Comparison

hintview vs AppRanks

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

Head to head

hintview

A viewing app for HINT files

App Store Charts & Rankings

Free

🔧 Utilities

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About

hintview

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This app is a viewer for HINT files. HINT files are generated by HiTeX or HiLaTeX which is distributed together with TeX Live since 2022. HINT files contain TeX output in a reflowable format; this means that paragraphs and pages are adjusted on demand to the available window or screen size.

About

AppRanks

Features

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Track App Store rankings across 40+ countries, all platforms, and every category. Updated every 4 hours. AppRanks lets you browse the top free, paid, and grossing charts for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV apps. See which apps are trending in any country, discover new apps by category, and track how your favorite apps rank over time. Features: • Browse top charts — Free, Paid, and Top Grossing rankings for any country and platform • 40+ countries — Track rankings across all major App Store markets • All categories — Filter by any App Store category including game subcategories • App details — View app information, screenshots, current rankings across all markets, and user reviews • Reviews by country — Read user reviews from any App Store region • Favorites — Save apps to quickly check their rankings • Dark theme — Beautiful dark interface designed for comfortable browsing • Updated every 4 hours — Rankings are refreshed regularly from the App Store AppRanks is the companion app for appranks.app — your free App Store analytics dashboard.

Screenshots

hintview3 screens

AppRanks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: hintview at none against AppRanks's 1. AppRanks's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On price, ads, 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. AppRanks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. hintview asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

hintview ships an update every 8 months, AppRanks every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level

hintview versus AppRanks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	hintview	AppRanks
Price	Free	Free
Update frequency	Every 8 months	Every 2 months — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No — better	Yes
Devices	iPhone, iPad, Mac — better	iPhone, iPad
Requires iOS	16.2 — better	17.0
Further details — not scored
Size	1 MB	15 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Hochschule fuer angewandte Wissenschaften Muenchen	Pavel Kanzelsberger

In-app purchases

None

hintview

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AppRanks

One-time1

AppRanks Pro$1.99

Questions

Is hintview free?

hintview is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is AppRanks free?

AppRanks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Do hintview or AppRanks have ads?

Neither hintview nor AppRanks shows ads.

Which is updated more often, hintview or AppRanks?

hintview ships an update every 8 months, and AppRanks every 2 months. Most recently, hintview was updated on September 30, 2026 and AppRanks on October 1, 2026.