Comparison

Daily Progress vs January

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Personalized news feed
  • Breaking news alerts
  • Multimedia content (photos, video, podcasts)
  • Article listening option
  • Customizable text size
  • Weather forecasts
Currently charting
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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

About

January

Get informed effortlessly with a personalized news feed based on global factual consensus. Understand complex topics with key points, source breakdowns, and AI-powered questions. Discuss news with friends, starting from the same facts.

Highlights
  • Personalized news feed
  • Global factual consensus
  • Key points summary
  • Source breakdown
  • AI-powered questions
  • Social discussion space
Features
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Ever felt like you should be more on top of the news, downloaded a few apps to fix it, and ended up either feeling manipulated or doing full-on detective work with bias meters and misinformation trackers just to figure out what's actually true – when really, you just wanted to be informed as easily as you scroll everything else on your phone? That's exactly why we built January. Being informed has never been this easy. You scroll a news feed personalised to the topics you care about, where every article is built on global factual consensus, hundreds of sources read across the world and boiled down to what they actually agree on. No spin, no outlet's angle, no guessing who's trying to sell you something. Just what happened, clearly written, in seconds. Want the gist even faster? Key points pop up right in the feed. Want to go deeper? Every story shows you which claims only some outlets ran, where the facts don't line up, and the full list of sources it came from. And January isn't something you read alone. There's a space to talk it out with your friends and peers, about the news, the articles, your day, or the state of the world, all starting from the same set of facts instead of two different headlines. Got a question about a story or anything going on out there? Just ask January AI and dig in as far as you want. No more research projects. No more wondering who to trust. Just the news, made effortless. Download January and see what being informed is supposed to feel like.

Screenshots

Daily Progress4 screens
January4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: January at 100% against Daily Progress's 42%. January also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). Daily Progress's advantage is ratings volume (288 vs 1) and chart position (#188 vs unranked). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Daily Progress sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $27.99 per month. January asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

January 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 1, 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 January's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daily Progress ships an update every 2 months, January fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Daily Progress versus January: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily ProgressJanuary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (288 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings288 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#188 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB14 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperBH Media GroupSøren Buchreitz

Customer experience

Daily Progress

All ratings288 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive42.1%
Neutral5.3%
Negative52.6%

January

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

January

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Daily Progress

Subscriptions7
  • 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
None

January

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daily Progress free?
Daily Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is January free?
January is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Daily Progress or January?
January is rated higher. Daily Progress averages 4.3 out of 5 from 288 ratings, while January averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Daily Progress or January have ads?
Daily Progress shows ads; January does not.
Which is updated more often, Daily Progress or January?
Daily Progress ships an update every 2 months, and January fortnightly. Most recently, Daily Progress was updated on October 19, 2026 and January on October 15, 2026.

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