Comparison

Ruby vs NewsPen

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

Head to head
About

Ruby

A beautifully designed news reader app offering a personalized home feed based on your chosen topics. Easily discover trending articles, bookmark content for later, and customize your reading experience with language and region settings. Enjoy ad-free content across multiple Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Personalized topic feeds
  • Explore trending articles
  • Bookmark articles for later
  • Customizable region and language
  • Ad-free reading experience
  • iCloud syncing across devices
  • Apple Watch app integration
Features
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Ruby is a beautifully designed news app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision. It's built with a familiar design, so it's simple and easy to use and understand. Ruby works great with your devices, and supports iCloud syncing for a seamless experience across all of them. The app itself has a lot of distinct features, such as being able to choose the topic you want to view on your home feed. If you only want to view technology without the politics, you can. Only interested in sports? There's an option for that too. With the explore page, you can also keep up with the latest trends in your region, or make a quick search for whatever you're interested in. Ruby also offers bookmarks, so you can find an article and come back to it later. We also offer customization. You can easily change the country you're in, or the language you prefer to read. The built in news reader is easy to understand, and provides content from your favorite websites, but without the advertisements and other nonsense. Ruby also offers an Apple Watch app, where you can quickly view headlines on your wrist. The Apple Watch app has the same functionality as the iPhone app, so you can easily read headlines of a specific topic, and more. If you want to suggest features for Ruby, contact me on X (Twitter) @mbrkhrdt. I'm open to suggestions, and want to create the best user experience possible!

About

NewsPen

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Ever wondered of a News application that delivers you trends and updates according to your preferences? Hands Down, we have the best light-weight news app in the market. News Pen is a news application that curates the latest and trending news for a customized reading experience. News Pen is the top-notch choice to delve into the trending news happening around the World. News Pen curates trending news from credible Regional newspapers and showcases them as personalised shorts. Pick your interest from a broad range of trends starting from Technology, Education, Business, Lifestyle, Politics and more. With globalization and Industrial revolution taking a forefront, being updated is paramount.This application takes you closer to the fair truth via an in-depth analysis while giving paramount importance for your convenience. Stories around the world from a single source have never been better. Download News Pen and start reading trends at your fingertips With News Pen you can 1. Read fascinating news shorts and trend updates from the world of Technology, Education, Business, Lifestyle, Politics, Sports, Entertainment, Health and General news. 2. Read and share news shorts among your peers. 3. Scroll through the latest business news and lifestyle trends without compromising your credentials. 4. Enjoy customized news shorts in multiple languages. 5. Receive credible Global headlines, breaking news and real-time market trends from your regional news papers curated for a remarkable reading experience. 6. Filter the news shorts favoured for your preferences with a single tap. 7. Enjoy the Reading Experience of your favourite regional newspapers.

Screenshots

Ruby4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NewsPen at none against Ruby's 9. NewsPen also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Ruby's advantage is device support (5 vs 3). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ruby sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.69 per 7 days. NewsPen asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ruby versus NewsPen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRubyNewsPen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMBRKHRDT LLCAabasoft Technologies (India) Private Limited

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Ruby

Subscriptions3
  • Ruby Premium - Weekly7 Days trial$0.697 Days
  • Ruby Premium - Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Ruby Premium - Annual$5.991 Year
One-time6
  • Tip Jar - $0.99$0.99
  • Tip Jar - $1.99$1.99
  • Tip Jar - $2.99$2.99
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  • Tip Jar - $4.99$4.99
  • Tip Jar - $9.99$9.99
  • Ruby Premium - Lifetime$17.99
None

NewsPen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ruby free?
Ruby is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NewsPen free?
NewsPen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ruby or NewsPen have ads?
Neither Ruby nor NewsPen shows ads.

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