Cork Beo vs The Avondhu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cork Beo
Stay informed with breaking news, sports, traffic, and local events from Cork. Customize your feed to see what matters most to you, with features like offline reading and adjustable text.
- Breaking news alerts
- Customizable news feed
- Sports updates
- Traffic and travel information
- Offline reading
- Adjustable text size and color
- Dark mode
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Get all the latest from the Rebel County - breaking news, sport, traffic & travel and what’s happening near you. Fully customnised by you, the CorkBeo app allows you to choose the news you need on the go. The CorkBeo App brings you the Big Picture for our city and county - what Cork people are talking about and what they should be talking about. Keep up to date with: • Breaking Cork News • All your Rebel County sports • Music & entertainment • Fab resources for Families And Kids • Food & Drink trends • Commuter news: Irish Rail, Bus Eireann and public transport updates • Property • Jobs & Business • Travel The App also features; Lifestyle news, big personalities and all you love about the positive side of life on Leeside. App Features: • Dark Mode for easy reading at night time. • 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 • Find related content using Tags. • Follow your favourite authors like you do any topic • Resize the article text and change its colour to help with your reading experience • The ability to read an article even when you are offline Terms and Conditions https://www.corkbeo.ie/terms-conditions/ Privacy Notice https://www.corkbeo.ie/privacy-notice/
The Avondhu
Access your local newspaper digitally, just as you would in print. Enjoy enhanced reading tools including search, translation, and audio playback. Explore an archive of past editions.
- Digital newspaper replica
- Archive of previous editions
- Enhanced reading tools
- Search functionality
- Translation feature
- Listen feature
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Read The Avondhu from cover to cover just as you would in print. All stories and supplements are available - as well as an archive of previous editions. The Avondhu ePaper app has enhanced reading tools and features like Listen, Search and Translate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Avondhu at none against Cork Beo's 2. Cork Beo's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (27 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Cork Beo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. The Avondhu asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cork Beo against 5.0 for The Avondhu. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cork Beo has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cork Beo ships an update monthly, The Avondhu every 14 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Cork Beo | The Avondhu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trinity Mirror Digital Media Limited | AVONDHU PUBLICATIONS LIMITED |
Customer experience
Cork Beo
The Avondhu
In-app purchases
Cork Beo
- Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly$39.991 Year
The Avondhu
No in-app purchases
Questions
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