Bulletins vs Belstad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bulletins
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Read your RSS feeds. On the iPad they are displayed in a magazine style format or a scrolling style format, the scrolling style format is available on the iPhone. Bulletins doesn't require any other 3rd party subscription, subscribe to feeds directly from the app and organize your feeds into folders.
Belstad
Get personalized, nonpartisan news briefings in real-time with this AI-powered app. Ask follow-up questions, listen to daily recaps, and receive breaking news alerts. Expand on key terms with context cards and view inline citations for information sources.
- Personalized AI news briefings
- Real-time event updates
- Web-powered follow-up questions
- Daily news recap podcast
- Breaking news notifications
- Context cards for key terms
- Inline citations
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Belstad is a fully automated, personalized AI-powered news app. Users can read digestible, nonpartisan briefings on events in real-time, with the ability to: - Ask web-powered follow-up questions for more information - Listen to the Belstad Daily Recap — a podcast recapping the day's top events - Receive breaking news notifications - Expand on key terms with context cards - See where each piece of information is coming from with inline citations and more. By downloading the app you agree to the Belstad Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Terms of Use: https://www.belstad.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.belstad.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Belstad at Free against Bulletins's $2.99. Belstad also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.0). Bulletins's advantage is chart position (#146 vs unranked). On 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
Belstad is free to download; Bulletins costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bulletins ships an update every 4 months, Belstad daily. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bulletins | Belstad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Best chart rank | #146 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Guy Shaviv | Belstad, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Bulletins
No in-app purchases
Belstad
No in-app purchases
