Comparison

Poche vs think

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

Head to head
About

Poche

Features
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Your quiet corner of the internet. Save articles from anywhere and read—or listen to—them on your own time. Poche strips away the noise and gives you a calm, beautiful space to catch up on the things that matter. Found something worth reading but don't have time? Save it in one tap. Poche converts it to a clean format and stores it on your device—ready whenever you are, even offline. KEY FEATURES Distraction-Free Reading Clean, focused articles with no popups or clutter. Just you and the content. Audio Mode Turn any article into audio and listen hands-free—on the subway, during a workout, or whenever your eyes need a rest. Runs entirely on-device, offline too. Read Offline Your articles are stored on your device. No internet required. Stay Organised Tag articles, mark favourites, and track reading progress. Your library, your way. Beautiful Themes Choose from light, dark, or sepia. Generous Free Tier 50 articles free, every feature included. No paywalled reading modes. HOW IT WORKS Save — use the Poche browser extension or share from any app Read — enjoy a calm, distraction-free reading experience Listen — switch to Audio Mode for hands-free listening, anywhere PERFECT FOR — Busy professionals who find great articles but never have time to read them — Commuters who want to make the most of time offline — Researchers and students collecting reference material — Anyone who wants to read more mindfully POCHE+ Upgrade to remove ads and save unlimited articles. $1.99/month or $14.99/year. Get started free—no credit card required. Questions? support@poche.to

About

think

This news app offers a focused reading experience by presenting one story at a time, free from distractions like auto-playing media or infinite scrolling. Users can customize their news sources by selecting topics, publishers, or adding custom RSS feeds, with all data stored locally for privacy.

Highlights
  • One story at a time reading
  • Customizable publisher selection
  • Add custom RSS/Atom feeds
  • Bookmark stories for later
  • No account or tracking
  • Offline data storage
Features
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think renders news the way e-ink renders a page: soft greys, a serif headline, dithered photographs, nothing that blinks, auto-plays, or refreshes itself while you're looking at it. ONE STORY AT A TIME No infinite scroll, no feed to doomscroll through. Each story fills the screen — headline, photo, publisher, and a read-time estimate. Swipe up for the next one, swipe right (or tap) to open the full article in-app. When you've seen everything your topics have to offer, the feed says so and stops, instead of padding itself out with filler. PICK YOUR PUBLISHERS, SKIP THE ALGORITHM There's no engagement-driven ranking deciding what you see. Choose your topics, and think shows you a curated catalog of publishers behind them — 208 publishers across 32 topics at last count. Vote a story up or down to tune the mix, or mute a publisher outright. Want a source that isn't in the catalog? Paste any site's RSS or Atom feed URL and think adds it to your list. SAVE FOR LATER Bookmark anything you don't have time for now. Saved stories are grouped by topic and stay in your list until you clear them. NO ACCOUNT, NO TRACKING There's no sign-in and no user id. think has no analytics, advertising, or crash-reporting SDK, and no server of its own — it only talks to your chosen publishers' RSS feeds and their image hosts. Your topics, your publishers, your votes, and your saved stories live on your device only, and are deleted when you delete the app. Available in English and Vietnamese. Requires iOS 15 or later.

Screenshots

Poche4 screens
think4 screens

Verdict

The call

Poche and think 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Poche sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and think sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Poche ships an update every 8 days, think every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Poche versus think: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPochethink
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB51 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperOLIVER HARRY REDEYOFFKhanh Trinh Le Ba

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Poche

Subscriptions2
  • Poche Plus$1.991 Month
  • Poche Plus$14.991 Year
1 purchases

think

One-time1
  • think forever$9.99

Questions

Is Poche free?
Poche is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is think free?
think is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Poche or think have ads?
Neither Poche nor think shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Poche or think?
Poche ships an update every 8 days, and think every 2 weeks. Most recently, Poche was updated on October 21, 2026 and think on October 24, 2026.

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