Comparison

rOb.by vs InfoHound News

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

Head to head
About

rOb.by

Features
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With rOb.by you can - have articles sent to you from the best magazines, newspapers and news portals - create your personalized info channels, e.g. for your favourite celebrity like Neymar, Hamilton, Meghan - stay up to date on the latest news - receive the most important information about your favorite artists or celebrities on the same day - inform you in time about upcoming events and concerts - keep an eye on important changes in the financial and stock markets What is unique about rOb.by? - With alarm rules you can define once which notifications should be sent to you as PUSH. - The messages will find you and therefore you will not miss any important events, publications and news anymore. - Instead of installing a flood of different news apps you only need the rOb.by app. - rOb.by collects the messages from the most important news sources and sends you a message then and only if it fits the notification filter you set. - You won't miss soccer, handball or formula 1 races anymore, because rOb.by notifies you in time and reminds you shortly before the start of the broadcast on which TV channel the event will be broadcast. Why else rOb.by? - There are no subscription fees for the basic version of rOb.by. - rOb.by-WEB: You can send requests to rOb.by directly via the internet browser of your computer and receive the answers there as well. - At rOb.by you are always logged in, which means you do not miss any notifications. You don't have to think about whether you are currently logged in or logged out. - With your address book you can quickly and easily connect to your contacts who also use Rob.by. You don't have to remember complicated usernames. - Even if you miss your notifications or turn off your phone, rOb.by will save your current messages until you next use the app. Share your location, exchange contacts, find out where your friends are and where there are shopping and dining opportunities in your area. rOb.by uses the internet connection (5G/4G/3G/2G/EDGE or WLAN, if available) of your phone.

About

InfoHound News

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InfoHound is a beta news app for people who want breaking news as it happens without refreshing feeds all day. Follow an up-to-the-second live wire, read detailed articles on the most important stories, and choose the notifications you want to see. Pick topics, stories, tags, or breaking-only alerts; the rest stays quiet. WHAT YOU GET - Live breaking headlines from hundreds of sources - Fewer repeats, with related updates grouped into the same story - Detailed articles for major developments and the source headlines behind them - Custom notifications for the topics you choose - Breaking, high-severity, hourly digest, story, and tag alerts - Conflict, election, market, podcast, and summary views as features expand - Cross-device reading across iPhone and web BUILT FOR BETA USERS InfoHound is growing quickly. Coverage, features, and notification controls are actively expanding, and early users help shape what comes next. Free to try. Sign in to unlock the full wire, saved follows, and synced notifications.

Screenshots

rOb.by1 screens
InfoHound News3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: InfoHound News at every 5 days against rOb.by's every 5 months. rOb.by's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

rOb.by ships an update every 5 months, InfoHound News every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
rOb.by versus InfoHound News: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterrOb.byInfoHound News
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB32 MB
Age rating12+17+
DevelopertexTomatic AGJoshua Stubblefield

In-app purchases

None

rOb.by

No in-app purchases

None

InfoHound News

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is rOb.by free?
rOb.by is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is InfoHound News free?
InfoHound News is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do rOb.by or InfoHound News have ads?
Neither rOb.by nor InfoHound News shows ads.
Which is updated more often, rOb.by or InfoHound News?
rOb.by ships an update every 5 months, and InfoHound News every 5 days. Most recently, rOb.by was updated on November 7, 2026 and InfoHound News on October 28, 2026.

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