The Quint vs ETRetail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Quint
This news platform delivers award-winning journalism with a focus on in-depth investigations, fact-checking, and multimedia storytelling. It covers underreported issues and social justice topics, supported by a reader-powered membership model for independent reporting.
- Award-winning journalism
- In-depth investigations
- Fact-checking unit (WebQoof)
- Multimedia storytelling (documentaries, explainers)
- Exclusive shows and podcasts
- Reader-powered membership model
- Coverage of underreported issues
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The Quint is a leading Indian digital news platform renowned for its high-quality, award-winning journalism that prioritizes depth, integrity, and impact. Its journalists have secured prestigious accolades, including multiple Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards, RedInk Awards, WAN-IFRA South Asian Digital Media Awards, INMA Global Media Awards 2025, and recognitions in Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Awards 2025. This reflects strong journalism quality through rigorous, ground-reported enterprise stories, in-depth investigations, fact-checking via the IFCN-certified WebQoof unit, and multimedia excellence in documentaries, explainers, and visual storytelling. The Quint emphasizes exclusive coverage via Special Projects — powerful long-form investigations, impactful documentaries (on urban walkability, public transport failures, hate crimes like 'Uncovering Hate', hijab bans, cow vigilantism), and series like 'Caught in the Middle' (middle-class issues), 'Naukri Crisis' and citizen journalism platform 'My Report'. Exclusive shows and programs include video-heavy originals on YouTube, podcasts like 'The Big Story', and deep dives into social justice, policy, and underreported issues. To sustain this independent, fearless reporting amid challenges, The Quint focuses on a reader-powered membership model. The Quint's Members gain ad-free access, paywalled premium content, exclusive goodie bags, opinion columns, and priority to unlimited stories, videos, and podcasts. The Quint has a dedicated community that funds and champions its mission to "question everything" and deliver stories others avoid or miss — earning praise for reliability, depth, and real-world impact in India's evolving media landscape.
ETRetail
Stay updated on the dynamic Indian retail market with curated news, analysis, and insights. Covers new launches, M&A, FDI, and industry research across various retail sectors. Receive a free daily newsletter summarizing essential updates.
- Curated retail industry news
- In-depth analysis and opinion
- Covers new launches and M&A
- Industry research and FDI updates
- Free daily newsletter
- Aggregates content from various sources
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Retail in India is one of the top business enterprises of its economy and accounts for around 14 to 15% of its GDP. The Indian Retail market is one of the top five Retail markets and also amongst the fastest growing Retail markets in the world. To ensure that industry leaders keep pace with this fast changing exciting industry, ETRetail.com tracks all the media outlets focusing on Retail industry and brings the most relevant and important news & analysis on the industry. We cover whatever matters in the Retail Industry in India, aggregating news, opinion and analysis on new launches, Mergers & Acquisitions, FDI, Industry Research, Joint Ventures and other business developments related to food, FMCG, apparel, ecommerce, jewelry, departmental stores and more. ETRetail.com sends out a free daily newsletter to our subscribers - summarizing day’s essential news, reports and analysis. ETRetail.com accomplishes this by linking to stories from all around the web. We track all the top sources, including news sites, reporters, tweets and status updates to bring to our subscribers a comprehensive view of the latest updates in the industry. Our newsletter attracts a readership of decision makers, policy makers, investors and professionals from Retail industry in India.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Quint at 37% against ETRetail's 0%. The Quint also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and device support (3 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Quint ships an update weekly, ETRetail every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | The Quint | ETRetail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 37.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quintillion Media Private Limited | Times Internet Limited |
Customer experience
The Quint
ETRetail
In-app purchases
The Quint
No in-app purchases
ETRetail
No in-app purchases
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