Comparison

FT中文网 vs GTL

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

GTL

Access in-depth technology news with source links and clear reporting. Listen to AI-narrated articles, discover tech events, and utilize offline reading resources. Build a daily reading habit with optional reminders.

Highlights
  • In-depth technology reports
  • AI-narrated articles
  • Technology event discovery
  • Offline reading kit
  • Source verification checklist
  • Daily reading reminders
Features
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Global Tech Live brings context to technology news, with complete reports, source links and a clear distinction between reporting and analysis. READ WITH CONTEXT Follow artificial intelligence, deep technology, products, policy and the global technology economy. Read full articles, check their sources and bookmark reports to find them again. LISTEN TO AVAILABLE REPORTS Listen to recordings prepared by GTL using a local AI voice model, rather than your phone's system speech. The app downloads and plays these recordings; it does not run the voice model on your iPhone. Adjust speed, move between paragraphs, use a sleep timer and control playback in the background or from the Lock Screen. Audio availability varies by article and language. AI pronunciation can be imperfect; the written report remains the reference. DISCOVER TECHNOLOGY EVENTS Browse upcoming events by city, topic and format. Check the event details and follow the organizer's link for current availability and registration. Opening a link does not complete a booking. SHARE THE STORY Share language-aware article links and available AI narration links. Create a news image with a QR code on your device, preview it, then choose Share image or Save to Photos. Saving asks only to add the selected image; GTL does not read your existing photos. KEEP A READING KIT HANDY Open the free, offline Technology Reading Kit: 16 glossary entries, an eight-point source-verification checklist and two reporting-preparation templates in English, Simplified Chinese and Spanish. Export or share the text. External reference links require an internet connection. Reading, available audio, bookmarks, events and the reading kit do not require an account or subscription. The app does not provide native registration, public comments, online dictionary lookup or paid credentials. Contributor enquiries open an email preparation flow that you choose whether to send. BUILD A DAILY READING HABIT Choose an optional daily reminder in Settings. Select a local time and turn it off at any time. Notifications open News without autoplay; this is not a breaking-news push service. Focus and notification summaries can affect delivery. Contact: info@globaltechlive.com

Screenshots

FT中文网4 screens
GTL4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GTL at 100% against FT中文网's 44%. GTL also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). FT中文网's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). 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. GTL asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GTL 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 2, 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 GTL's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FT中文网 ships an update weekly, GTL every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
FT中文网 versus GTL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFT中文网GTL
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFinancial Times Ltd.sokrates holdings llc

Customer experience

FT中文网

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

GTL

All ratings2 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

GTL

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

GTL

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 GTL free?
GTL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FT中文网 or GTL?
GTL is rated higher. FT中文网 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while GTL averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do FT中文网 or GTL have ads?
Neither FT中文网 nor GTL shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FT中文网 or GTL?
FT中文网 ships an update weekly, and GTL every 2 days. Most recently, FT中文网 was updated on October 26, 2026 and GTL on October 26, 2026.

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