Comparison

掌中倍可亲 vs 全美星島

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

Head to head
About

掌中倍可亲

A comprehensive Chinese community platform offering news, blogs, forums, and videos 24/7. It provides a convenient channel for information dissemination and interaction among global Chinese users, optimized for mobile browsing.

Highlights
  • News classification
  • Video previews
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Optimized mobile content display
  • Ad-free browsing experience
  • Content sharing and saving
  • Browsing history
  • Multi-user login
Features
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支持暗黑模式(iOS 13以上)。 掌中倍可亲-backchina 全球华人自己的新闻,贝村(博客),论坛,视频。 掌中倍可亲-backchina 是一款操作既简单,功能又强大的华语综合社区平台。 平台7*24小时全年不间断为华人提供国内外咨询,提供最便利的信息传播渠道。  全球华人可以在贝壳村分享生活,展示自我,方便的在线互动。 它将iPhone/iPad优秀的操作性应用到平台内容浏览中。 因此即使在iPhone的狭小的屏幕上,也能够方便,快捷的浏览平台内容。 支持新闻分类,新闻视频预览,贝壳村,论坛,视频。 功能列表: 1 新闻分类 根据阅读习惯进行新闻智能分类。 2 新闻,博客视频抢先看 如果新闻,博客含有视频,可点接标题旁按钮预览视频。 3 背景个性化 有多个背景,可供用户选择。 4 内容自动化 为iPhone/iPad优化最合适阅读的格式,无需缩小放大,只需上下移动即可浏览全部内容。 5 内容快速显示 屏蔽多余的广告信息,大大加快浏览速度。 6 内容转发功能 能够把有趣的内容通过email和好朋友分享。 7 内容保存功能 用户可以保存自己喜欢的内容。 8 浏览记录 自动记录用户浏览内容,方便查询。 9 多用户登入 支持多用户登入,自由方便切换用户。 10 缓存自动清理 储存空间自动清理,不占用多余空间。

About

全美星島

Features
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《全美星島》, 集合紐約,三藩市,洛杉磯三大華人聚居地的最快最新的新聞資訊,為身處美國的讀者提供即時新聞, 即時發放當日最熱新聞,報道最新本地及國際動態、突發消息,助讀者時刻緊貼時事脈搏。 星島多媒體內更提供視頻節目, 活動娛樂, 飲食及購物資訊。 立即下載程式,便可即時獲取《星島日報》精采全面的日報新聞, 以及隨時接收即時新聞,時刻緊貼社會動態,掌握豐富資訊。

Screenshots

掌中倍可亲4 screens
全美星島4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: 全美星島 at none against 掌中倍可亲's shown. 掌中倍可亲's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for 掌中倍可亲 against 3.6 for 全美星島. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 29 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of 掌中倍可亲's written reviews are positive against 0% of 全美星島's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
掌中倍可亲 versus 全美星島: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter掌中倍可亲全美星島
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (26 ratings) — better3.6 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2629 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB50 MB
Age rating17+12+
Developeryuan quntaoSing Tao Newspapers San Francisco Ltd.

Customer experience

掌中倍可亲

All ratings26 ratings
Positive65.4%
Neutral11.5%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

全美星島

All ratings29 ratings
Positive65.5%
Neutral6.9%
Negative27.6%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

掌中倍可亲

No in-app purchases

None

全美星島

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 掌中倍可亲 free?
掌中倍可亲 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 全美星島 free?
全美星島 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 掌中倍可亲 or 全美星島?
掌中倍可亲 is rated higher. 掌中倍可亲 averages 3.7 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while 全美星島 averages 3.6 from 29 ratings.
Do 掌中倍可亲 or 全美星島 have ads?
掌中倍可亲 shows ads; 全美星島 does not.
Which is updated more often, 掌中倍可亲 or 全美星島?
掌中倍可亲 ships an update every 3 months, and 全美星島 every 3 months. Most recently, 掌中倍可亲 was updated on November 2, 2026 and 全美星島 on November 3, 2026.

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