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NIKKEI

For business professionals, investors, and researchers requiring authoritative Japanese and Asian market insights.

10apps2.9(2.1K) Multi-theme

Snapshot

Who is NIKKEI?

Providing authoritative business intelligence and professional development tools for global leaders focused on Asian markets.

Target audience

Business professionalsInvestorsResearchers requiring authoritative Japanese

Active nemesis

UZABASE

Other rivals

Portfolio

Free 10
10
apps
Business3
News3
Education2
Games1

Last updated

Nikkei Asia - Business news

v2ad84da0b0429fb3c48fa13b8dd08e63

6mo ago

Intense

Publisher DNA

What defines NIKKEI?

Publisher DNA

Primary focus

Business news and professional education

Scale

indie

Target audience

Business professionals, investors, and researchers requiring authoritative Japanese and Asian market insights.

Origin

Established media house with a 145-year history in journalism.

Signature Patterns

  • •Heavy reliance on subscription-based monetization models for core news products.
  • •Integration of professional news content with educational features like audio narration and translation.
  • •Focus on high-utility business tools including AR, VR, and database access.
  • •Consistent delivery of bilingual (Japanese/English) content across the portfolio.
Intense

Portfolio momentum

With 44 releases in the last 6 months and 7 of 9 apps active, the publisher maintains an exceptionally high update cadence for its news and education titles.

Last release 9d agoActive apps 7Abandoned 2

Company profile

medium confidence
Headquarters
Japan
Founded
1876

Portfolio

What does NIKKEI ship?

Apps

10 apps analysed

Rivals

Who does NIKKEI compete with?

The rivals identified

Nemeses(3)

UZABASE

known forニューズピックス -ビジネスに役立つ経済ニュースアプリ

1 app4.5GamesNews

Integrates expert commentary and community discussion into economic news to provide a social layer missing from traditional reporting.

Both platforms target business professionals and investors with subscription-gated financial news, creating direct competition for the same high-value professional demographic.

The New York Times Company

known forNYTimes: US and Global News

1 app4.8News

Both apps target high-intent readers seeking professional journalism and utilize subscription-based access models to monetize deep-dive reporting.

Contenders(14)

The Economist Newspaper

known forThe Economist - World News

1 app4.9News

Both apps target high-intent professionals with subscription-based models for deep geopolitical and economic analysis, forcing a direct competition for the same premium subscriber wallet.

BBC Studios Distribution

known forBBC: World News & Stories

1 app3.2News

Both apps compete for global news consumers, with the BBC offering broad international coverage that overlaps with the professional audience seeking regional insights on Nikkei Asia.

Bloomberg Finance LP

known forBloomberg: Business News Daily

1 app4.6News

Both platforms target business professionals requiring authoritative economic and financial news, competing for the same subscription-based revenue model.

Bloomberg LP CM

known forBloomberg: Finance Market News

1 app4.0News

Both apps target financial professionals and executives with high-intent business news, creating direct competition for the same professional audience's daily reading time. They overlap in their core value proposition of providing economic and financial analysis to inform business decisions.

CNN

known forCNN: Live & Breaking News

1 app4.8News

Both apps gate content behind subscription models and target news-conscious users, creating a direct conflict for the same share of wallet among readers seeking high-quality journalism.

Fox News Network

known forFOX News - Daily Breaking News

1 app3.0News

Both applications compete for user attention within the news reporting category, targeting readers seeking daily updates on business, politics, and international affairs.

Google

known forGoogle News - Daily Headlines

1 app4.0News

Google News competes by providing a free, multi-source alternative for general news consumers, capturing the same audience seeking daily updates on Asian markets.

ITmedia

known forITmedia

1 app4.5Games

ITmedia competes for the same business professional audience by providing a broad stream of technology news, whereas Tokiaka focuses on active quiz-based engagement with similar business content.

NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

known forNHK WORLD-JAPAN

1 app3.3News

Both apps serve as primary sources for Japanese news, competing for the attention of users seeking information on Japanese politics and economic conditions.

Taiki Mouri

known forAI News _ニュース 最新 ビジネス 生成AI LLM

1 app0.0Games

Both apps target business professionals seeking efficient information processing, with トキアカ focusing on active output and quiz-based retention while AI News prioritizes passive consumption efficiency through AI-generated summaries.

The Financial Times

known forFinancial Times: Business News

1 app4.5News

Both apps target high-intent business professionals with subscription-based global economic and political analysis, creating direct competition for the same executive-level wallet share.

Thomson Reuters

known forReuters - Breaking World News

1 app4.5News

Both apps target professional audiences seeking reliable economic and political reporting, forcing a choice between Nikkei Asia's regional specialization and Reuters' global wire-service breadth.

TIL (Times Internet Limited)

known forTOI Breaking News App & ePaper

1 app4.2News

Both apps compete for the attention of English-speaking professionals in the Asian market, with Nikkei Asia focusing on deep regional business intelligence while TOI offers broad, real-time news coverage.

