STAT News vs ETPharma
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
STAT News
Access in-depth journalism covering health, medicine, life sciences, and the business of pharmaceuticals. Explore exclusive stories, track scientific advancements, and understand industry strategies with critical analysis.
- In-depth health and medicine journalism
- Coverage of life sciences and biotech
- Analysis of pharmaceutical business
- Exclusive stories
- Save articles for later
- Follow reporters on the go
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STAT delivers fast, deep, and tough-minded journalism about health, medicine, life sciences and the fast-moving business of making medicines. We take you inside academic labs, biotech boardrooms, and political backrooms. We cast a critical eye on scientific discoveries, scrutinize corporate strategies, and chronicle roiling battles for talent, money, and market share. We examine controversies and puncture hype. Follow our reporting and reporters on the go; read exclusive stories or save them for later.
ETPharma
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ETPharma tracks all the media agencies focusing on the Pharma sector and tracks the most relevant and important news and analysis on the industry. Through its features such as Articles, Blogs, Polls and Slideshows, it covers different aspect of the industry in one single platform. ETPharma sends out a free daily newsletter to its subscribers - summarizing day’s essential news, reports and analysis. We link all the stories around the web and track all the top sources, including news sites, reporters, tweets and status updates to bring to our subscribers a comprehensive view of the latest updates in the industry. Daily E-Newsletter Our newsletter attracts a readership of decision makers, policy makers, investors and professionals from the Pharma sector in India.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ETPharma at none against STAT News's shown. STAT News's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
STAT News ships an update every 6 weeks, ETPharma every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.
| Parameter | STAT News | ETPharma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (22 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 18.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS, LLC | Times Internet Limited |
In-app purchases
STAT News
No in-app purchases
ETPharma
No in-app purchases
