Newser vs Today's Front Pages
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Newser
Get informed with concise news stories, typically two paragraphs long, covering the day's most important and interesting events. A grid format allows for quick scanning of headlines to stay updated.
- Brief news stories
- Two-paragraph summaries
- Grid format headlines
- Stay informed quickly
- Important and interesting news
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Newser makes it easy to read less and know more: Our stories are brief – usually two paragraphs that tell you all you need to know about the day’s most important and interesting news. Too busy for that? We get it. Our grid format gives you a simple way to scan the day’s headlines and stay informed.
Today's Front Pages
Access hundreds of daily newspapers from around the globe. Discover front pages through search or an interactive map. New widgets allow favorite front pages to be displayed directly on your iOS home screen.
- Hundreds of daily newspapers worldwide
- Search newspapers by name
- Find newspapers by location on a map
- iOS 14 Widgets for homepage display
- Access to current front pages
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The Freedom Forum’s Today’s Front Pages app brings hundreds of daily newspapers from around the world. It now even includes new iOS14 Widgets so your favorite front pages also appear on your homepage! Search a newspaper by name or use the map to find it by location. U.S. copyright laws apply.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Today's Front Pages at 4.7 against Newser's 2.4. Today's Front Pages also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 20%) and ratings volume (2K vs 107). Newser's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). 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.
Today's Front Pages holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Today's Front Pages has 2K ratings behind it against 107, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Newser's written reviews are positive against 60% of Today's Front Pages's.
Newser ships an update fortnightly, Today's Front Pages every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Newser | Today's Front Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (107 ratings) | 4.7 (2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.2% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 107 | 2K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Newser | Newseum |
Customer experience
Newser
Today's Front Pages
Bugs and requests
Newser
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Today's Front Pages
Reported bugs
4 issues- Favorites/preferences not saving properly after updates
- Widget feature not functioning correctly
- Inconsistent display of newspaper front pages
- Broken links to newspaper websites
Requested features
4 requests- Restore ability to save front pages to camera roll
- Improve search and filtering to easily find specific newspapers
- Add option to customize which newspapers are displayed
- Provide more reliable and timely updates to front page content
In-app purchases
Newser
No in-app purchases
Today's Front Pages
No in-app purchases
