Daily Progress vs Hivewire News
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Progress
Access local and regional news, sports, and community updates. Enjoy in-depth stories, exclusive commentary, photography, video, and podcasts. Personalize your news feed and receive breaking alerts.
- Personalized news feed
- Breaking news alerts
- Multimedia content (photos, video, podcasts)
- Article listening option
- Customizable text size
- Weather forecasts
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Your story lives in The Daily Progress. From reporting on all of your favorite teams to the news that matters most in the community, we cover it all. Get in-depth stories from the region and beyond – including news, sports, opinion, obituaries, entertainment, and politics. Easily access the very latest news in an app built for you. Read, see, and hear exclusive commentary, stunning photography, video updates, and binge-worthy podcasts. Plus, subscribers have the ability to upgrade to News+, our premium ad-free experience! That means faster-loading pages and an uninterrupted reading experience. Our app features: * Your Stories – personalize your experience by selecting the local news topics that matter most to you * Get notified – stay in the loop by selecting alerts for news, sports, weather, and more * Easy navigation – see all the latest local stories by simply swiping up/down, and left/right. * Read stories your way – either in the News Feed or via the E-edition * Breaking news updates – top banners let you know what’s happening right now * Follow author – get notifications whenever your favorite writers post a story * Bookmark for later – save stories to enjoy at your leisure * Listen to articles – press the play button to listen instead * Customize your text size – make the content bigger or smaller in your profile settings * Weather where you are – hourly, 10-day forecasts, and frequent video updates Free to download. Subscribers enjoy unlimited access. https://dailyprogress.com/terms
Hivewire News
This news app allows users to follow specific topics with purpose, creating a customized feed without algorithmic manipulation. It offers clean, curated content grouped by story from multiple sources, and respects user privacy by not tracking reading history or selling data.
- Customizable topic feeds
- Ad-free reading experience
- Articles grouped by story
- Smart Search functionality
- Push notifications
- Daily email digests
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Hivewire is built for people who use the news, not just scroll it. People who follow specific topics with purpose — for their work, their investments, their research, or just because some things matter enough to track properly. If you've ever wished you had a smarter, faster way to stay on top of the things you care about across every source that covers them, that's what Hivewire is. YOUR FEED, YOUR RULES Most news apps let you pick a few broad topics like "Science" and "Politics" and hope the algorithm figures out the rest. Hivewire lets you get specific. Choose topics ranging from "Climate Tech" to "Immigration" to "European Politics" and build a feed that's as nuanced as your interests. No engagement optimization or algorithmic manipulation: you pick the topics and see why every story appears. CLEAN AND CURATED No ads. No clickbait. No clutter. Articles are grouped by story to avoid redundancy in your feed, with coverage from multiple sources and a concise overview to help you understand what happened fast. Want to read more? Just follow the link to your favorite publisher to get all the details. We're here to connect you with quality journalism, not replace it. STAY AHEAD WITHOUT THE EFFORT Turn on push notifications for important stories from your feed, or subscribe to Smart Briefings for a daily email digest that gets you caught up before your day starts. Use Smart Search to go beyond simple keyword matching and surface stories you wouldn't have found on your own. And for major developing stories, you can see how recent events connect. YOUR PRIVACY, RESPECTED We don't track your reading history, sell your data, or train AI on your behavior. You can request deletion of your account and data at any time. FREE VS. HIVEWIRE+ Hivewire is free with access to top stories, topic pages, and limited feed customization. Upgrade to Hivewire+ ($4.99/month) for unlimited topics, Smart Briefings, Smart Search, bookmarks, favorite topics, and push notifications. Hivewire+ is a monthly subscription that auto-renews until canceled. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://hivewire.news/terms Privacy Policy: https://hivewire.news/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hivewire News at 100% against Daily Progress's 42%. Hivewire News also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and ads (none vs shown). Daily Progress's advantage is ratings volume (288 vs 10). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Daily Progress sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $27.99 per month and Hivewire News sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hivewire News holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Progress has 288 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Daily Progress's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hivewire News's.
Daily Progress ships an update every 2 months, Hivewire News every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Progress | Hivewire News |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (288 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 288 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | BH Media Group | Hivewire, LLC |
Customer experience
Daily Progress
Hivewire News
Bugs and requests
Daily Progress
Reported bugs
9 issues- App freezes on opening
- App freezes when advancing pages
- App forgets password
- Cannot load articles
- Error messages when loading articles
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- App quits when reading articles
- Full screen ads are problematic
- Tiny 'x' to close ads
- App doesn't remember login for every article
Requested features
3 requests- Support for iPad
- Include comics and editorials
- Links to other local newspapers
Hivewire News
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Daily Progress
- Subscriptions$27.991 Month
- Subscriptions$40.991 Month
- Subscriptions$44.991 Month
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- Subscriptions$50.001 Year
- Subscriptions$269.991 Year
- Subscriptions$329.991 Year
- Subscriptions$364.991 Year
Hivewire News
- Hivewire+$2.991 Month
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