Comparison

凤凰新闻 vs FT中文网

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

Head to head
About

凤凰新闻

Access breaking news, in-depth global analysis, and exclusive original content. This app provides a comprehensive view of current events and features a rich library of classic programs and documentaries.

Highlights
  • Breaking news alerts
  • Global event coverage
  • Exclusive original content
  • Classic program reviews
  • Documentary library
  • Celebrity interviews
Features
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上凤凰新闻客户端,了解全球大势 社会焦点追踪,突发新闻抢鲜,全球大势直击,经典节目回顾 有着20多年媒体报道经验的凤凰网,始终秉承"中华情怀、全球视野、包容开放、进步力量"的媒体理念,通过凤凰新闻客户端等平台,为全球华人提供优质内容与服务。 【突发新闻抢鲜】 身处一线的一手信息,深入社会的深度体察,让凤凰新闻客户端成为华文互联网的优质内容源,带动其他媒体、传播平台、KOL、KOC,和包括你在内的数亿用户的共同传播,共同促进和构建着蓬勃向上的华文传播生态。 【全球大势直击】 根植于凤凰基因中的全球视野,让凤凰新闻客户端成为与世界对话,向世界传递中国声音,向中国引进世界观点的重要媒介。 【经典节目回顾】 极具凤凰调性的经典节目,伴随全球华人成长的原创精品,遍及全球名人、政要的人物访谈,独家放送的纪录片大作……都在这里,就在这里。 常看常新的经典节目: 《鲁豫有约丨明星访谈》生命的体验、内心的隐秘,只给你看 《凤凰大视野丨纪录片》重大的历史事件、关键的时代节点,为你解读 《名人面对面丨人物访谈》名人背后的故事、故事背后的隐情,为你发掘 《皇牌大放送丨纪录片》当代社会的热门话题、时下生活的痒点痛点,说给你听 《军情观察室丨军政要闻》看尽全球军事热点,网罗世界军事专家,为你播报 …… 令人叫绝的独家内容: 《非常道丨名人访谈》名人、明星人心路历程全倾诉 《在人间丨我们身边的故事》用冷静的叙述抵抗冰冷的观摩 《唐驳虎丨极客式详解新闻内幕》正本清源、厘清热点事件来龙去脉 《封面丨对话政经名流》记录时代精神、还原丰满人生 《凰家评测丨带你玩转科技好物》用硬核态度,做有料评测 《肿瘤情报局丨身体那点事》关于健康,你不知道的、你以为知道实际却不知道的,都在这儿 《大鱼漫画丨画的比说的好》大事小情,大鱼全画给你看,看过你会笑趴下的 《财经连环话丨一张图看懂财经万象》财经科普,话说经济。风趣幽默、轻松易懂 …… ------还等什么,赶快下载------ 【联系我们】 有意见、建议?要吐槽、褒奖?这里找我们: 凤凰新闻客户端内,“我-反馈建议”页面,写下你的想法并投送; 小秘书微信号:ifengnews2018,欢迎随时联系。

About

FT中文网

Access in-depth financial news and commentary in Chinese from a global team of journalists. This redesigned app offers faster performance, a cleaner interface, and enhanced features for business executives and decision-makers.

Highlights
  • Faster app launches
  • High-definition display
  • Bilingual mode
  • Night mode
  • Article search
  • Topic-based subscriptions
  • Video content
Features
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FTChinese is the Financial Times' Chinese language website, providing unrivaled news and information to China's top business executives and decision makers. The FT’s international team of journalists has access to senior corporate executives and politicians both in China and around the world, making it a must-read for China's business leaders. Starting from version 3.0, we have a totally new app. - Faster: after you successfully launched the app for the first time, later launches only take 0.99 second. - Cleaner: the redesigned app supports High Definition perfectly and get rid of all distraction so that you can focus on FT’s world-class journalism. - More Features: you can now resize, share, clip, use bilingual mode, switch to night mode, search for articles, check archives by day, watch video and see what’s hot. - My FT: you can subscribe content based on topic, industry, area and column. About the auto-renewable subscriptions 1. Auto-renewal Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. 2. Price and Service There are three subscriptions for the FTChinese iOS app: The Standard Anniual Subscription, the Premium Subscription and the Standard Monthly Subscription. The price for the Standard Annual Subscription is $28.99 per year. It unlocks exclusive articles and allows you to listen to English audio for bilingual articles. The price for Premium Subscription is $294.99 per year.It unlocks all the features in Standard Subscription, as well as a weekly magazine called Editor’s Choice. The price for Standard Monthly Subscription is $3.99. It unlocks exclusive articles and allows you to listen to English audio for bilingual articles for a month. 3. Payment Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. 4. Cross Platform You can use the services on both iPhone and iPad. If you buy on an iPhone, you can tap the “restore my subscription” button on your iPad. And vice versa. 5. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use Privacy Policy: http://www.ftchinese.com/m/corp/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: http://www.ftchinese.com/m/corp/service.html Contact: customer.service@ftchinese.com

