Good News Network vs Lede Report
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Good News Network
Discover uplifting and inspiring stories from around the globe. This app provides a daily feed of positive news, offering an alternative to the usual negative reports. Enjoy an ad-free experience with an optional subscription.
- Daily positive news feed
- Uplifting and inspiring stories
- Ad-free experience
- Global news coverage
- Trusted source for good news
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Tired of the constant negative news reports? The Good News Network app delivers daily positive news from around the world right to your phone. Trusted by millions of readers for 22 years, GoodNewsNetwork.org is #1 on Google for 'good news'. Our 590,000 fans on Facebook love our daily feed of uplifting, inspiring stories — Daily Dose of News to Enthuse! Via in-app subscription, enjoy an ad-free experience for $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year. Cancel anytime. Your subscription will automatically renew each month or year, and your credit card will be charged through your App Store account. You can turn off auto-renew at any time in your App Store account settings. For information about our privacy policy, please click here: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/privacy-policy/ For more information about our terms of use, please click here: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/more/legal/
Lede Report
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Lede watches the wires for the deaths of notable public figures and gives each the obituary they deserve. A new lede every day; some days, several. THE LEDE Each lede is two or three paragraphs of factual prose - the publication's reading of a life, warm, critical, or held in the middle. Always honest, never cruel. THE VIGIL The Vigil is where you reckon with a public life while it is still being lived. You are shown living public figures and render a considered verdict: pay respects, withhold respects, or pass. Your verdicts reach the editor in aggregate and shape the register of the lede to come. When that figure dies, the lede you helped shape earns its place in your journal. THE JOURNAL The journal is your lasting record - the reads you made on the Vigil and the ledes you chose to keep, with your own notes alongside. WHAT LEDE DOES NOT DO Lede does not write about ordinary people, and it does not write about grief. The notable dead are public figures; their record is the public record. Lede does not allow comments, does not score lives against each other, and does not predict who will die next.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lede Report at none against Good News Network's 2. Lede Report also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). Good News Network's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. Good News Network sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Lede Report asks for nothing beyond the download.
Good News Network ships an update every 3 months, Lede Report daily. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Good News Network | Lede Report |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (825 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 825 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Good News Network, LLC | Lede Publishing LLC |
Bugs and requests
Good News Network
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent crashes and app instability
- Broken article links and unresponsive content
- Slow loading times and performance issues
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- More frequent content updates
- Ability to share articles easily
- Better categorization and filtering of news
- Paid subscription option to remove ads
Lede Report
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Good News Network
- Good News Network Monthly$2.991 Month
- Good News Network - Annual$29.991 Year
Lede Report
No in-app purchases








