The Ken vs NewsPod
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Ken
Access in-depth business journalism from India with original stories, podcasts, and infographics. Enjoy offline reading, community interaction, and personalized features. A subscription unlocks full content and premium benefits.
- Deeply reported original stories
- Immersive podcasts with transcripts
- Rich infographics for visual understanding
- Offline reading and saving
- Subscriber community interaction
- Personalized reading experience (dark mode, font size)
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Experience powerful business journalism that connects the dots with The Ken, India’s pioneering media publication. Read deeply reported, original stories, immersive podcasts, rich infographics, and sharp newsletters from some of the best reporters and writers in the region, to understand not just the news, but why it’s happening and what comes next. Go ahead and subscribe to our top-rate app. You’ll love it because it lets you: Read our stories and newsletters on the go: Browse, search, and save stories and newsletters you want to read while you’re travelling, commuting, or on that flight, even without an active internet connection. Never encounter a paywall once you have a subscription: Paywalled publications need you to be signed in all the time on your browser. On our mobile app, just login once, and it’s there all the time. We deep-link to our mobile app in all the emails we send, so this gives you a seamless experience. Flip through stunning visual stories about businesses: Our infographics are as rich as the stories we write. If you are short on time, you can simply flip through our infographics and get the story. It’s perfect for those occasions when you want to visually understand businesses, without having to read longform articles. Browse and read transcripts of our widely loved podcasts: A collection of original podcasts that cover the most interesting workplaces, careers, and business trends, along with candid conversations with founders and business leaders. Charting consistently on all major podcast platforms. Interact with other subscribers: Our community comprises some of the sharpest and most ambitious CXOs, leaders, executives, and students. Read their comments, reply to them, and join the debate. All from your phone. In addition, subscribers can gift and unlock stories for non-subscribers, and personalise their reading experience with features such as dark mode, adjustable font sizes, and much more. Haven’t made up your mind? No problem. You can still sign up and enjoy the free experience. Subscription: Access to The Ken requires a subscription. You can purchase a subscription to The Ken via our app. You can also sign up for free to experience our journalism and products. What you get when you subscribe via our app: - Complete access to all our products—stories, newsletters, visual stories, and podcasts - Unlimited archive access - Gift 10 premium stories per month and 5 subscriptions to your loved ones. - Upto 3 devices allowed per subscription - Device access— Mobile + iPad - Priority access to new product offerings, community features, and events - Daily morning emails and weekly recap emails - Get alerts and notifications to stay updated Payment and auto renewal terms: If you subscribe to The Ken via this app, payment will be charged by Apple to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will get automatically renewed unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. To cancel, please turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. Terms of Use: Privacy Policy - The Ken : https://the-ken.com/privacy-policy/ Terms and Conditions - The Ken : https://the-ken.com/terms-and-conditions/ Apple Terms and Conditions : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/ If you have any questions or feedback, just email support@the-ken.com.
NewsPod
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News Pod - The top–rated news aggregator in the App Store, delivering all the news stories that matter to you. Easy to use, hard to give up – News Pod offers a top-notch user experience with its award-winning design and intuitive interface. Pick among 3 viewing modes: List view, Grid view, or Flip view. Disable article thumbnails when you’re running low on your data plan. Login with your social media accounts and sync your saved articles and followed publishers across all platforms and on all your devices. You can get Access to :- • All the news across the India – A selection of a plethora of news outlets, sources, online publishers, magazines, newspapers, columns, and blogs from all the states of India, available for adding to your collection • Personalized and unbiased – Follow news stories from the news outlets only you decide. Read the content of publishers you deem objective and impartial. Create and access the collection of your favorite and most trusted sources via ‘My Bundle’. • Breaking news alerts – Get instant push notifications for major developing stories and stay updated. • Unparalleled search feature – Our vastly improved search function delivers the best results for both Articles and Sources; bringing you whatever you are looking for just in moments; scanning all the news, blogs, magazines, articles, titles, columnists, and more. The best part? It's free! • Offline mode – No internet? We got you covered! Once an article appears in your newsfeed, it will be accessible even if you go offline. • Reader mode – Not happy with the way a web page displays content? Remove the clutter and focus on the ‘actual’ content instead. • Browse content from various topics – Delve into multiple categories and discover the most popular stories: Be it whether business, technology, sports, science, entertainment, opinion, metro, fashion and much more. • Discover local stories – Switch between global news, and news from the India • Save for later – Interested in reading an article but short on time? Bookmark and read when it is convenient! • Daily editorial picks – Check out ‘Daily Bundle’ for the most inspiring, enlightening, and empowering content. • Photo stories – A constantly updating, curated collection of the most beautiful shots in fashion, lifestyle, and press photography. Audible – don’t want to read the news? your whole news story in audio format too. listen to it while drive car and be updated. Keep in touch. [:mav: 1.2.3]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NewsPod at none against The Ken's 2. The Ken's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 10 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. The Ken sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $25.00 per month. NewsPod asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Ken ships an update every 9 days, NewsPod every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Ken | NewsPod |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (132 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 132 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kenrise Media Private Limited | NEWSPOD PRIVATE LIMITED |
Bugs and requests
The Ken
Reported bugs
16 issues- App crashes when clicking Explore
- Most stories cannot be opened
- App says 'Something went wrong'
- Frequent update requests
- App crashes frequently
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- Newsletter section in the iOS app for iPads refuses to load
- Unable to login
- App stopped refreshing
- App gets stuck while reading stories and doesn't scroll
- Saved stories not showing up
- Unable to open articles in the app ('Something went wrong')
- App times out in 10-15 mins
- Keyboard blocks navigation on search screen
- App refreshes to story feed when returning
- Cannot resize text
- App crashes all the time
Requested features
17 requests- Listen to podcasts in background without downloading
- Audio version of articles
- Highlighting feature
- Save notes within the app
- Option to zoom in on images/infographics
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- Save for later option for linked articles
- Search functionality within the app
- iPad optimized app
- Offline reading support
- Internal dictionary or highlight/search
- Lookup feature (iOS inbuilt dictionary)
- Dark mode
- Grace period for accessing previous content after subscription ends
- Improve app for iPad
- More monetary incentives for non-subscribers
- Voice to text option for articles
- Remember notification preference
NewsPod
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Ken
- Monthly Premium$25.001 Month
- Yearly Premium$150.001 Year
NewsPod
No in-app purchases









