Comparison

ZNS vs Big News

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

Head to head
About

ZNS

Access top news stories, live TV programming, and parliamentary proceedings. Listen to multiple live radio stations and receive breaking news alerts. Stay informed with this public broadcasting service.

Highlights
  • Top news stories with photos and clips
  • Live ZNS-TV daily programming
  • Live Parliament and Senate proceedings
  • Breaking news and top news alerts
  • Listen to multiple live radio stations
Features
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As we continue our mandate to provide the best in public broadcasting service, we’ve added this mobile app as another medium to stay connected to us "on the go". Here are the features of this version release: Top News - Stay connected to Top News items through in-depth stories, photos, and news clips. Watch - View daily programming of ZNS-TV, Live. - View Parliament and Senate proceedings live via The Parliamentary Channel Notifications - Stay informed by receiving Breaking News and Top News alerts. Listen to Live Radio - Listen live to The National Voice 1540AM, POWER 104.5FM, Inspiration 107.9FM, or The Light 810AM radio. Stay connected with the only source covering the Bahamas better, ZNS.

About

Big News

Consolidate your newsletters and RSS feeds into a single, intelligent reading platform. Get a dedicated email address for newsletters and enjoy a distraction-free experience with prioritized news and real-time notifications.

Highlights
  • Combine newsletters and RSS feeds
  • Dedicated @bignews.app email address
  • Prioritize stories by importance
  • Distraction-free reading experience
  • Real-time push notifications
  • Home screen widgets
  • Search thousands of stories
Features
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Big News blends your newsletters and feeds together into one super-smart reading experience. - Combine newsletters and RSS feeds together - Get your very own @bignews.app email address - Sort stories by the day's biggest news - Enjoy a beautiful fullscreen, distraction-free reading experience - Realtime push notifications from your favourite channels - Add the news to your home screen with our Widgets - Search hundreds of thousands of stories in a snap One place for your newsletters and feeds: Big News combines different sources from across the web – like newsletters and RSS feeds – into one unified reading experience. So it doesn't matter what you're reading, or where it's from, you can find it all in Big News. An email address just for newsletters: With your very own @bignews.app email address, newsletters skip your regular inbox and instead are sent directly to Big News. That means less stuff mixed in with your daily emails and more great reads for when you want them. Not just another inbox: We didn't want to create another list of things in an inbox to be managed. That's why Big News uses dozens of signals to intelligently prioritise the stories that matter to you today, all in one inviting layout. There's no endless pile of unread badges or month-old news. Just the Big News, today. Sources you already know and trust: Add your existing newsletters and feeds to Big News in just a few taps. Plus, the Big News directory contains hundreds of channels, so you're sure to find the sites and newsletters you already love – as well as discover something altogether new. RSS. SMTP. OMG: We built Big News upon the open standards of the web – like RSS and SMTP – so it already works with thousands of sources today, as well as thousands more in the future. And now for the legal bits: Payment will be charged on either a monthly or annual basis to your Apple ID account. Your monthly or annual subscription automatically renews unless you cancel before the end of the current billing period. You can manage and cancel your subscription at any time by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. For our full Terms of Service please visit: https://bignews.app/terms. For our Privacy Policy visit https://bignews.app/privacy

Screenshots

ZNS4 screens
Big News4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Big News at 46% against ZNS's 0%. Big News also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (53 vs 8). ZNS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 16.0). On price, ads 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. Big News sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ZNS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Big News holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big News has 53 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of ZNS's written reviews are positive against 46% of Big News's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ZNS versus Big News: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZNSBig News
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (8 ratings)4.3 (53 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews46.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings853 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.3 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB23 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperBroadcasting Corporation of The BahamasThe Not So Big Company

Customer experience

ZNS

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Big News

All ratings53 ratings
Positive77.4%
Neutral13.2%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive46.3%
Neutral22.0%
Negative31.7%

Bugs and requests

ZNS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Big News

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Crashes on setup
  • App no longer being supported/abandoned
  • Automatically generated topics are duplicated or unrelated
  • Subscription plan add-on features not worth it
  • Some bugs in recent updates
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  • Gesture to zoom is dodgy, causing accidental swipes
  • Too many stories display blank space above content
  • Images don't load
  • App declares it can't read RSS feeds
  • OPML import via share sheet not working
  • The data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format after upgrade
  • Animations grind when swiping between headline cards
  • Request failed/lost connection errors
  • Privacy policy pop-ups confuse screen reader

Requested features

12 requests
  • Update the app
  • Add conservative news options (e.g., Fox News)
  • Add swipe gestures for navigation
  • Implement mark read/mark all read features
  • Add import/export to OPML
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  • Add mark read on scroll
  • Implement a Mercury-type parser for embedded content
  • Open Twitter links in native app
  • Allow tapping on embedded images to zoom
  • Automatic marking of stories as read once scrolled past
  • Option to change startup default tab from 'today' to 'following'
  • Mac app

In-app purchases

None

ZNS

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Big News

Subscriptions4
  • Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Max Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly$14.991 Year
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  • Max Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is ZNS free?
ZNS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Big News free?
Big News is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ZNS or Big News?
Big News is rated higher. ZNS averages 4.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Big News averages 4.3 from 53 ratings.
Do ZNS or Big News have ads?
Neither ZNS nor Big News shows ads.

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