Heavy.com vs Newsbie
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.
Newsbie
Access curated local news from trusted sources in an easy-to-digest format. Enjoy articles or listen via "Pod Mode" while avoiding distracting ads and videos.
- Curated local news
- Trusted local sources
- Easy-to-digest format
- Article reading
- Audio playback (Pod Mode)
- Ad-free experience
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Newsbie curates news from trusted local sources and puts them into an easy to digest way, whether that being reading the articles to listening via "Pod Mode", and strips out the busy ads and distracting videos that are often confused with real content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Newsbie at every 5 days against Heavy.com's every 4 months. Newsbie also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Heavy.com's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Newsbie. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Heavy.com ships an update every 4 months, Newsbie every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Heavy.com | Newsbie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Heavy Inc | Thomas Pruim |
Customer experience
Heavy.com
Newsbie
In-app purchases
Heavy.com
No in-app purchases
Newsbie
No in-app purchases
