TVBS News vs JX Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TVBS News
Stay informed with real-time news updates, including breaking events and in-depth analysis. Customize your reading experience with adjustable font sizes and receive timely push notifications for important stories. Easily search for specific topics and access live video streams and helpful life service information.
- Real-time news updates
- Adjustable font sizes
- Push notifications
- Keyword search
- Live video streaming
- Life service information
- Topic summaries
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JX Reader
Access over 7,000 global newspapers and magazines during your flights. Download content before and after your trip for offline reading in multiple languages. Enjoy a paperless experience with a vast selection of news, fashion, travel, and finance publications.
- Access 7,000+ global newspapers and magazines
- Offline reading support
- Multiple language options
- Content available before and after flights
- Paperless reading experience
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JX Reader is a digital reading platform designed exclusively for STARLUX passengers, offering access to over 7,000 newspapers and magazines from around the world. Covering topics from news and fashion to travel and finance, it supports multiple languages and offline reading. Content can be downloaded from 48 hours before departure to 24 hours after arrival, so you easily can enjoy reading anytime, anywhere. Download JX Reader today and enjoy a paperless reading experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: JX Reader at 100% against TVBS News's 50%. JX Reader also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and ads (none vs shown). TVBS News's advantage is ratings volume (155 vs 2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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.
JX Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TVBS News has 155 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of TVBS News's written reviews are positive against 100% of JX Reader's.
TVBS News ships an update fortnightly, JX Reader every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TVBS News | JX Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (155 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 155 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #122 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TVBS | starlux-airlines |
Customer experience
TVBS News
JX Reader
In-app purchases
TVBS News
No in-app purchases
JX Reader
No in-app purchases
