Al vs Limelines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Al
Access breaking news from Egypt as it happens, along with front-page stories, daily columns, and obituaries from Al-Ahram Egyptian Foundation. Stay updated on accidents, economy, stock market, and sports news, including Egyptian league, Arab, and international headlines.
- Breaking news from Egypt
- Front-page newspaper content
- Daily columns and obituaries
- Economy and stock market news
- Sports, Arab, and world news
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تطبيق الأهرام مقدم من مؤسسة الأهرام المصرية وهو يقدم الأخبار العاجلة من مصر وقت حدوثها وكذلك موضوعات الصفحة الأولي من صحيفة الأهرام المصرية والأعمدة اليومية وصفحة الوفيات. يقدم التطبيق أيضا أخبار الحوادث والأقتصاد وأحدث أخبار البورصة. يتابع التطبيق أخبار الرياضة المصرية وخاصة الدوري العام وكذلك الأخبار العربية والعالمية
Limelines
This news app curates and personalizes stories from top MENA publishers based on your interests. Discover content ranging from tourism and technology to politics and more.
- Content curation
- Personalized news feed
- Stories from top publishers
- Topic-based filtering
- MENA region focus
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(بالعربي في الاسفل) A content curation and customization application that provides stories to the user from great publishers in the MENA region, based on the topics he or she are most interested in, anything from tourism to technology to politics. تطبيق يخصص المحتوى ويوفّر قصصًا للمستخدم من كبار الناشرين في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا، انطلاقًا من المواضيع التي تهمّه، من أخبار السياحة إلى التكنولوجيا والسياسة وغيرها من الاهتمامات.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Limelines at 4.5 against Al's 3.0. Limelines also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). Al's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Limelines holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Limelines has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Al ships an update every 13 months, Limelines monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Al | Limelines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AlAhram Newspaper | Ete-services |
Customer experience
Al
Limelines
In-app purchases
Al
No in-app purchases
Limelines
No in-app purchases
