The Quint vs ETBFSI
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.
ETBFSI
This app delivers the latest news, articles, reports, and blogs specifically for professionals in the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) industry. It provides wide coverage, industry insights, and original data-backed analysis to keep users informed about decisive happenings.
- Latest BFSI news
- Industry articles and reports
- Blogs from industry veterans
- Wide coverage of BFSI sector
- Deep industry insights
- Original data-backed analysis
- Daily newsletter
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ETBFSI is the official BFSI app from the house of The Economic Times. Dedicated to the professionals in the BFSI industry, ET BFSI app brings you the latest BFSI news, articles, reports and blogs (from the BFSI industry veterans). ET BFSI's Content Philosophy: i. Wide Coverage– Licensed/Curated/Original content so that you do not miss anything important happening in the BFSI sector ii. Industry Participation– Segregating the right signals from the noise and providing deep insights from the BFSI industry iii. Original analysis and reporting backed by data ET BFSI aims to redefine a new generation of data and information-heavy media industry. Coming right from The Economic Times stable, ET BFSI brings you the niche and industry specific news on your fingertips ETBFSI sends out a daily newsletter – updating you with the sector-wide decisive happenings in the industry, every morning. Do join us at: www.ETBFSI.com and feel free to give your valuable feedback
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Quint at 37% against ETBFSI'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, ETBFSI every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Quint | ETBFSI |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Quintillion Media Private Limited | Times Internet Limited |
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The Quint
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In-app purchases
The Quint
No in-app purchases
ETBFSI
No in-app purchases
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