Focus Taiwan vs 敏迪選讀
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.
敏迪選讀
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敏迪選讀是「手機裡的國際新聞台」，每個工作天早上8點13分，推播一則由敏迪整理的國際新聞，幫大家整合國際大小事，用幽默詼諧的口吻說書給大家聽。敏迪的使命是讓每個人都對國際新聞產生興趣，並學會閱讀國際情勢。終極目標是把國際新聞推廣給華語世界的每一個人。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: 敏迪選讀 at none against Focus Taiwan's shown. 敏迪選讀 also leads on review sentiment (98% vs 74%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Focus Taiwan's advantage is ratings volume (284 vs 13). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Focus Taiwan against 4.8 for 敏迪選讀. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus Taiwan has 284 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Focus Taiwan's written reviews are positive against 98% of 敏迪選讀's.
Focus Taiwan ships an update every 4 months, 敏迪選讀 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Taiwan | 敏迪選讀 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (284 ratings) | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | 98.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 284 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | The Central News Agency | Yi Shiuan Huang |
Customer experience
Focus Taiwan
敏迪選讀
In-app purchases
Focus Taiwan
No in-app purchases
敏迪選讀
No in-app purchases
