CGTN vs SGSecure
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CGTN
Access global news from a unique perspective with diverse, balanced, and objective content. This app offers breaking news, in-depth stories, and livestreams in five languages, along with a rich archive of articles, audio, and video.
- Global news coverage
- Content in 5 languages
- Breaking news notifications
- Rich audiovisual content
- In-depth stories and features
- AI and AR products
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CGTN is committed to providing worldwide audience with a wide range of global news from a different perspective. The app prioritizes user experience with intricate details. It brings diverse, balanced and objective content for global users, and presents a true image of China and world from multiple perspectives. The latest version of the CGTN app supports five languages: English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Russian. It features a wide array of original content, including breaking news, in-depth stories and livestreams. The app also hosts a comprehensive archive of original articles, audio, video, and TV shows covering topics across politics, business, technology, science, sports, nature, culture and others. It gives you access to all the trusted information you need on the go. Features: – Exclusive coverage of China and world news, original TV shows and feature stories, continuous updates about worldwide events – Content in five languages: English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Russian – Rich audiovisual content, including videos, podcasts, livestreams and TV shows – Enhanced reading experience – Notifications to ensure you never miss breaking news and exciting features – Search for related and hot news to deepen understanding – Like, save and share your favorite stories on social media – AI and AR products – No ads. No in-app purchases. Download the CGTN app to join millions of our subscribers and enjoy personalized, hassle-free news and audiovisual content.
SGSecure
This app serves as a community response tool for terrorism threats, enabling users to report suspicious activity and receive emergency alerts. It also offers features for contacting authorities during emergencies, responding to immediate incidents like cardiac arrest or fires, and locating nearby emergency facilities and AEDs.
- Report suspicious activity with media
- Receive emergency alerts and advisories
- Personal SOS feature for police assistance
- Respond to cardiac arrest and fires
- Locate nearby AEDs and emergency facilities
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SGSecure is Singapore’s community response to the threat of terrorism. It is a movement to build the resilience of our community and a call to action to everyone in our society to come together to safeguard Singapore and our way of life. Use the SGSecure app to: - send videos, photos and incident details to the authorities if you see anything suspicious. - receive timely alerts from the authorities in the event of major emergencies, as well as security-related updates and advisories. - activate the Personal SOS feature to contact the Police via the Police’s SMS 70999 service, and allow them to access your approximate location, if you require emergency Police assistance but are unable to call ‘999’. - contact the authorities when you require emergency assistance. - respond to nearby cardiac arrest cases and minor fires. - locate the nearest AED in your vicinity. - be informed of the latest SGSecure initiatives and announcements via the home screen. - locate nearby emergency facilities e.g. Civil Defence Public Shelters.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CGTN at 4.4 against SGSecure's 3.4. CGTN also leads on ratings volume (395 vs 15) and device support (5 vs 2). SGSecure's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 54%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CGTN holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CGTN has 395 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of CGTN's written reviews are positive against 70% of SGSecure's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CGTN ships an update every 5 weeks, SGSecure every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CGTN | SGSecure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (395 ratings) — better | 3.4 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 395 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | China Global Television Network Corp. | Ministry of Home Affairs |
Customer experience
CGTN
SGSecure
Bugs and requests
CGTN
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes when opening certain articles
- Live TV channel playback not working
- Russian text not displaying correctly
- Landscape mode not supported on iPad
- Notifications not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode option
- Improve search and filtering capabilities
- Optimize app for tablet devices
- Implement offline content download feature
- Allow customization of notification settings
SGSecure
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CGTN
No in-app purchases
SGSecure
No in-app purchases
