Surrey Live vs The Knowledge
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/
The Knowledge
Get essential news and perspectives in just five minutes daily. Expert editors curate insightful commentary, useful information, and relevant podcasts from top news sources. Stay informed with fresh viewpoints on important issues in a friendly and accessible format.
- Daily news digest
- Expert editor curation
- Incise comment and useful info
- Curated podcasts
- Fresh perspectives on issues
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Brought to you by the founder of The Week, Jon Connell, The Knowledge cuts through the noise to bring you the news and views that matter to keep you up to speed – in just five minutes a day. Every weekday lunchtime, and at breakfast on the weekend, our team of expert editors distil the most incisive comment, the most useful info, the funniest quotes, and the podcasts you need to know about from all the best news sources. In a busy and cluttered world, we offer fresh perspectives on the issues that matter in a friendly and accessible form – all in one place. Download The Knowledge today to make news manageable or sign up to our free daily newsletter at www.theknowledge.com. If you have any questions, please email: contactus@theknowledge.co.uk Privacy policy: https://www.theknowledge.com/privacy/ Terms of use: https://www.theknowledge.com/terms-conditions/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Knowledge at none against Surrey Live's 2. The Knowledge also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Surrey Live's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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. Surrey Live sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. The Knowledge asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Knowledge holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 57 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Surrey Live's written reviews are positive against 52% of The Knowledge's.
Surrey Live ships an update monthly, The Knowledge every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Surrey Live | The Knowledge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) | 4.8 (57 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.6% of reviews | 52.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 57 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Trinity Mirror Digital Media Limited | dmg media ltd |
Customer experience
Surrey Live
The Knowledge
User reviews
Surrey Live
From 14 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📰 Excellent for local news
- 📍 Keeps users updated on local events
- 🌍 Invaluable for those living abroad
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 🚀 Fast news updates
Room to improve
- 💸 Now requires payment for articles
- 🐌 Slow to load
- 🗑️ Poor quality journalism, clickbait
- 🗑️ Too many ads and sponsored content
- 🗑️ Irrelevant content outside of Surrey
The Knowledge
From 57 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Concise and digestible news format
- 👍 Informative and well-written summaries
- 👍 Good mix of news and eclectic pieces
- 👍 Delightful light writing style
- 👍 Refreshing reset on news consumption
Room to improve
- 👎 Right-wing bias in reporting
- 👎 Unreliable daily updates
- 👎 Content can be days old
- 👎 Subscription required for access
- 👎 Cherry-picking of right-wing opinion pieces
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
The Knowledge
Reported bugs
6 issues- App not updating daily
- Shows same stories multiple times
- App not loading/working
- App insists on account for reading, no create option
- Subscription process not recognized
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- App version mismatch between store and installed
Requested features
6 requests- Less opinions, more facts
- More balance to reporting
- Improve app icon design
- Dark mode option
- Earlier daily updates (before 7 am)
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- Option to create account within the app
In-app purchases
Surrey Live
- Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly$39.991 Year
The Knowledge
No in-app purchases
Questions
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