Heavy.com vs EMPIRE REPORT APP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Heavy.com
Stay informed with breaking news and current events from the US and around the world. Get essential updates on crime and other important topics, all in one convenient place.
- Breaking news updates
- US news coverage
- World news coverage
- Crime news
- On-the-go information
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Today’s top breaking news and current events. US news, world news, crime news. What you need to know when you’re on the go.
EMPIRE REPORT APP
Access original and local New York news with enhanced features like tabbed navigation, text-to-speech, and offline reading. Stay informed with breaking news alerts and easily share articles. Submit your own news tips directly through the app.
- Original and local New York news
- Tabbed navigation by category
- Text-to-Speech for articles
- Online and offline reading
- Breaking News push notifications
- Article sharing
- News tips submission
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Take your news gathering experience to another level with the Empire Report native app. Packed with functionality and an enhanced user-experience not available on the website, the new app features original news content, plus other news from around New York. The app includes: - Tabbed navigation by category (app exclusive) - Text-to-Speech available for articles (app exclusive) - Online AND offline reading (app exclusive) - Breaking News push notifications (app exclusive) - Sharing articles to other apps - News tips submission
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: EMPIRE REPORT APP at free against Heavy.com's ad-supported. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 — 5.0 for Heavy.com against 5.0 for EMPIRE REPORT APP. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Heavy.com ships an update every 4 months, EMPIRE REPORT APP every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Heavy.com | EMPIRE REPORT APP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Heavy Inc | Perch Creek Capital LLC |
Customer experience
Heavy.com
EMPIRE REPORT APP
In-app purchases
Heavy.com
No in-app purchases
EMPIRE REPORT APP
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Heavy.com free?
Is EMPIRE REPORT APP free?
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