TidBITS News vs Ayran 2.0
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TidBITS News
Access the latest news and product updates for Mac and iOS devices from a long-standing internet publication. Read full articles with graphics and embedded videos, and follow links to external resources. Content is downloaded for offline reading.
- Headline and summary display
- Pull-to-refresh functionality
- Full article reading with graphics and video
- Adjustable font sizes
- In-app web browsing
- Offline content access
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Stay up to date with the latest news and products in the Mac and iOS worlds with TidBITS (tidbits.com), the oldest Internet-only publication on the planet! The award-winning publication was founded in 1990 by Adam Engst, regularly voted one of the most influential figures in the Macintosh industry. Displays headlines and summaries for the most recent TidBITS stories. At the top of the headline screen, pull to refresh the list. Tap to read the full text of any recent TidBITS article, complete with graphics and embedded movies. Choose among font sizes for reading articles. Follow links to referenced Web sites and other Internet resources in Safari. All headlines and articles are downloaded to your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch so you can catch up on TidBITS while on the subway or on an iPad/iPod touch that's out of range of a Wi-Fi network.
Ayran 2.0
A specialized newsgroup reader for METU-CENG members. It allows users to connect to the department's news server to read, write, and reply to messages within newsgroups. Requires a valid METU-CENG username and password for access.
- Connect to METU-CENG news server
- Read and write messages
- Reply to messages
- Cancel messages
- Lightweight client
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Please note that this is not a general purpose Usenet reader. You MUST have a valid METU-CENG username/password in order to be able to use Ayran. Ayran 2.0 is a lightweight newsgroup reader (Usenet client) designed and written to be used exclusively by METU-CENG people. With Ayran, you can connect to the department's news server, check out your favorite newsgroups, read&write messages, reply to other messages and cancel your messages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ayran 2.0 at 4.5 against TidBITS News's 3.4. Ayran 2.0 also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (83% vs 63%). TidBITS News's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Ayran 2.0 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of TidBITS News's written reviews are positive against 83% of Ayran 2.0's.
TidBITS News ships an update every 4 months, Ayran 2.0 every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | TidBITS News | Ayran 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (7 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matt Neuburg | AKIN, Tolga |
Customer experience
TidBITS News
Ayran 2.0
In-app purchases
TidBITS News
No in-app purchases
Ayran 2.0
No in-app purchases
