Comparison

FT中文网 vs ONews

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

ONews

Access a wide range of premium news sources at a fraction of the cost. Get content from top publications like the Financial Times, WSJ, and New York Times all in one convenient app.

Highlights
  • Access to premium news sources
  • Significantly reduced cost
  • Combines multiple publications
  • Wide range of global news
Features
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The Cheapest Paid News: Financial Times, WSJ, New York Times, WallStreet Journal, Reuters, BBC, Nikkei, Bloomberg, The Economists, RFI, DW and Washington Post. All Paid news in just 1/10 Price in one APP. At the same time, Newest Movies、Korea Drama、American Drama、Japan Anime....Enjoy for free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sskeysskey.github.io/website/privacy.html

Screenshots

FT中文网4 screens
ONews4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ONews at 100% against FT中文网's 44%. ONews also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). FT中文网's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and ONews sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ONews 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 1, 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 100% of ONews's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FT中文网 ships an update every 8 days, ONews every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
FT中文网 versus ONews: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFT中文网ONews
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFinancial Times Ltd.岩 张

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%

ONews

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

ONews

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
1 purchases

ONews

Subscriptions1
  • ONews 专业版$1.991 Month

Questions

Is FT中文网 free?
FT中文网 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ONews free?
ONews is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FT中文网 or ONews?
ONews is rated higher. FT中文网 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while ONews averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do FT中文网 or ONews have ads?
Neither FT中文网 nor ONews shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FT中文网 or ONews?
FT中文网 ships an update every 8 days, and ONews every 3 days. Most recently, FT中文网 was updated on October 17, 2026 and ONews on October 5, 2026.

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