Mid vs FPJ E
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mid
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India’s first animated Digital Tabloid is now made more accessible than ever! Presenting the latest avatar of your favourite Digital Tabloid – the Mid-day Tabloid App, exclusively for subscribed users. You can now carry the newspaper wherever you go and enjoy an enhanced reading experience with a smooth swipe of pages. Our exclusive news articles, local city reportage, crime and investigative stories, Bollywood breaking news and lifestyle features are accompanied by videos, interviews and photo galleries. A stunning visual vocabulary in a newspaper that’s made-to-order for Mumbai makes the Mid-day Digital Tabloid a first-of-its-kind. The Mid-day Tabloid App gives our subscribed users complete access to credible news stories from India’s top journalists. The experience is further augmented with multimedia features that make news reading an enjoyable affair. Moreover, the Mid-day Tabloid App combines the traditional feel of reading a newspaper with contemporary digital technology. The Mid-day Tabloid App provides a seamless news reading experience to our subscribed users with features like: - Fast-loading and optimized interface - Vertical scrolling or a horizontal flip-book experience - Access to backdated editions upto 90 days Mid-day has a legacy of 40 years and is credited to be a veteran of city news, hyper local coverage and investigations. Mid-day Digital Tabloid has a high entertainment quotient and provides the reader an insightful read into all things #MadeinMumbai.
FPJ E
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The Free Press Journal ePaper app gives you a crisp, print-like reading experience on your phone and tablet. You get complete access to the day’s newspaper exactly as it’s published, along with an easy, intuitive interface that makes reading effortless. What you can do with the FPJ ePaper app: • Read the full print edition every morning • Issues refresh automatically as soon as they’re released • Smooth pinch-to-zoom for comfortable reading • Quick page-by-page navigation • Saves pages for offline reading • Share articles or pages through WhatsApp, email and social platforms • Free access for life A legacy publication For more than 90 years, The Free Press Journal has been part of India’s media history. Many iconic journalists, writers and cartoonists—including Bal Thackeray, R. K. Laxman, M. V. Kamath and Dom Moraes—have been associated with the paper. The ePaper brings this heritage to your device in a format that feels familiar, clean and easy to read.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mid at 13.0 against FPJ E's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Mid ships an update monthly, FPJ E every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mid | FPJ E |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mid-Day Infomedia Ltd | Free Press Journal |
In-app purchases
Mid
No in-app purchases
FPJ E
No in-app purchases









