Comparison

FT中文网 vs Lifeweek HD

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

Head to head
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

About

Lifeweek HD

Access featured content from Lifeweek publications. Discover a curated selection of articles and publications directly on your device. Powered by VcRead technology for an enhanced reading experience.

Highlights
  • Featured Lifeweek content
  • Digital publication access
  • VcRead powered
  • Curated articles
Features
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This application offers featured contents of publications from Lifeweek. This Application is powered by VcRead. With the search keyword "vcread", you can find more exciting content in App Store.

Screenshots

FT中文网4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lifeweek HD at none against FT中文网's 10. Lifeweek HD also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (63% vs 44%). FT中文网's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 3). 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. FT中文网 sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Lifeweek HD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lifeweek HD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FT中文网 has 1.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of FT中文网's written reviews are positive against 63% of Lifeweek HD's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FT中文网 ships an update every 8 days, Lifeweek HD every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
FT中文网 versus Lifeweek HD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFT中文网Lifeweek HD
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews63.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFinancial Times Ltd.Sanlian Shenghuo Media Co., Ltd

Customer experience

FT中文网

All ratings1,638 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral13.3%
Negative42.9%

Lifeweek HD

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive63.4%
Neutral14.6%
Negative22.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Lifeweek HD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

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
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  • 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
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  • 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
None

Lifeweek HD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FT中文网 free?
FT中文网 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lifeweek HD free?
Lifeweek HD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FT中文网 or Lifeweek HD?
Lifeweek HD is rated higher. FT中文网 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Lifeweek HD averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do FT中文网 or Lifeweek HD have ads?
Neither FT中文网 nor Lifeweek HD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FT中文网 or Lifeweek HD?
FT中文网 ships an update every 8 days, and Lifeweek HD every 4 months. Most recently, FT中文网 was updated on September 23, 2026 and Lifeweek HD on June 11, 2026.

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