Tibet.Net vs RFA Tibetan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tibet.Net
Access news, announcements, photos, and videos related to the Central Tibetan Administration. This trilingual app offers offline reading, downloadable content, and social sharing features.
- Trilingual content
- Push notifications
- Photo and video galleries
- Offline caching
- Save stories for later
- Social sharing
- Downloadable PDFs
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Quick glance at the app Features. • Complete trilingual mobile application • Push Notification for News and announcements. • Photo of the day and video of the week. • Photo galleries and full screen images. • Access to our full range of Tibet TV trilingual videos. • Improved Offline experience: Caching system • Saved stories – Save the latest news, photos and publications and read them at your leisure. • Share the stories to your social networks or email / sms. • Downloadable PDF for publications, periodicals, forms and other available attachments. • Support for Dynamic text: You can adjust the font size in the post as per your preference.
RFA Tibetan
Access award-winning journalism and in-depth features covering stories shaping Asia. This app offers live radio, podcasts, videos, and the ability to save content for offline access, all optimized for light data usage and secure navigation.
- Live radio programs and podcasts
- Save articles, videos, and audio for offline use
- Share stories to social media
- Optimized for light data use
- Secure and private navigation
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Understand the stories shaping Asia with award-winning journalism from Radio Free Asia. RFA’s free and redesigned app provides the latest news, podcasts, videos and in-depth features regardless of your location. Features: - Live radio programs and podcasts on-demand - Save articles, videos, and audio for offline use - Share stories to any social media platform - Optimized for light data use and comfortable mobile navigation The RFA app was designed with your privacy and security at its core. To learn more, please read our privacy policy (https://www.rfa.org/about/info/privacy-policy.html).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tibet.Net at every 2 weeks against RFA Tibetan's every 4 months. Tibet.Net also leads on iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.0). 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 — 4.3 for Tibet.Net against 4.3 for RFA Tibetan. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 7 respectively.
Tibet.Net ships an update every 2 weeks, RFA Tibetan every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tibet.Net | RFA Tibetan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (11 ratings) | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Central Tibetan Administration | Radio Free Asia (RFA) |
Customer experience
Tibet.Net
RFA Tibetan
In-app purchases
Tibet.Net
No in-app purchases
RFA Tibetan
No in-app purchases
