Comparison

FT中文网 vs 开源中国

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

开源中国

A social platform for IT professionals to share technology, find open-source software, and engage in discussions. It offers features like crowdsourcing, Q&A, and intelligent content recommendations tailored to user interests.

Highlights
  • Open source crowdsourcing
  • Open source software directory
  • Programmer community interaction
  • Intelligent content recommendation
  • One-click article translation
  • Technology news and Q&A
Features
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Oschina community, programmers exclusive technology sharing social platform. oschina - programmers' exclusive technology sharing social platform The Open Source China Community, founded in August 2008, aims to provide a comprehensive, fast and up-to-date platform for Chinese IT technicians to retrieve open source software and exchange experience in using it. oschina APP provides users with information, question and answer, dynamic, dynamic and other board functions, allowing users to interact with other friends at any time and anywhere in the oschina community. [special features] Open source crowdsourcing: if you have enough free time,and want to earn extra money,come to Open source crowdsourcing, millions of professional development resources waiting for you! Open source software: the characteristics of the open source Chinese community, which now includes over forty thousand open source software. Here you can look for open source software and exchange experience with open source. interaction: a programmer's exclusive community that can quickly get together, tuck up with partners, and chat from JAVA to C/C++. Here you will feel a sense of belonging. Intelligent Recommendation: The Intelligent Recommendation Engine generates information streams based on your interest map, recommending only the content you are interested in every day. One-click translation: one-click translation of articles on the Internet, English slag favorite, mother no longer need to worry about my hair line back. [other functions] Information: Technology Daniel selects the best IT technology news for you every day. Question and Answer: All questions can be answered in the Open Source China Question and Answer Zone, whether they are technical questions or problems in the workplace. Blog: Here you can share knowledge as well as find information, and share your knowledge, experience and insights with open source partners anytime, anywhere. Topic: A hot topic forum where you can talk freely with other oscers and discuss ideas with each other. [contact us] Official website: https://www.oschina.net/ Micro-blog: @ open source China WeChat: oschina2013 QQ:349638773

Screenshots

FT中文网4 screens
开源中国4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FT中文网 at 4.7 against 开源中国's 1.8. FT中文网 also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 5) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). 开源中国's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads 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

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. 开源中国 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FT中文网 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FT中文网 has 1.6K ratings behind it against 5, 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 33% of 开源中国's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FT中文网 ships an update every 8 days, 开源中国 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
FT中文网 versus 开源中国: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFT中文网开源中国
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better1.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1.6K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFinancial Times Ltd.BeiJing OSAI Tech. Co.Ltd

Customer experience

FT中文网

All ratings1,639 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral13.3%
Negative42.9%

开源中国

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

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

开源中国

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
  • 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
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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

开源中国

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 开源中国 free?
开源中国 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FT中文网 or 开源中国?
FT中文网 is rated higher. FT中文网 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while 开源中国 averages 1.8 from 5 ratings.
Do FT中文网 or 开源中国 have ads?
Neither FT中文网 nor 开源中国 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FT中文网 or 开源中国?
FT中文网 ships an update every 8 days, and 开源中国 every 3 weeks. Most recently, FT中文网 was updated on October 17, 2026 and 开源中国 on October 9, 2026.

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