Comparison

FreeThinker vs Equal Time

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

Head to head
About

FreeThinker

This news reader app aggregates content from curated sources, catering to libertarian-minded individuals and offering broader political and topical feeds. It provides features like offline reading, article management, and customizable topic filtering for a personalized news experience.

Highlights
  • Aggregates libertarian and independent content
  • Dozens of curated sources
  • Hides or distinguishes seen articles
  • Earmark articles to read later
  • Topic filtering for content customization
  • Offline reading mode
  • Light and dark UI options
Features
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By Libertarians, for Libertarians. FreeThinker. Welcome to FreeThinker, a new kind of RSS news reader app. Easy to use and fully featured, FreeThinker provides articles of interest to Libertarians, third-party enthusiasts and independent-minded individuals. Choose your news from a selection of curated sources that cater to your political point of view. Not a Libertarian? FreeThinker is still for you! The app offers additional sources across the political spectrum and across a variety of topics. Read feeds on technology, science, news, and more regardless of your point of view. Turn on feeds you like, disable those that you don’t. Check out all that FreeThinker can do: - Aggregates Libertarian and politically-independent content spread out across the Internet into one convenient place - your device! - Provides dozens of curated sources for you to choose from, including content from the leading Libertarian-oriented media and public policy organizations. - Keeps track of what you read and provides options to hide or distinguish seen articles in your feed content. - Allows you to earmark articles to read later, or click through to see the content on the respective websites. - Collects and aggregates topics connected to each article, allowing you to choose which topics you’d like to see more of - or less. - Delivers details about the sources you choose, and toggle them on or off, augmenting your feed. - Creates an accessible-friendly experience with numerous text size options that work with or without your device’s accessibility settings. - Offers light and dark UI, tied to your device settings or your personal preference. - Adds a sharing interface for you to send articles to others on demand. - Works automatically in offline mode, to read existing content when your device has no connection. - Caches images and other items to reduce network load and improve performance. - Auto-cleans its content to save storage space on your device over time. - And there’s more in store! Have ideas on how to improve FreeThinker? Drop us a line at letsgo@lucindigital.com.

About

Equal Time

This app provides unbiased news headlines from a wide range of sources without algorithmic curation. It allows users to easily compare coverage and explore diverse perspectives on major stories. Stay informed and form your own opinions with this free, ad-free news aggregator.

Highlights
  • Unbiased news aggregation
  • No algorithmic curation
  • Wide variety of news sources
  • Headline comparison
  • Explore different perspectives
  • Free and ad-free
Features
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YouDecide enables Equal Access to news. There’s no curation, no algorithms shaping your feed—just headlines from a variety of news sources. As an RSS-powered news headlines aggregator, YouDecide makes it easy to see major stories from across the media landscape. Stay informed, explore different perspectives, and decide for yourself. THIS IS A FREE APP with no Ads and no commercial applications. You will get a list of varied source news to look at their provided headlines and choose to read and compare what they are covering.

Screenshots

FreeThinker4 screens
Equal Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Equal Time at 13.0 against FreeThinker's 16.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FreeThinker against 5.0 for Equal Time. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
FreeThinker versus Equal Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFreeThinkerEqual Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB81 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLucin Digital Services LLCSilverending Technologies LLC

Customer experience

FreeThinker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Equal Time

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FreeThinker

No in-app purchases

None

Equal Time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FreeThinker free?
FreeThinker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Equal Time free?
Equal Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FreeThinker or Equal Time?
FreeThinker and Equal Time are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do FreeThinker or Equal Time have ads?
Neither FreeThinker nor Equal Time shows ads.

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