Surrey Live vs MKA UK
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Surrey Live
Stay informed with the latest news, business, and sports updates from Surrey. Customize your news feed to focus on what matters most, including local events, traffic, and restaurant reviews. Enjoy features like offline reading and personalized content.
- Latest local news, business, and sports
- Customizable news feed
- Event listings and What's On guides
- Traffic and travel updates
- Restaurant guides and reviews
- Offline reading
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Get the very latest news from Surrey, with business and sport 24/7. Keep up to date with your local football team, and find out what's on in your area. Completely customisable, the Get Surrey app allows you to tailor what news you consume, and when. The Get Surrey app is the best way to follow breaking news from Surrey; including live blogs, video and traffic & travel. Keep up-to-date with the latest in: · Top local news stories · Football and Sport news · Traffic & travel news · Surrey event listings and What's On guides · Surrey restaurant guides and reviews The App also features: • Force Touch allowing you to peak and pop into an article. • Native iPad support for a better tablet experience • The ability to follow topics that matter to you • Follow your favourite authors like you do any topic • Resize the article text to help with your reading experience • The ability to read an article even when you are offline • Split screen view is supported on all compatible iPads • Bookmark and article for reading later, and have them synced to your other iOS devices. Terms and Conditions https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/terms-conditions/ Privacy Notice https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/privacy-notice/
MKA UK
This app provides news and updates on the activities, upcoming events, and publications of the Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya UK, a prominent Muslim youth organization. Stay informed about the latest happenings within the community.
- News updates
- Event information
- Publication details
- Organization activities
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Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya UK is the oldest and largest muslim youth organisation in the UK. The app covers news on many of its activities, upcoming events and publications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MKA UK at 82% against Surrey Live's 39%. MKA UK also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Surrey Live's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Surrey Live sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. MKA UK asks for nothing beyond the download.
MKA UK holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Surrey Live has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Surrey Live's written reviews are positive against 82% of MKA UK's.
Surrey Live ships an update monthly, MKA UK every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Surrey Live | MKA UK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.6% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trinity Mirror Digital Media Limited | Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya (UK) |
Customer experience
Surrey Live
MKA UK
Bugs and requests
Surrey Live
Reported bugs
20 issues- App is slow or interpreted
- Constant spam or clickbait
- GDPR maintenance questionable
- App crashes or shows black screen
- Cannot retrieve new content, requires refresh that doesn't work
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- Error when creating an account
- App icon shows unremovable number in red circle
- Cannot register, display name field not working
- Comments are switched off
- Cookies impossible to manage, reject all defaults to accept all
- Severe battery drain due to background activity
- Notifications are plentiful and annoying, no search facility
- Headline of story visible, but article is blank
- Update prompt fails, app won't download after deletion
- Constantly self-scrolls back to the top
- Links don't link to the article or article doesn't exist
- Data needs updating more frequently, competitions page outdated
- Video does not follow headlines, or shows unrelated content
- Flash news sometimes never appears
- Video links don't work, show unrelated videos
Requested features
5 requests- Option to go ad-free
- Search facility
- More local places included (e.g., Horley)
- Fix login issues for commenting
- Improve media content relevance
MKA UK
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Surrey Live
- Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly$39.991 Year
MKA UK
No in-app purchases
