Comparison

Ruby vs Vancoillie News

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

Vancoillie News

Features
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Vancoillie News brings you the stories that truly matter. From technology and software to practical tips, updates, and inspiring insights — everything is curated and summarized for you by Vancoillie Studio. We know how challenging it can be to find or understand the essence of an article. That’s why Vancoillie Studio summarizes the most important information, so you only read what’s truly relevant. • Quick overview of trending topics • Clearly summarized in plain language • Modern and elegant design Discover a new way of reading the news — efficient, stylish, and straight to the point.

Screenshots

Ruby4 screens
Vancoillie News3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vancoillie News at none against Ruby's 2. Vancoillie News also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). Ruby's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). 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 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. Vancoillie News asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ruby ships an update every 5 months, Vancoillie News every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ruby versus Vancoillie News: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRubyVancoillie News
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB13 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMBRKHRDT LLCBatiste Vancoillie

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ruby

Subscriptions1
  • Ruby Premium - Annual$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ruby Premium - Lifetime$17.99
None

Vancoillie News

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ruby free?
Ruby is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vancoillie News free?
Vancoillie News is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ruby or Vancoillie News have ads?
Neither Ruby nor Vancoillie News shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ruby or Vancoillie News?
Ruby ships an update every 5 months, and Vancoillie News every 9 days. Most recently, Ruby was updated on November 3, 2026 and Vancoillie News on November 9, 2026.

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