FT中文网 vs OzWelife
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Faster app launches
- High-definition display
- Bilingual mode
- Night mode
- Article search
- Topic-based subscriptions
- Video content
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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
OzWelife
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超35万澳洲华人都在用的新闻App 澳洲微生活Welife 聚焦本地视角 连接全球资讯 每日精选澳洲 墨尔本 中国 房产 财经 娱乐 留学移民 美食等热门内容 12年专业积累 带你看懂澳洲 读懂世界
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OzWelife at none against FT中文网's 10. FT中文网's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. FT中文网 sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. OzWelife asks for nothing beyond the download.
FT中文网 ships an update every 8 days, OzWelife every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FT中文网 | OzWelife |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Financial Times Ltd. | SHILIU PTY LTD |
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
OzWelife
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FT中文网
- 标准会员$5.991 Month
- Standard Membership$49.001 Year
- Premium Membership$269.001 Year
- 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
OzWelife
No in-app purchases









