Comparison

TheCable vs UNA News

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

Head to head
About

TheCable

Access Nigeria's leading journalism for progress, featuring breaking news, fact-checks, investigations, and lifestyle content. This app is Nigeria's first disability and inclusion news app, offering special assistive features for accessibility.

Highlights
  • Breaking news access
  • Fact-checks and investigations
  • Sports and lifestyle content
  • Disability and inclusion focus
  • Assistive features for accessibility
Features
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TheCable App is a window to our knowledge-driven journalism in pursuit of Nigeria’s progress. It grants you easy access to all our breaking stories, fact-checks, investigations, sports, and Lifestyle content around and outside the country. This app goes further by embedding special assistive features that make it easily accessible to persons with different forms of disability. It is Nigeria’s first Disability and Inclusion News App. TheCable App is free to download and easy to use. It is our award-winning journalism at your fingertips. [:mav: 1.3.2]

About

UNA News

Features
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Hottest news right on your mobile device. Receive push notifications for breaking news. Be up-to-date every moment. UNA app brings the content closer and makes the access to the news easier. With UNA app you can read latest news, browse through photo galleries and video content, filter articles by categories, search, receive notifications about important subjects, share news on the social networks and much more.

Screenshots

TheCable4 screens
UNA News4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: TheCable at none against UNA News's shown. UNA News's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks). 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

TheCable ships an update every 5 weeks, UNA News daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
TheCable versus UNA News: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTheCableUNA News
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB27 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJesupelumi AdetunjiSakic.Net d.o.o. Sarajevo

In-app purchases

None

TheCable

No in-app purchases

None

UNA News

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TheCable free?
TheCable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UNA News free?
UNA News is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TheCable or UNA News have ads?
UNA News shows ads; TheCable does not.
Which is updated more often, TheCable or UNA News?
TheCable ships an update every 5 weeks, and UNA News daily. Most recently, TheCable was updated on November 3, 2026 and UNA News on October 31, 2026.

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