Mediacités vs Athena
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mediacités
This app delivers exclusive, in-depth investigations into metropolitan areas, offering independent journalism not found elsewhere. Explore your city from a new perspective and support tenacious, useful reporting.
- Exclusive investigative reports
- Independent journalism
- Focus on 4 French cities
- Citizen forums
- Push notifications for new articles
- Improved user account connection
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Chaque semaine, Mediacités dévoile un aspect méconnu de votre métropole au travers d’une enquête exclusive, rigoureuse et sans concession. Du journalisme 100 % indépendant que vous ne lirez nulle part ailleurs. Alors passez le cap ! Découvrez autrement votre ville et soutenez un journalisme pugnace et utile. Connectez-vous avec votre identifiant et mot de passe du site mediacites.fr - Sans publicité et 100% indépendant - 4 villes : Lille, Lyon, Toulouse et Nantes - Le Forum où vous retrouvez des tribunes citoyennes Avantages de l'application : - Amélioration de la connexion au compte utilisateur. - Réception de notifications pour les nouveaux articles de Mediacités.
Athena
Access content from various sources in one place and receive notifications for new updates. Users can suggest improvements to guide the project's direction.
- Content aggregation from multiple sources
- New update notifications
- User-driven project direction
- Easy content access
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Athena est une application agrégatrice de média libre. Vous pouvez accéder facilement au contenu de chaque source et recevoir des notifs pour chaque nouveauté. Vous pouvez aussi proposer des idées d'amélioration, ainsi on laisse le choix à l'utilisateur de la direction que doit prendre le projet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Athena at every 5 weeks against Mediacités's every 88 months. On price, review sentiment, 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.
Mediacités ships an update every 88 months, Athena every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mediacités | Athena |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 88 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mediacités | Hugo Blanc |
Customer experience
Mediacités
Athena
In-app purchases
Mediacités
No in-app purchases
Athena
No in-app purchases