Yahoo

known forYahoo News: Daily News For You

1 app4.5News

Both apps compete for the daily attention of news consumers, though they target different segments: Nikkei Asia focuses on high-intent professional business intelligence, while Yahoo News captures general interest through broad aggregation.

Same space(42)

PIVOT, inc. (Japan)

known forPIVOT - ビジネス映像メディア

1 app4.9GamesNews

Captures the attention of busy professionals through video-first content that serves as a modern alternative to text-based economic reporting.

The Washington Post

known forWashington Post

2 apps4.7News

Provides a global English-language alternative for readers requiring broad political and institutional reporting alongside their Japanese economic news.

Advance Magazine Publishers

known forThe New Yorker

1 app3.9News

Offers cultural and literary depth for professionals who supplement their economic news consumption with long-form analysis.

Ayaka Morita

known forNews for Business and economy

1 app0.0Games

This aggregator focuses on business and economic news, providing a direct feed of information that users might analyze within the Tokiaka app.

Beloud.com

known forBreaking News: Local & Alerts

1 app4.5News

This app acts as a social-news hybrid, providing a community-focused layer that differs from the formal, executive-level reporting of Nikkei Asia.

Build4world

known forSnap News: Local & Alerts

1 app4.2News

This app serves as a general-purpose local news aggregator, contrasting with the specialized, professional-grade regional business intelligence provided by Nikkei Asia.

CGTN

known forCGTN – China Global TV Network

1 app4.1News

CGTN offers a state-aligned perspective on global and Chinese news, providing a different editorial viewpoint than the independent reporting of Nikkei Asia.

Daily Mail Online

known forDaily Mail: Breaking News

1 app3.9News

Daily Mail serves a mass-market audience with celebrity gossip and breaking news, contrasting with the executive-focused content of Nikkei Asia.

Dow Jones & Company

known forThe Wall Street Journal. News

1 app4.7News

The Wall Street Journal is a direct substitute for the business and financial reporting niche occupied by Nikkei Asia.

EASE

known forLocal News - Latest & Smart

1 app4.1News

This aggregator provides a broad, personalized content feed that serves as a casual alternative to the deep, niche economic analysis found in Nikkei Asia.

euronews

known forEuronews: World news & live TV

1 app4.6News

Euronews provides a pan-European perspective that complements the Asian-focused business intelligence of Nikkei Asia for global readers.

Fairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty

known forAustralian Financial Review

1 app0.0News

Offers a digital replica of the daily paper for readers who prefer a traditional, editor-curated reading experience.

feb19

known forNotes Quiz (ノーツクイズ)

1 app2.3Games

Notes Quiz focuses on music theory training, providing a specialized skill-building utility that contrasts with the business-centric learning of Tokiaka.

Feedly Team

known forFeedly - Smarter News Reader

1 app4.4News

Feedly functions as a professional-grade research tool, competing with Nikkei Asia for the attention of power users who need to track specific industry trends.

Financial Times

known forFinancial Times: Business News

2 apps4.8News

Supplies global business and financial market data for professionals who need an international perspective on their local economic landscape.

France Medias Monde

known forFRANCE 24 - Live news 24/7

1 app4.6News

France 24 offers a multilingual global news perspective that serves as a general-interest companion to the specialized business focus of Nikkei Asia.

GLOBIS

known forGLOBIS 学び放題×知見録

1 app4.8Games

GLOBIS provides a free, registration-free knowledge repository that serves as a passive learning resource for business professionals.

Guardian News & Media

known forThe Guardian - US & World News

1 app4.6News

The Guardian offers a reader-funded, independent journalism model that competes for the same professional audience seeking high-quality, long-form analysis.

Haaretz Daily Newspaper

known forHaaretz - Israel News

1 app4.1News

Delivers specialized regional coverage of Middle Eastern politics for users who require niche geopolitical insights beyond domestic economic news.

Haystack News

known forHaystack News: Local TV News

1 app4.2News

Haystack News focuses on video-first local news streaming, offering a multimedia alternative to the text-heavy business analysis of Nikkei Asia.

Insider

known forBusiness Insider

1 app3.6News

Acts as a mobile-first portal for rapid business news consumption that complements the deeper, subscription-gated analysis of the primary app.

Juicestand

known forJapanese News in English

1 app4.6News

Acts as an English-language aggregator for Japanese current events, catering to international residents and business professionals.

MARIKO SASAKI

known forJapanese Super General knowledge Quiz

2 apps3.8Games

This app provides an associative trivia experience that competes for the user's leisure time rather than their professional development time.

NHK (JAPAN BROADCASTING CORP.)

known forNHK ONE News & Disaster Info

1 appNews

Provides essential disaster and safety alerts that serve as a critical utility for residents in Japan.

NPR

known forNPR: National & Local News

1 app4.6News

NPR provides a public-media alternative for news and podcasts, serving as a high-trust, audio-first companion to Nikkei Asia's text-based business reporting.

