Focus Taiwan vs RTI to Go
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.
RTI to Go
Access Taiwan's voice to the world with up-to-date news and diverse programs. Choose from multiple languages to tune into news, videos, photo stories, and broadcasts about Taiwan.
- Up-to-date news
- Diverse programs
- Multiple language options
- Videos and photo stories
- Global broadcasts
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Radio Taiwan International its Taiwan's voice to the world, providing up-to-date news and diverse programs. In addition to Chinese, our app's language settings allow users to choose between English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, and Korean. As always, our global audience can tune into RTI news, and they can also learn about the real Taiwan through our videos, photo stories, and broadcasts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Focus Taiwan at 4.7 against RTI to Go's 4.1. Focus Taiwan also leads on ratings volume (283 vs 8) and review sentiment (74% vs 63%). RTI to Go's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus Taiwan has 283 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Focus Taiwan's written reviews are positive against 63% of RTI to Go's.
Focus Taiwan ships an update every 4 months, RTI to Go every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Taiwan | RTI to Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (283 ratings) — better | 4.1 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better | 62.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 283 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Central News Agency | Radio Taiwan International |
Customer experience
Focus Taiwan
RTI to Go
In-app purchases
Focus Taiwan
No in-app purchases
RTI to Go
No in-app purchases
