Otofun vs Ruby
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Otofun
A popular online forum for discussions and community engagement. Connect with others and share your thoughts on various topics.
- Online forum
- Community discussions
- Topic sharing
- User engagement
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Ruby
A beautifully designed news reader app offering a personalized home feed based on your chosen topics. Easily discover trending articles, bookmark content for later, and customize your reading experience with language and region settings. Enjoy ad-free content across multiple Apple devices.
- Personalized topic feeds
- Explore trending articles
- Bookmark articles for later
- Customizable region and language
- Ad-free reading experience
- iCloud syncing across devices
- Apple Watch app integration
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Ruby is a beautifully designed news app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision. It's built with a familiar design, so it's simple and easy to use and understand. Ruby works great with your devices, and supports iCloud syncing for a seamless experience across all of them. The app itself has a lot of distinct features, such as being able to choose the topic you want to view on your home feed. If you only want to view technology without the politics, you can. Only interested in sports? There's an option for that too. With the explore page, you can also keep up with the latest trends in your region, or make a quick search for whatever you're interested in. Ruby also offers bookmarks, so you can find an article and come back to it later. We also offer customization. You can easily change the country you're in, or the language you prefer to read. The built in news reader is easy to understand, and provides content from your favorite websites, but without the advertisements and other nonsense. Ruby also offers an Apple Watch app, where you can quickly view headlines on your wrist. The Apple Watch app has the same functionality as the iPhone app, so you can easily read headlines of a specific topic, and more. If you want to suggest features for Ruby, contact me on X (Twitter) @mbrkhrdt. I'm open to suggestions, and want to create the best user experience possible!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ruby at 5.0 against Otofun's 1.0. Ruby also leads on device support (5 vs 3). Otofun's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Ruby sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.69 per 7 days. Otofun asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ruby holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Otofun ships an update fortnightly, Ruby every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Otofun | Ruby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | techplus jsc | MBRKHRDT LLC |
Customer experience
Otofun
Ruby
In-app purchases
Otofun
No in-app purchases
Ruby
- Ruby Premium - Weekly7 Days trial$0.697 Days
- Ruby Premium - Monthly$0.991 Month
- Ruby Premium - Annual$5.991 Year
- Tip Jar - $0.99$0.99
- Tip Jar - $1.99$1.99
- Tip Jar - $2.99$2.99
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- Tip Jar - $4.99$4.99
- Tip Jar - $9.99$9.99
- Ruby Premium - Lifetime$17.99









