THE BLADE vs St. George News
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
THE BLADE
Access trusted, timely, and comprehensive news coverage from the Toledo area's leading source. Stay informed about local news, politics, sports, and entertainment with engaging content from award-winning journalists. Connect with your community through impactful stories and insightful commentary.
- Trusted local news source
- Award-winning journalism
- Local news and politics
- Sports and entertainment coverage
- Community connection stories
- Future-forward news experience
Read full descriptionHide full description
Why Choose The Blade App? Trusted Source: Count on the leading news source in the Toledo area, for accurate, timely, and comprehensive news coverage produced by award-winning journalists. Engaging Content: From local news and politics to sports and entertainment, our award-winning journalism offers something for everyone in the region. Community Connection: Keep connected to your community with news that impacts your life, insightful commentary, and stories that celebrate the spirit of our area. Future-Forward News Experience The Blade app leads the way in transforming news delivery for the digital era. We are committed to merging the integrity and depth of traditional journalism with the innovation and accessibility of today's technology. Join us on this journey to stay informed, engaged, and connected. Update your app or download today to explore the ultimate news experience in the Toledo area and beyond.
St. George News
Access fast, reliable local news for Southern Utah. Stay informed with breaking alerts, community events, sports, and opinion pieces. Engage with your community through comments and submissions.
- Local news updates
- Breaking alerts
- Sports coverage
- Community events
- Opinion and lifestyle articles
- Reader interaction forums
Read full descriptionHide full description
St. George News is your #1 source for local news in Southern Utah. The App's goal is to get everyone in southern Utah fast and reliable news that include alerts and information more readily in your hand via the iPhone and iPad apps. St. George News, including STGnews.com, StGeorgeUtah.com, Cedar City News and CedarCityUtah.com, a Canyon Media company, provides comprehensive and interactive news services focusing on matters of relevance to the communities of Southern Utah. Our coverage includes news, sports, community and civic events, opinion, lifestyle, business and other matters of concern and interest to the community that our readers can trust and enjoy. St. George News offers provocative and engaging opinion and advice columns, feature series and shows. We engage the opinions and interaction of our community of readers through letters to the editor, comment forums and submitted feature material as well as sponsored content. RELEVANCE • RELIABILITY • REPRESENTATION • INTERACTION Our mission is (1) to provide the community with relevant, unrestricted, unbiased, fair, uplifting and accurate news, truths and greater issues in a reliable and timely fashion, (2) to serve our local communities in facilitating the exchange of information between leaders, businesses, charities and residents for the best interests of the St. George area communities, and (3) to welcome online interaction among our community of readers. Avenues of interaction include comments to articles online, Facebook, Twitter, letters to the editor and submissions. Private email, Facebook and text messaging and other conversations with the editors are always welcome as well. St. George News & Cedar City News.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: THE BLADE at none against St. George News's shown. THE BLADE also leads on ratings volume (2.1K vs 14) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). St. George News's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 23%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for THE BLADE against 3.9 for St. George News. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: THE BLADE has 2.1K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 23% of THE BLADE's written reviews are positive against 50% of St. George News's.
THE BLADE ships an update every 5 weeks, St. George News every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | THE BLADE | St. George News |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2.1K ratings) — better | 3.9 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Toledo Blade | Frandsen Media |
Customer experience
THE BLADE
St. George News
Bugs and requests
THE BLADE
Reported bugs
4 issues- Sections fail to load
- App freezes and crashes
- Inconsistent performance
- Forced updates with no delay option
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to adjust text size
- Vertical display option
- Search functionality
- Archiving of past editions
- Improved photo viewing experience
St. George News
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
THE BLADE
No in-app purchases
St. George News
No in-app purchases
