LA TACO vs PressAudit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LA TACO
Discover news and information about food, culture, and community in Los Angeles. This platform provides street-level journalism from all corners of L.A. county, catering to those passionate about the city.
- Los Angeles news coverage
- Food and culture information
- Community insights
- Street-level journalism
- Independently owned and operated
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L.A. TACO is a platform for the city of Los Angeles. We are a source of news and information covering food, culture, and community in the metropolitan area. We are independently owned and operated, by L.A. and for L.A. In our mission, we aim to bring raw and street-level journalism from all corners of L.A. county to our loyal readers, supporters, and members, and partners who share our passion for Los Angeles. Terms of service: https://www.lataco.com/terms-of-service/
PressAudit
Gain a comprehensive overview of the news landscape, identifying trending and overlooked stories. Analyze media coverage for partisan lean, source quality, and public interest. Offers tools to track regulations, predictions, and engage with a community.
- News heatmap and filtering
- Article scoring for lean and quality
- Side-by-side polarizing story comparison
- Tracking of media blindspots
- Regulation tracking and filing assistance
- News prediction analysis
- Community discussion feeds
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Get all the news at a glance: what's getting attention or being ignored, and how a story shifts across the media by partisan lean and other factors. We analyze thousands of articles from the world's top news outlets every day, scoring them for political lean, source quality, public-interest value and coverage patterns. Get the most important news, not just the loudest distractions. FEATURES Heatmap See the entire news day as one readable map. Search and filter by attention, outlet, topic, geography, partisan lean, quality and time. Start here For every story, the best article to read first, including the top article you can read without a paywall. Faceoffs See the same polarizing story from opposing outlets, with excerpts from the articles themselves side by side. Blindspots Track stories dominating one side of the media while barely appearing on the other. Regulations Follow news on federal rules, dockets and proposals open for public comment, then build your own comment step by step and file it yourself on the official regulations.gov docket. Predictions Follow predictions on the major events driving the news, see the related coverage, and make your own call. Article Scores Article-level analysis of partisan lean (article and outlet), editorial quality and public-interest substance. Outlet Rankings Compare news outlets by partisan lean, quality, coverage volume and the stories they choose to elevate or ignore. Alerts and notifications Follow rules, predictions and interests and see what changed on your Alerts page. Optional push notifications for breaking news, prediction results, regulation updates and the weekly quiz. Breaking pushes between 10 pm and 7 am your time arrive silently. Community Post, discuss and submit articles in the community feeds. Games The weekly News Quiz, Who said it?, Call It and Bubble Buster. Safari extension While you read any news site, see how the rest of the press covered the same story. WHY WE EXIST The news has a firehose problem. More is published every day than anyone can possibly process. PressAudit helps you see the big picture: what is getting attention, what is being ignored, who is covering it, and how coverage of the same subject changes across the media. No ads. No account required to start; sign in with Apple, Google or email to follow, get alerts and post. Built to be data-driven and non-partisan.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PressAudit at none against LA TACO's 4. PressAudit also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. LA TACO sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. PressAudit asks for nothing beyond the download.
PressAudit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of LA TACO's written reviews are positive against 100% of PressAudit's.
LA TACO ships an update monthly, PressAudit every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LA TACO | PressAudit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | L.A. TACO | Paul Renshaw |
Customer experience
LA TACO
PressAudit
In-app purchases
LA TACO
- Founder Monthly Membership$9.991 Month
- Premier Monthly Membership$19.991 Month
- Founder Annual Membership$99.991 Year
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- Premier Annual Membership$199.991 Year
PressAudit
No in-app purchases









