Comparison

LP portal vs RSS News Ticker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LP portal

Access industry news, podcasts, webinars, and educational content for loss prevention and asset protection professionals. Discover curated links to retail shopping, charities, and entertainment.

Highlights
  • Loss prevention and asset protection news
  • Industry podcasts and webinars
  • Educational resources
  • Event details and updates
  • Links to retail and charities
  • Entertainment and travel tips
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LP portal is your personal gateway to (almost) all things relating to loss prevention and asset protection. With a wide variety of channels, LP Portal connects you to the news, podcasts, webinars, education, event details, and updates from across the industry including many of your favorite associations, solution providers, and industry initiatives. But life is not all about work, so we also link you to some of your favorite retailers for shopping, favorite charities to pay it forward, and industry picks for what to watch on TV, music to listen to, books to read, and even travel tips! Take a survey or have fun with a quiz - More channels are on the way!

About

RSS News Ticker

Organize your news feeds with this reader. Subscribe to RSS and Atom sources, with articles cached locally for offline reading. Features include iCloud sync, a unified newsfeed, tagging for organization, bookmarking, and word muting.

Highlights
  • Subscribe to RSS & Atom feeds
  • Offline article caching
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Unified newsfeed and timeline
  • Tagging for article organization
  • Bookmark articles for later
  • Mute specific words or topics
Features
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Start bringing order in your news-jungle. Ticker can help you with that. FEATURES Subscribe RSS & Atom sources Subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds in Ticker. All articles are cached locally so you can read them on the go. Use pull-to-refresh to sync all your sources at once. iCloud Sync Your data is only accessible to you, thats why Ticker uses your private iCloud to sync across your devices. Newsfeed & Timeline Access articles of all your sources in one newsfeed. Check your viewed articles in the dedicated timeline. Tags Use tags to bring order in the news-jungle. Tags identify relevant articles by keywords you can define. Articles which include a keyword are automatically assigned to that tag. You can look up relevant articles per tag or view all articles that have at least one tag assigned. Bookmarks Don't have time to read all articles when they pop up? No problem, you can bookmark articles and read them later on. A dedicated Bookmarks view keeps track of all your bookmarked articles to have it available anytime. Mute words Sometimes, topics pop up in your feed, that might not be interesting. In that case, you can mute words for a specific period of time (one day, a week, a month) or even forever.

Screenshots

LP portal4 screens
RSS News Ticker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LP portal at none against RSS News Ticker's 3. RSS News Ticker's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RSS News Ticker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. LP portal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LP portal ships an update every 3 months, RSS News Ticker every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LP portal versus RSS News Ticker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLP portalRSS News Ticker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB10 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperLoss Prevention Magazine Inc.Daniel Hoefer

Customer experience

LP portal

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

RSS News Ticker

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

LP portal

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

RSS News Ticker

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Mid Tip$2.99
  • Big Tip$5.99

Questions

Is LP portal free?
LP portal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RSS News Ticker free?
RSS News Ticker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LP portal or RSS News Ticker have ads?
Neither LP portal nor RSS News Ticker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LP portal or RSS News Ticker?
LP portal ships an update every 3 months, and RSS News Ticker every 3 weeks. Most recently, LP portal was updated on November 3, 2026 and RSS News Ticker on November 3, 2026.

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