Times City vs Lecto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Times City
Access the latest news, celebrity gossip, photos, and videos from your city and beyond. Features offline reading, customizable notifications, and data-saving options. Stay informed anywhere, anytime.
- Latest city news highlights
- Offline reading mode
- Bookmark articles for later
- Customizable push notifications
- Adjustable font sizes
- Data-saving image downloads
- Easy article sharing
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Stay updated with the latest news on whats' happening around you.. powered by THE TIMES OF INDIA. Download the Times City app now on your smartphone to read news, latest celeb gossips, photos, watch videos and more - anywhere, anytime. Cities Covered: Agra, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Faridabad, Goa, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolhapur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Meerut, Mumbai, Mysore, Nagpur, Navi Mumbai, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar, Surat, Thane, Thiruvananthapuram, Trichy, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam Features: 1. Latest News – Read the latest news highlights and updates from your city. 2. Read Offline – Read news in offline mode even without internet coverage using the offline reading feature. 3. Bookmark Articles – Want to save articles to read them later use the bookmark feature 4. Notifications – Get notified on the latest news highlights with push notifications. Choose your quite time and frequency of your notifications 5. Fonts – Choose a font size that best suits you and enhances your app experience • Swipe for Next – Swipe left & right for reading stories seamlessly and for a faster reading experience! • Save Data – Download images only when you want to. Download them based on your preferred network settings (Wi-Fi, 2G, 3G, 4G) • Share – Like a story? Share it with your friends and loved ones using Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Email & more!
Lecto
This application offers a beautifully designed reader for RSS feeds, podcasts, YouTube, and Telegram channels. It features AI summaries, offline reading, and a built-in podcast player, all within a clean, ad-free experience.
- RSS feed reader
- Podcast player
- YouTube channel reader
- Telegram channel reader
- AI summaries
- Offline reading
- Customizable design
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Lecto, just a Reader for privacy. 100% free. No ads. No subscriptions.
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Verdict
Times City and Lecto both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of Lecto's written reviews are positive against 0% of Times City's. Lecto also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). Times City's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.1). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Times City against 3.7 for Lecto. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Times City's written reviews are positive against 50% of Lecto's.
Times City ships an update every 5 months, Lecto fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Times City | Lecto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Times Internet Limited | Yuefeng Zhu |
Customer experience
Times City
Lecto
In-app purchases
Times City
No in-app purchases
Lecto
No in-app purchases
