sharemagazines vs Canal RTU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
sharemagazines
Access a digital library of newspapers and magazines for free at participating locations like hotels, cafes, and waiting rooms. Enjoy a paperless reading experience on your smartphone or tablet, with seamless transitions between different venues.
- Free access to newspapers and magazines
- Read at participating locations
- Intuitive and user-friendly interface
- Paperless reading experience
- Works on smartphones and tablets
- Seamless location transitions
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Your digital reading experience. Turn waiting time into reading time. In hotels, medical practices, hair salons, clinics and libraries with sharemagazines, you can enjoy the most popular magazines and newspapers free of charge on your own smartphone or tablet. Simply scan the QR code at the venue and start reading. How it works: 1. Open the app at a venue offering sharemagazines 2. Scan the QR code or connect to the venue’s Wi-Fi 3. Choose your favourite title and start reading – no registration, no cost What you can expect: * Hundreds of magazines and newspapers – national and international, always up to date * Popular titles including Stern, DER SPIEGEL, BILD, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Handelsblatt, auto motor und sport, Schöner Wohnen and many more * Clearly organised by category: News, Lifestyle, Health, Sport, Food & Drink, Technology and more * Up-to-the-minute news from sources including Euronews, Mirror and Express * Puzzles such as Sudoku and crosswords * Information about your venue, including opening hours, services and more Why sharemagazines? Digital. Hygienic. Environmentally friendly. No shared paper, no paper waste – just the content you want to read on your own device. You decide what to read and for how long. Enjoy! You can find sharemagazines at more and more venues near you. https://sharemagazines.de/
Canal RTU
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Canal RTU nació en el año 2005, tiene cobertura en todo el territorio ecuatoriano. Somos "El canal de las Noticias" de Ecuador.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Canal RTU at every 3 days against sharemagazines's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
sharemagazines ships an update monthly, Canal RTU every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and May 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | sharemagazines | Canal RTU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sharemagazines GmbH | Javier Bautista |
In-app purchases
sharemagazines
No in-app purchases
Canal RTU
No in-app purchases
