The True Story vs Медиазона
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The True Story
This app aggregates news from diverse media sources and public channels, compiling events into comprehensive stories. It offers an unbiased perspective by including a wide range of publications, from mainstream to opposition, and supports English and Russian language news.
- Event compilation from multiple sources
- Unbiased global news perspective
- Diverse media source inclusion
- English and Russian language support
- Constantly updated media list
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You need the True Story for reading news because it recognizes events in the stream of media publications and messages from public channels and compiles them into a story that shows how these media and channels reported on each event. This gives you an unbiased view of what is happening around the world. The list of media is constantly being updated and includes the largest and most popular media, the not so large and popular media, opposition media, pro-state media, prohibited and approved media, right wing, left wing, centrist, etc. News releases: world English language releases, Russian language releases - Russia, Belarus, Central Asia, the Baltic States. Beside this application you may use: - the website https://thetruestory.news (t-s.news as a shorthand) - the Telegram channel https://t.me/theverytruestory
Медиазона
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Теперь наши новости, статьи и дата-исследования доступны и в приложении. Сохраняйте материалы в избранное и читайте их даже без доступа в интернет. Делитесь ими прямо из приложения.
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Verdict
The True Story and Медиазона are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The True Story | Медиазона |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Detectum Europe GmbH | Spolecnost na podporu novinaru "Rebricek" z. s. |
In-app purchases
The True Story
No in-app purchases
Медиазона
No in-app purchases