Screenshots

凤凰新闻4 screens
FT中文网4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: 凤凰新闻 at free with in-app purchases against FT中文网's subscription. 凤凰新闻 also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 44%). FT中文网's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. 凤凰新闻 sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and FT中文网 sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FT中文网 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.4K and 1.6K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of 凤凰新闻's written reviews are positive against 44% of FT中文网's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

凤凰新闻 ships an update every 8 days, FT中文网 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
凤凰新闻 versus FT中文网: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter凤凰新闻FT中文网
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (1.4K ratings)4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.0% of reviews — better43.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1.4K1.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB29 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBeijing TianyingJiuzhou Network Technology Co. LtdFinancial Times Ltd.

Customer experience

凤凰新闻

All ratings1,437 ratings
Positive83.4%
Neutral5.0%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews478 reviews
Positive73.0%
Neutral5.2%
Negative21.8%

FT中文网

All ratings1,640 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral13.3%
Negative42.9%

User reviews

凤凰新闻

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌟 Comprehensive news coverage
  • 🕰️ Timely updates
  • 📰 Variety of content categories

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Excessive ads and clickbait
  • 🤖 Questionable content curation
  • 🔌 Frequent crashes and performance issues

FT中文网

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast load times
  • 💡 Useful Chinese-English translation feature
  • 👍 Comprehensive and professional content

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Login and app crashes
  • 🔋 Frequent log-outs and login issues
  • 📢 Excessive ads and promotions for paid content
  • 📉 Declining content quality and outdated information

Bugs and requests

凤凰新闻

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login and account issues
  • Video playback problems
  • Unreliable push notifications

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improved ad management and user control
  • Enhanced content filtering and personalization
  • Streamlined app performance and stability

FT中文网

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to access previously saved articles
  • Inconsistent behavior between app and website versions
  • Unreliable push notification system

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline reading mode
  • Improved search and article discovery
  • More frequent content updates
  • Traditional Chinese language support

In-app purchases

11 purchases

凤凰新闻

Subscriptions1
  • 凤凰新闻VIP-连续包月1 Month trial$0.991 Month
One-time10
  • 6元$0.99
  • 会员服务(1个月)$1.99
  • 18元$2.99
Show 7 more
  • 会员服务(1年)$6.99
  • 50元$7.99
  • 会员服务(1年)$12.99
  • 会员服务(1年)$14.99
  • 118元$17.99
  • 会员服务(1年)$29.99
  • 218元$31.99
10 purchases

FT中文网

Subscriptions3
  • 标准会员$5.991 Month
  • Standard Membership$49.001 Year
  • Premium Membership$269.001 Year
One-time7
  • 留学,可以怎样改变一个人$0.99
  • 是非区块链:技术、投机与泡沫$0.99
  • 牛津女学霸的30年职场观察录 1$0.99
Show 4 more
  • 跟着欧美玩家小众游$0.99
  • 2017:自信下的焦虑$1.99
  • 2018前瞻:中美博弈之年?$1.99
  • 2018与FT共进午餐$1.99

Questions

Is 凤凰新闻 free?
凤凰新闻 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FT中文网 free?
FT中文网 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 凤凰新闻 or FT中文网?
FT中文网 is rated higher. 凤凰新闻 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while FT中文网 averages 4.7 from 1.6K ratings.
Do 凤凰新闻 or FT中文网 have ads?
凤凰新闻 shows ads; FT中文网 does not.
Which is updated more often, 凤凰新闻 or FT中文网?
凤凰新闻 ships an update every 8 days, and FT中文网 weekly. Most recently, 凤凰新闻 was updated on October 21, 2026 and FT中文网 on October 20, 2026.

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