nine.com.au vs Canberra Times
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
nine.com.au
Stay informed with breaking news and custom alerts from a trusted source. This app delivers local and global news, with features like 'News Near Me' and personalized notifications for topics like sports, politics, and weather. Easily manage your alert preferences for a tailored news experience.
- Breaking news updates
- Customizable alerts
- Geo-targeted 'News Near Me'
- Local weather forecasts
- News by category subscription
- Ad-supported news delivery
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Stay up to date with the best breaking news, sport, entertainment, lifestyle and the best videos with the new nine.com.au app. Join over 10.5million Australians who trust nine.com.au to stay informed and entertained. What you’ll enjoy about the new nine.com.au app: EVERYTHING YOU NEED ALL IN ONE PLACE All the trusted local and world news from our dedicated team of journalists, together with the best of sport, lifestyle and shopping, entertainment and travel in a new streamlined app. YOUR NEWS, YOUR WAY Follow the topics you love using our ‘For You’ feature. ALERTS Never miss a breaking news story with our real-time alerts. PREMIUM VIDEOS ON DEMAND Stream the latest breaking news, viral moments, and exclusive stories anytime, anywhere. Our mission remains the same: providing a trusted environment where you feel part of the story, not just informed about it. Questions or feedback? We’re always evolving. Reach out at contact@9news.com.au. Note: This app features Nielsen's proprietary measurement software which allows you to contribute to market research. See www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy for more information.
Canberra Times
Access breaking news, in-depth analysis, and commentary from Canberra's trusted voice. Stay informed with 24/7 updates, save articles for later, and receive alerts for important stories. Premium subscribers can enjoy a digital replica of the daily paper and interactive puzzles.
- Breaking news updates 24/7
- Browse articles by topic
- Save articles for later
- Breaking news alerts
- Digital replica of daily newspaper
- Interactive daily puzzles
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The Canberra Times app brings together the best of your daily newspaper and its website to take your news reading experience to another level. Keep up to date with the best journalism on offer in the ACT through Canberra's trusted voice. Whether it's the breaking news you need to know from Canberra or around the nation, the latest sport results, in-depth analysis that explains the decisions that affect your life, or incisive commentary, you'll be the first to know using The Canberra Times app. The app is free to download, but you need to be a Canberra Times subscriber to read articles. Basic subscribers get access to all articles. Premium subscribers also get access to Today's Paper, a digital replica of the paper, and our interactive puzzles. Features include: - Access breaking news updates 24 hours a day - Browse the latest articles in the topics that interest you most - Save articles to read later - Alerts for breaking news and big stories - Read a digital replica of the day's newspaper (premium subscribers) - Play our daily interactive puzzles (premium subscribers) Please note: This app features Nielsen's proprietary measurement software which will allow you to contribute to market research or audience ratings services. Please see http://www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy for more information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: nine.com.au at none against Canberra Times's 4. nine.com.au also leads on ratings volume (896 vs 10) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). Canberra Times's advantage is review sentiment (38% vs 27%). On price, rating, ads 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. Canberra Times sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. nine.com.au asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for nine.com.au against 4.6 for Canberra Times. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: nine.com.au has 896 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 27% of nine.com.au's written reviews are positive against 38% of Canberra Times's.
nine.com.au ships an update every 5 weeks, Canberra Times every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | nine.com.au | Canberra Times |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (896 ratings) — better | 4.6 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.9% of reviews | 37.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 896 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | Rural Press Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
nine.com.au
Canberra Times
User reviews
nine.com.au
From 896 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Happy with the app
- 🚀 Fantastic, great
- 🚀 Variety
- 🚀 Wide coverage
- 🚀 Keeps me up to date
Room to improve
- 🔍 Click bait ads
- 🔍 Biased international coverage
- 🐛 Latest version not playing videos
- 🔍 Bad news
- 🐛 Self starting stories
Canberra Times
From 10 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great voice for the people
- 👍 Excellent news articles
- 👍 Easy to use app
- 👍 Good format, quality commentary
- 👍 Works well, loads quickly
Room to improve
- 광고 Ads obscure screen, reduce reading pane
- 📰 One-sided, biased reporting
- 🐛 Spontaneous app closures
- 🐛 Blank pages after returning from articles
- 🐛 Disappearing index lines
Bugs and requests
nine.com.au
Reported bugs
10 issues- Latest version not playing videos
- Self starting stories
- No notifications
- 5 years later and still no option for audible breaking news notifications
- Too much annoying Advertising
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- Extremely jumpy with numerous unnecessary background refreshes
- Clunky, Confusing and Clicksore
- App doesn't refresh without WiFi
- Videos not related to content
- Needs some work on alerts
Requested features
4 requests- Start an All Day News Channel
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Search function
Canberra Times
Reported bugs
27 issues- Constant typographical errors
- App kicks out around sports section
- Spontaneously closes when scrolling or changing pages
- Often shows a blank page when returning from an article
- First lines under headlines disappear and return
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- Codeword given letters can be deleted and timer does not stop
- Cannot access tiny crossword
- Advertisement on every reading page cannot be removed
- Frequently have to enter password multiple times
- Navigation between pages is clunky
- App subscription issues, not working on all devices
- App takes you back to previous story when clicking a link
- Main screen keeps timing out trying to download older episodes
- Painfully slow to load, takes multiple tries
- Have to zoom in on every page
- App doesn't work after upgrade
- Expand page leads back to list of pages
- Slower than ever, incomplete loading
- Articles would scroll from when first accessed, rather than after ads loaded
- Breaking news notifications open to different stories or not at all
- Constantly have to log in
- Won't open magazine sections
- Advertising severely slows the app
- Links within articles don't open in the app
- Half the paper seems to be missing in this app
- Letters randomly mixed with opinion pieces
- Search function not easily findable or non-existent
Requested features
10 requests- Dark mode option
- Improve search function
- Include daily cartoon
- Allow jumping between hyperlinks without logout
- Fix links opening in external browser
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- Add filter function to search
- Setting to control old issue download
- Improve app interface for individual stories
- Revert to previous app formats
- Make comments on articles available in app
In-app purchases
nine.com.au
No in-app purchases
Canberra Times
- Basic Monthly$14.991 Month
- Premium Monthly$24.991 Month
- Basic Annual$129.991 Year
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- Premium Annual$179.991 Year
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