Nairametrics vs TheCable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nairametrics
Access daily news and in-depth analysis on the Nigerian and global economy. Covers stock markets, cryptocurrency, corporate deals, and financial literacy.
- Daily economic news coverage
- Stock market updates
- Cryptocurrency news
- Financial literacy content
- Business intelligence reports
- Global economic analysis
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Nairametrics is a business and financial news website. We provide daily coverage of news and analysis from the key sectors of the Nigerian and global economy including stock market, cryptocurrency, capital markets, Commodities, public finance, formal and informal sectors. We also report on corporate deals, company results, product reviews, tech, macro-economic and financial research etc. Our content coverage also supports financial literacy, financia inclusion, investor advocacy and business intelligence.
TheCable
Access Nigeria's leading journalism for progress, featuring breaking news, fact-checks, investigations, and lifestyle content. This app is Nigeria's first disability and inclusion news app, offering special assistive features for accessibility.
- Breaking news access
- Fact-checks and investigations
- Sports and lifestyle content
- Disability and inclusion focus
- Assistive features for accessibility
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TheCable App is a window to our knowledge-driven journalism in pursuit of Nigeria’s progress. It grants you easy access to all our breaking stories, fact-checks, investigations, sports, and Lifestyle content around and outside the country. This app goes further by embedding special assistive features that make it easily accessible to persons with different forms of disability. It is Nigeria’s first Disability and Inclusion News App. TheCable App is free to download and easy to use. It is our award-winning journalism at your fingertips. [:mav: 1.3.2]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Nairametrics at 3 against TheCable's 1. Nairametrics also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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 — 5.0 for Nairametrics against 5.0 for TheCable. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Nairametrics ships an update every 2 months, TheCable every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 26, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nairametrics | TheCable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NAIRAMETRICS FINANCIAL ADVOCATES LTD | Jesupelumi Adetunji |
Customer experience
Nairametrics
TheCable
In-app purchases
Nairametrics
No in-app purchases
TheCable
No in-app purchases
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