Comparison

think vs Quoin Reader

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

Head to head
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.

About

Quoin Reader

Organize and read your favorite news feeds in a beautiful newspaper-style layout. Get curated daily editions with article summaries and weather updates. Sync your reading progress across devices.

Highlights
  • Newspaper-style layout
  • Organize feeds by topic
  • Daily news editions
  • Article summaries with Apple Intelligence
  • Hourly weather forecasts
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Introducing Quoin Reader. A newspaper-style RSS app that lets you organize feeds by topic and displays them on a beautiful layout on iPad and iPhone Duo. - Your news is delivered in Morning, Afternoon, and Evening editions with the three top articles summarized by Apple Intelligence (requires Quoin Pro) - Get a quick look at the daily weather including hourly conditions (requires Quoin Pro) - On iPhone, view a chronological list of articles or sort by RSS feed - On iPad and unfolded iPhone Duo, view a large newspaper style list with multiple columns and favorite feeds at the top - Sync feeds, categories, saved articles, and read status across devices with iCloud - Filter spam and sponsored articles with Apple Intelligence (requires Quoin Pro) Quoin Pro is an optional auto-renewable subscription, available monthly or annually. It unlocks The Briefing, smart filters, weather, and unlimited feeds. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase (after a trial period if available). The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://amick.me/quoin/

Screenshots

think4 screens
Quoin Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: think at free against Quoin Reader's freemium. think also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 27.0). Quoin Reader's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. think sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Quoin Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quoin Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

think ships an update every 2 weeks, Quoin Reader every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
think versus Quoin Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterthinkQuoin Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB10 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperKhanh Trinh Le BaJack Amick

Customer experience

think

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Quoin Reader

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

think

One-time1
  • think forever$9.99
4 purchases

Quoin Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Quoin Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Quoin Pro (Annual)$12.991 Year
One-time2
  • Quoin Pro Lifetime Upgrade$19.99
  • Quoin Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is think free?
think is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quoin Reader free?
Quoin Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, think or Quoin Reader?
Quoin Reader is rated higher. think averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Quoin Reader averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do think or Quoin Reader have ads?
Neither think nor Quoin Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, think or Quoin Reader?
think ships an update every 2 weeks, and Quoin Reader every 5 days. Most recently, think was updated on November 10, 2026 and Quoin Reader on November 11, 2026.

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