CGTN vs Afrique Media
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.
Afrique Media
This is a multilingual news channel dedicated to showcasing Africa's rising influence and promoting African values. It features innovative and meaningful content focused on development, highlighting quality and originality in its programming.
- Multilingual news coverage
- Promotes African values
- Focuses on development
- Innovative content
- Highlights quality and originality
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Première chaîne de télévision panafricaine d'information multilingue: Afrique Média est le porte flambeau de l'Afrique qui monte et l'espace d'expression et de promotion des baleurs africaines par excellence. Afrique Média se distingue non seulement par son installation dans plusieurs pays africains et son personnel qui reflète la diversité et la richesse de ce continent mais également par ses contenus innovants, porteurs de sens et de développement et qui mettent en avant l'innovation, la qualité, l'originalité dans la conception et la présentation de ses programmes. Tous les contenus cherchent à bien illustrer la devise de la chaîne
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CGTN at 54% against Afrique Media's 0%. CGTN also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and device support (5 vs 3). Afrique Media's advantage is chart position (#97 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.5 vs 15.0). On 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
CGTN is free to download; Afrique Media costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | CGTN | Afrique Media |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (394 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 394 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #97 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | China Global Television Network Corp. | Arole Kenfack |
Customer experience
CGTN
Afrique Media
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
Afrique Media
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CGTN
No in-app purchases
Afrique Media
No in-app purchases
