# St Helens Star — St Helens and Merseyside news

> St Helens and Merseyside news (iPhone/iPad app by Newsquest.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/st-helens-star/id6475775555 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Newsquest](https://appshunter.io/developer/504547133)
- Category: Magazines & Newspapers, News
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 147 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2024-04-09
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/st-helens-star/id6475775555/reviews.md

## What is St Helens Star?

The St Helens Star app offers comprehensive coverage of the latest news, sport and events in St Helens and the surrounding areas. We’re committed to delivering quality journalism with a local focus and driving community engagement. The St Helens Star also celebrates the region's cultural vibrancy with features on arts, entertainment and leisure activities. We also bring you extensive coverage of Saints R.F.C, with exclusive insights, match reports and videos.

The St Helens Star app is the best way to keep up to date with all the breaking news, sports and events in St Helens and gives you the following great features…

• Live Updates: Get the latest St Helens news, events and sport as it happens
• Ad-Free Reading: No ads, no pop-ups, no distractions
• Weekly Digital Newspapers: Read the paper in full, cover to cover
• Interactive Puzzles: Play new crosswords, sudoku and more every day
• Article Audio Player: Listen to articles and create content playlists

All subscriptions are auto-renewing. Payment for this subscription will be charged to your Apple account upon purchase. The subscription will auto-renew within 24 hours of the current subscription expiring, at the same rate as the initial purchase. Auto-renewing subscriptions can be managed via Account Settings allowing them to be turned off. No cancellations of the current subscription are allowed during the active subscription period.

Privacy Policy - https://www.newsquest.co.uk/our-policies/privacy-policy/
Terms of Use - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly Subscription | $3.99 | per month |
| Annual Subscription | $39.99 | per year |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.5 — 2026-08-17

Introducing My Content – your personalised space for reading:
• Your News Feed: See more of what matters to you
• Reading History: Track what you’ve read over the past month and when
• Saved articles: Quickly find content you’ve saved for later

Audio player improvements:
• Adjust playback speed
• Smoother, more intuitive listening experience

### 2.4 — 2026-02-26

Framework fixes and improvements

### 2.3 — 2025-12-17

• Improvements to the article reading experience

### 2.2 — 2025-11-07

• Dark mode - Activated automatically in line with your device settings, or can be manually enabled via the Settings menu
• Improvements to the article reading experience

### 2.1 — 2025-05-27

App Framework Improvements

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