Opera

known forOpera News: breaking & local

2 apps4.5News

Opera News serves emerging markets with data-efficient aggregation, representing a lower-cost, higher-volume alternative to the premium subscription model of Nikkei Asia.

Particle Media

known forNewsBreak: Local News & Alerts

2 apps4.8News

NewsBreak captures local utility through zip-code mapping, providing a different type of regional awareness than the geopolitical business focus of Nikkei Asia.

Reach Shared Services

known forDaily Express Newspaper

1 app4.5News

Provides a digital replica of a daily newspaper for readers who prefer a traditional, page-turning format.

Safe Apps

known forUK Breaking News: Local & News

1 app4.5News

This app provides a personalized UK-centric news feed, serving as a regional aggregator rather than a global business intelligence source.

SmartNews

known forSmartNews: Live News & Rewards

1 app3.7News

SmartNews uses a rewards-based loop to maintain engagement, contrasting with the professional, subscription-gated value proposition of Nikkei Asia.

Snapwise Inc.(dba Ground News)

known forGround News

1 app4.7News

Ground News targets the same analytical reader as Nikkei Asia but focuses on exposing media bias rather than providing primary regional business reporting.

Societe Editrice du Monde

known forLe Monde, Live News

1 app3.9News

Supplies an international perspective for readers who require English-language reporting on European and French political developments.

TBSテレビ

known forTBS NEWS DIG 防災・ニュース・天気 by JNN

1 app3.5News

Supplies real-time disaster and news updates from a network of local television stations for comprehensive regional coverage.

The Associated Press

known forAP News: World & Local

1 app4.2News

AP News provides factual, wire-service reporting that serves as a foundational source for the professional audience reading Nikkei Asia.

The Atlantic Monthly Group

known forThe Atlantic Magazine

1 app4.9News

Challenges reader perspectives through long-form features that complement the factual economic reporting found in the primary app.

the Irish News

known forThe Irish News Digital Edition

1 app4.8News

Provides regional journalism for users who require international news coverage beyond the domestic scope of the primary app.

The Japan Times

known forThe Japan Times

1 appNews

Delivers English-language news coverage for international residents in Japan who need local context alongside their economic data.

The Yomiuri Shimbun

known for読売新聞オンライン(YOL)

1 app2.5News

Offers a comprehensive digital newspaper experience for readers who want to access traditional print-style news on their mobile devices.

Times Internet

known forThe Economic Times

1 app4.4News

Delivers localized financial market intelligence for investors who need specific data on Indian markets alongside global economic news.

Voicy

known forVoicy - 日々を豊かにする声が聴ける

1 app4.3Games

Voicy serves as an audio-based information consumption alternative for the same professional audience that uses Tokiaka for active news analysis.

Yuki Kato

known forFree Newspaper App for iPhone

1 app0.0Games

This aggregator provides a static news feed for information seekers, functioning as a legacy alternative to the interactive news analysis of Tokiaka.

西日本新聞社

known for西日本新聞me 福岡のニュース・イベント・生活情報アプリ

1 app4.7Games

西日本新聞me provides regional news and lifestyle information, serving as a localized utility for professionals living or working in Fukuoka.

New entrants(2)

Apps Skyline

known forLocal News: Breaking & Latest

1 app4.3News

This app focuses on community-specific safety and headline alerts, providing a different utility than the geopolitical business focus of Nikkei Asia.

NEWSDELIVER

known forNews Today: Local & Alerts

1 app4.0News

News Today acts as a general-purpose aggregator, providing a broad overview of news that lacks the specialized business depth of Nikkei Asia.

The Analyst's Read

The bottom line on NIKKEI

Bottom line

Nikkei is a legacy powerhouse successfully transitioning to a digital-first professional services model. Their weighted 4.72★ rating signals high user trust in their authoritative content, particularly within the competitive business news and corporate education sectors.

Frequently asked questions

How many apps does NIKKEI publish?
NIKKEI has 10 apps tracked by Marlvel, primarily in the Business category.
Where is NIKKEI based?
NIKKEI is based in Japan.
What kind of apps does NIKKEI make?
NIKKEI's portfolio is concentrated in Business and News, with an average rating of 2.9/5 across rated apps.
What is NIKKEI's top app?
By review volume across the portfolio, Nikkei Asia - Business news is NIKKEI's best-known app tracked by Marlvel.

What fed this analysis

Apps analyzed:
9
With full intel:
0
With overview:
9
Website scraped:
yes
Social presence:
yes

Disclosure: Independent intel to help mobile builders succeed.

AI-powered analysis with automated quality gates, built from publicly available sources. Marlvel.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by NIKKEI, its developer, the app publisher, Apple, or Google Play. All trademarks, logos, and screenshots referenced remain the property of their respective owners.

Cite this report

Marlvel.ai. “NIKKEI intelligence.” Updated 2026-04-24. https://marlvel.ai/publishers/nikkei-inc

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