الأولى vs funoon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
الأولى
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Aloula is a video on demand streaming service that provides video content for users across the Arab world to enjoy on any device, in English or Arabic interface. Video on Demand Enjoy a library of drama productions, game shows, cooking, entertainment, social talk shows and news. The platform also includes a collection of Egyptian, Saudi and Gulf series and many others. Live Streaming The user can stream 6 TV channels: SBC, KSA channel, Zikrayat, AlIkhbariya, AlSana AlNabawiya and AlKuran AlKarim. Multiple-Devices Aloula is available on multiple devices: mobile devices, smart TV applications, tablets and laptops. Profiles Sign up, create multiple profiles based on your content preference, MPAA rating and keep your favorite shows in one place. Latest Episodes Don’t miss any of the shows broadcast on TV. Catch up the latest episodes in high quality, stream them anytime anywhere and continue watching from where you left off.
funoon
This platform offers a vast library of Arabic comedy content, including movies, plays, and series, updated daily. Enjoy exclusive, ad-free viewing for the whole family anytime, anywhere, with safe content and special censorship for children.
- Vast library of Arabic comedy content
- Movies, plays, and series
- Timeless black & white works
- Daily updated content
- Exclusive viewing
- Ad-free experience
- Safe content for children
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(FUNOON Application) An Arab Gulf electronic digital platform that offers its subscribers the ability to watch movies, plays and series, as well as timeless works in black & white, all the artworks contained in the FUNOON library anywhere & anytime, in order to achieve the greatest viewing pleasure for all family members. FUNOON (The Comedy Creators) is a favorite among Arab and Gulf viewers FUNOON library that includes thousands of distinct comedic videos updated around the clock, and owns all broadcast rights in addition to many unique works in its production and distinct media content aimed at bringing laughter to the hearts of viewers of all ages, Arts will be an important source of laughter and entertainment for a large segment of the audience that loves to watch movies and comedy plays that bring their hearts to joy through 10,000 hours of varied entertainment and new additions every day. Under the slogan (Like To laugh ... FUNOON), the platform is launched to be a media window that explodes an unprecedented energy of laughter and comedy among its viewers, adults and children. With FUNOON, its subscribers will have the right to enjoy exclusive viewing of many works smoothly and without any advertising breaks - whenever the viewer wants - with safe content and special censorship references for children. Art (Stars World) provides a huge library that includes the latest Kuwaiti, Gulf and Arab films, series, plays, and programs. FUNOON Platform provides the audience with continuous entertainment and enjoying exclusive viewing through all types of smart TVs, mobile devices, as well as the Desk computer, laptop, iPad, & tablet. FUNOON platform is present & competes strongly in the digital entertainment sector, through the product, the quality content, the services and the offers it provides to its viewers, to make them face the best advanced digital viewing experience for users in the Middle East region, especially as the platform has the most important elements to compete comfortably against other famous platforms. That makes a factor excellence & dominance in this field within our Hands.
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Verdict
الأولى and funoon both sit at 3.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 36% of الأولى's written reviews are positive against 0% of funoon's. الأولى also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (50 vs 3). funoon's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, 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
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 — 3.4 for الأولى against 3.3 for funoon. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: الأولى has 50 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 36% of الأولى's written reviews are positive against 0% of funoon's.
الأولى ships an update weekly, funoon every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | الأولى | funoon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (50 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Saudi Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) | Tareef alawadi |
Customer experience
الأولى
funoon
In-app purchases
الأولى
No in-app purchases
funoon
No in-app purchases









