Comparison

Eyewitness News vs Nuusflits

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Eyewitness News

Access real-time news from a team of local and international journalists. Stay informed with breaking news alerts, trending stories, and in-depth video and audio reports on a variety of topics.

Highlights
  • Latest news as it happens
  • Trending stories section
  • Breaking news notifications
  • Video reports
  • Audio interviews
  • Multiple news categories
Features
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Get first-hand accounts and thought-provoking content from the EWN team of local and international journalists. You heard it first from EWN. 
What can you expect in the app: All the latest news, as it happens The most popular stories across EWN brought together in the Trending section Notifications on breaking news, important news developments and featured content Engaging video reports Informative audio interviews on a range of topics including politics, personal finance, health, technology, entertainment and more Sport, Business, Lifestyle, Politics and Opinion Be sure to turn on your notifications for breaking news alerts to keep informed as soon as news happens.

About Eyewitness News:
 Eyewitness News is an independent, award-winning South African news organisation, accessible through http://ewn.co.za and on 702, CapeTalk, 947 and KFM. EWN reporters, photographers and videographers are based in Johannesburg and Cape Town and travel wherever the news is happening. EWN also has a string of correspondents across the country and in major cities around the world.

About

Nuusflits

Features
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Nuusflits is Suid-Afrika se nasionale aanlynkoerant met nuus, inligting en dienste vir lesers regoor die land. Lees die jongste nuus gratis, volg belangrike stories en blaai deur artikels uit verskillende kategorieë. Die Nuusflits-app gee jou ook toegang tot: • Jongste nuus en brekende nuus • Nuuskategorieë en artikels • Regskennisgewings • Die regskennisgewingsargief • ’n Lys van ondernemings regoor Suid-Afrika • Kontak- en inligtingsbladsye • Maklike deel van artikels Alle nuusinhoud word direk vanaf Nuusflits se webwerf gepubliseer, sodat nuwe artikels outomaties in die app beskikbaar is. Nuusflits is lid van die Persraad van Suid-Afrika en verbind tot verantwoordelike, akkurate en billike joernalistiek.

Screenshots

Eyewitness News3 screens
Nuusflits4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Nuusflits at none against Eyewitness News's shown. Eyewitness News's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 31 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Eyewitness News ships an update every 3 months, Nuusflits every 31 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Eyewitness News versus Nuusflits: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEyewitness NewsNuusflits
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews8.2% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 31 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB4 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPrimedia BroadcastingJana Grobbelaar

In-app purchases

None

Eyewitness News

No in-app purchases

None

Nuusflits

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Eyewitness News free?
Eyewitness News is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nuusflits free?
Nuusflits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Eyewitness News or Nuusflits have ads?
Eyewitness News shows ads; Nuusflits does not.
Which is updated more often, Eyewitness News or Nuusflits?
Eyewitness News ships an update every 3 months, and Nuusflits every 31 months. Most recently, Eyewitness News was updated on November 1, 2026 and Nuusflits on November 4, 2026.

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