Le Quotidien vs Narcity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Le Quotidien
Access the latest news, engaging stories, and inspiring content to stay connected with your community. Discover personalized news feeds, curated selections, and local information. While free to use, subscription plans unlock full content and exclusive features.
- Latest news and stories
- Personalized news feed
- Curated content selections
- Local information
- Community updates
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Découvrez l'application renouvelée du Quotidien ! Constamment alimentée avec les nouvelles les plus récentes, les histoires les plus engageantes et les contenus les plus inspirants, notre application vous permettra de rester toujours branché sur votre communauté. Que vous fassiez défiler les contenus mis en vedette à l'accueil ou que vous naviguiez dans les différentes sections de contenus, vous y trouverez tout ce qui vous touche, tout ce qui vous concerne. Votre temps est compté ? Découvrez la section Les essentiels où vous aurez le choix entre la vue Pour vous, un fil de nouvelles taillé sur mesure en fonction de vos intérêts, Nos choix, un fil de nouvelles triées sur le volet par notre équipe de rédaction ou Ma région, où vous retrouverez toutes vos informations locales. L'utilisation de l'application est maintenant ouverte à tous tout en demeurant gratuite. En revanche, elle prend toute sa pertinence lorsqu'elle est jumelée à l'un de nos forfaits d'abonnement qui vous permettra de déverrouiller l'accès à l'ensemble de nos contenus ainsi qu'à certaines fonctionnalités réservées exclusivement à nos abonnés. L'application du Quotidien, votre meilleure source d'information dans la grande région du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean.
Narcity
Discover urban news and travel destinations across North America. Explore cities with topic-specific content, stay updated on local trends, and receive personalized story notifications. Easily share interesting articles with friends and family.
- User-friendly content access
- Topic-specific city exploration
- Trending local stories
- Personalized story notifications
- Story sharing
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Welcome to Narcity’s Digital Downtown. Narcity's app is the ultimate destination for urban news and travel in and round North America. Download to discover everything you need to know about anywhere you want to go and connect to your city. Features: - Access all the content you love in a user-friendly environment - Explore cities in a whole new way by viewing topic-specific content - Stay informed on trending stories in your community - Get notifications about stories relevant to you - Share your favorite stories with your friends & family
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Narcity at 4.8 against Le Quotidien's 4.3. Narcity also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (68 vs 6). Le Quotidien's advantage is review sentiment (53% vs 40%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Narcity holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Narcity has 68 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Le Quotidien's written reviews are positive against 40% of Narcity's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Le Quotidien | Narcity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (68 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.8% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 68 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Cooperative nationale de l'information independante, Coop de solidarite | Narcity Media Inc. |
Customer experience
Le Quotidien
Narcity
User reviews
Le Quotidien
From 6 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good content and reporting
- 👍 Interesting new science section
- 👍 Useful 'last hour' section
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 👍 Convenient for local news
Room to improve
- 🔋 Drains battery and heats iPhone
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Slow loading times
- 🐛 Difficult to navigate
- 🐛 Incomplete article titles
Narcity
From 68 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 📰 Good reporting and articles
- 📍 Ability to choose city
- ✨ Interesting content
- 📱 Smooth navigation
Room to improve
- 🐛 App freezes frequently
- 🐛 Articles don't load
- 🐛 Content not fitting screen
- 🐛 Random and outdated content
- 🐛 Poor content quality
Bugs and requests
Le Quotidien
Reported bugs
38 issues- Bug not corrected despite claims
- Articles fail to load
- App drains battery and heats device
- Endless loading
- Platform is very slow
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- Article loading takes several seconds
- Difficult to find information
- Incomplete article titles
- New major revision not phone-adapted
- Need to restart app for latest edition to download
- App closes
- No longer have access to newspaper content
- Incompatible with tablets
- Unstable
- Opening takes up to 20 attempts
- App crashes
- App requires daily restart for new version
- Sometimes requires 2-3 attempts to open
- Last update causes journal to download at ~10%
- Application is very buggy
- Crosswords do not open
- New version has many bugs
- Opening the application requires 5-20 attempts
- Application is very unstable on tablet
- Download of an edition is very long
- Application must still download part of the edition
- Last version is difficult to use
- App is heavy, doesn't load or takes a long time
- Photos in push alerts are low resolution
- Cannot switch to version 3.0
- Application does not function
- Application closes before being fully opened
- Application freezes and crashes
- App crashes on each launch
- New update from October 3, 2017 does not work on iPads
- No access to necrology
- Information on Sunday edition withdrawal was not clear
- Application is heavy due to modifications
Requested features
5 requests- Return to book format for information display
- Add a page for regional death notices
- Include Sudoku puzzles
- Add a summary of daily news
- Date for 'edition of the day' should be displayed
Narcity
Reported bugs
18 issues- App update removed ability to log in and see saved content
- Previous cities no longer listed or available for search
- Articles not loading
- Trouble finding cities
- Default US content, requires constant location update
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- Articles not loading
- App freezes while scrolling
- App crashes
- Login issues (system error, doesn't work, redirects back)
- App won't open
- Content doesn't fit screen
- Too many publicity links
- Articles shown in search are old
- Cannot scroll down after 30 seconds
- Login button doesn't work
- Cannot login with Facebook
- App freezes when scrolling through articles
- App keeps freezing
Requested features
11 requests- Offer French translation for articles
- Dark mode option
- Allow users to see saved content after update
- Restore previous city search functionality
- Allow users to log in and see saved content
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- Allow users to search for previous cities
- Expand to more cities in the USA
- Fix swipe function to only trigger from edges
- Provide more content about things to do, see, and eat
- Go back to the old content release method
- Update app to be accessible without signing into Facebook
In-app purchases
Le Quotidien
No in-app purchases
Narcity
No in-app purchases
