and more, and your Today feed follows you • Explore and search every story and topic • Saved: keep stories for later • Story notifications: a few stories a day, picked from what you read, and quiet at night • Reading settings: text size, typeface, spacing and page color, with light and dark mode • Designed for iPhone and iPad FREE, WITH AN AD-FREE OPTION Gamer X is free and supported by ads. Remove all ads with a monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or canceled in your Apple Account settings. Gamer X is an unofficial app, not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft or Xbox. Every headline links to the original publisher. Questions or ideas: support@newsfusion.com Privacy Policy: https://www.loyal.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Umbra

Access and search declassified U.S. government UFO and UAP files natively on your device. Explore military footage, FBI case files, and astronaut observations. An AI analyst feature provides on-device research capabilities.

Highlights
  • Searchable declassified UFO/UAP files
  • Native document, image, and video viewers
  • Browse by agency, type, and date
  • On-device AI analyst for research
  • Push notifications for new releases
  • Interactive incident map
  • Offline file caching
Features
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Read the U.S. government's declassified UFO and UAP files — every release, fully searchable, natively presented. Umbra is the unofficial native iOS reader for the PURSUE disclosure program, the U.S. government's public release of decades of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) records. Every document, image and sensor video the government publishes is indexed in Umbra within minutes of going public — no multi-gigabyte downloads, no cryptic filenames. Just read. WHAT'S INSIDE - Military infrared and electro-optical UAP sensor footage (CENTCOM, INDOPACOM, EUCOM), carrying AARO's own neutral assessments - FBI case files, including the decades-long "flying disc" investigations - NASA astronaut observations across Apollo, Gemini, Mercury and Skylab - Air Force and intelligence records from the Cold War flying-saucer era - Incidents logged at U.S. nuclear sites — PANTEX, Los Alamos, Sandia Base FREE - Every release, organized by agency, type, date and location - Browse by agency — FBI, NASA, Navy, Air Force, CIA, Energy and more - Search across every title, description and keyword - Native PDF, image and video viewers - Bookmarks and private notes - Built for iPhone and iPad, with a companion app on Apple TV — one Clearance unlocks them all UMBRA CLEARANCE - Unlimited video, every file, every time - ECHELON: an AI analyst that runs on your device by default. Ask the archive in plain language and it reads the actual declassified files, OCR'ing scanned pages right on your device, then answers with verbatim quotes and tappable citations, down to the page. Save and revisit research conversations, and get an instant brief the moment a new tranche drops. On iOS 27 you can choose Apple's Private Cloud Compute for fuller answers; otherwise nothing leaves your device. - Real-time push the moment a new release lands - Interactive incident map - Offline cache of your files - Ad-free reading ECHELON's AI synthesis runs on Apple Intelligence and requires a supported device on iOS 26; on other devices ECHELON still finds and ranks the most relevant files. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage in iOS Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://uapfiles.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://uapfiles.app/privacy ABOUT "Umbra" nods to TOP SECRET UMBRA, the historical U.S. classification codeword for the most sensitive intelligence reporting — the app surfaces what was once in shadow. Umbra is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the U.S. Department of War, the NSA, AARO, or any government agency.

Screenshots

Gamer X4 screens
Umbra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Umbra at 5.0 against Gamer X's 4.3. Umbra also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Gamer X's advantage is ratings volume (58 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Gamer X sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Umbra sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Umbra holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gamer X has 58 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gamer X ships an update every 6 weeks, Umbra fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Gamer X versus Umbra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGamer XUmbra
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (58 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings58 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLoyal Foundry, Inc.Embay, LLC

Customer experience

Gamer X

All ratings58 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral10.3%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Umbra

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Gamer X

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Remove advertising$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$5.991 Year
3 purchases

Umbra

Subscriptions2
  • Umbra Clearance · Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Umbra Clearance · Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Umbra Clearance · Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Gamer X free?
Gamer X is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Umbra free?
Umbra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gamer X or Umbra?
Umbra is rated higher. Gamer X averages 4.3 out of 5 from 58 ratings, while Umbra averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Gamer X or Umbra have ads?
Both Gamer X and Umbra show ads.
Which is updated more often, Gamer X or Umbra?
Gamer X ships an update every 6 weeks, and Umbra fortnightly. Most recently, Gamer X was updated on November 6, 2026 and Umbra on October 31, 2026.

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