Focus Taiwan vs TW earthquake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Taiwan
Access comprehensive English-language news about Taiwan, covering breaking events, politics, business, technology, sports, and culture. Enjoy multimedia content with audio and video news playlists, and personalize your reading experience with adjustable font sizes and layouts. Save articles and videos for later with the 'My Stories' feature.
- Breaking news coverage
- Politics, business, tech, sports, culture news
- Audio and video news playlists
- Bookmark articles and videos
- Adjustable font size and layout
- Swipe navigation for categories
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Focus Taiwan’s free news app is the top source of English-language coverage of all things Taiwan, from breaking news to politics, business, technology, sports, culture and much more. The updated app maintains a similar look to the Focus Taiwan website, but also has a "Media" section, which includes a playlist of the latest 30 news stories in audio and video formats. In addition to scrolling up and down to read articles and lists of news headlines, mobile device users can also swipe right or left to browse different news categories and articles. The updated app allows users to bookmark articles and videos in the new "My Stories" feature which can be found in the "Menu" section. Users will be able to choose the font size and layout of the page to suit their reading habits from the "Menu" section and are welcome to leave reviews or contact Focus Taiwan with feedback. Focus Taiwan would like to hear from you! Send us your feedback at app_feature@cna.com.tw and help shape our future updates.
TW earthquake
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Provide you with the latest Taiwan earthquake information, Including time, earthquake scale, earthquake magnitude, location, depth and other information, The relative geographical location of the earthquake will be shown in the map. List of recent earthquakes and historical database are also provided.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TW earthquake at none against Focus Taiwan's shown. Focus Taiwan's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 21 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Focus Taiwan ships an update every 4 months, TW earthquake every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Taiwan | TW earthquake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (283 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 283 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Central News Agency | Chi-Cheng Liao |
In-app purchases
Focus Taiwan
No in-app purchases
TW earthquake
No in-app purchases
