Comparison

STAT News vs Aescap

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Aescap

Features
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This is the only app from a biotech investment firm that gives you direct, curated access to the sector news and portfolio developments that shape our investment decisions. Every day, clinical data readouts, regulatory rulings by the FDA and EMA, licensing deals, and scientific breakthroughs move biotech markets. Most of that flow is buried in noise. This app surfaces what matters, selected and contextualized by the same team that manages the Aescap portfolios. You'll find sector-wide developments alongside updates on our portfolio companies, so you can follow the names behind our investment thesis as events unfold. From a Phase III readout that changes a company's trajectory to an M&A announcement that validates years of research, we bring the signal to your screen. No other biotech fund puts its sector lens in your hands this way. Whether you are an Aescap investor or a professional tracking biotech and life sciences, this app is built to keep you ahead of what's next.

Screenshots

STAT News4 screens
Aescap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Aescap at none against STAT News's shown. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
STAT News versus Aescap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSTAT NewsAescap
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews18.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB33 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperBOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS, LLCAescap

In-app purchases

None

STAT News

No in-app purchases

None

Aescap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is STAT News free?
STAT News is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aescap free?
Aescap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do STAT News or Aescap have ads?
STAT News shows ads; Aescap does not.

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