Comparison

Canoe.com vs Globe2Go Print Replica Edition

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

Head to head
About

Canoe.com

Access curated news and deals on shopping, travel, tech, and entertainment. Personalize your feed with favorite writers and trending stories from across Canada. Stay informed with product reviews, gift ideas, and exclusive offers.

Highlights
  • Customizable content feed
  • Trending stories discovery
  • Personalized topic selection
  • Product reviews and news
  • Deal alerts for shopping and travel
  • Cross-platform user recognition
Features
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Canoe is your trusted source for shopping, travel, tech and entertainment. Create your custom feed so you don’t miss the latest from your favourite writers. Stay up to date with product reviews and news, search for great gift ideas and get alerted to the best deals, including deals on travel. Features include: • Stay connected to your trusted source for shopping, travel, tech and entertainment. • You will be prompted to choose your preferred content when you first open the new app, ensuring a curated news feed that aligns with your interests. • Use the Discover tab to explore trending stories from Postmedia newsrooms across Canada • Personalize your news experience by selecting topics, journalists and columnists you care about, so your feed will be filled with the content and perspectives you enjoy. • As a registered user, you are recognized consistently across web and app platforms for a more cohesive experience. Register to sample the wide variety of breaking news and special features — plus extensive photo and video coverage. Home delivery print subscribers receive unlimited access, included as part of their print subscription and can gain access by simply signing in with their existing account when prompted. If you’re not an existing print subscriber, you can easily subscribe to the app through the App Store for iOS devices. Privacy policy: https://www.postmedia.com/privacy-statement/ Terms of use: https://www.postmedia.com/terms-and-conditions/ We appreciate and value your feedback. Please send any comments, suggestions or questions to: appfeedback@postmedia.com

About

Globe2Go Print Replica Edition

Access a digital replica of a major newspaper, complete with all sections and regional editions. Read page-by-page or article-by-article with adjustable text size, and enjoy offline access. Listen to articles, translate content, and share or print stories.

Highlights
  • Digital newspaper replica
  • Page-to-page and article views
  • Adjustable font size
  • Offline reading
  • Audio playback of articles
  • Article translation
  • Sharing and printing options
Features
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Globe2Go is the ePaper replica of The Globe and Mail print newspaper, delivered directly to you on the Web, smartphone and tablet. You can read Globe2Go page to page, section to section like a newspaper (with the option to pan & zoom) or article to article in full text view (with font size adjustment). WHAT YOU GET Seven day archive. All five regional editions. All magazines including Report on Business. All special editions such as Globe Portfolio and Canadian University Report. WAKE UP TO IT Available for download at 5 AM ET. You can also set up auto-delivery downloading. TAKE IT ANYWHERE Once downloaded, you can read it offline. You can use up to 5 devices with your account. LISTEN Audio option allows you to listen to articles even while offline. Articles stream from one to another once activated. TRANSLATE Available (on Web) in 18 languages. SHARE Share articles to notes, email and social networks. PRINT Print an article, page, custom area or the whole edition. PURCHASE OPTIONS Single copy purchase is available every day. Monthly or annual subscriptions are available on our Web site (see footer). Newspaper subscribers get Globe2Go complimentary on the days of delivery. ANY QUESTIONS? Our customer care team is available to help out. Visit: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe2go E-mail: globe2go@globeandmail.com Phone: 1-866-232-0988

Screenshots

Canoe.com4 screens
Globe2Go Print Replica Edition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Globe2Go Print Replica Edition at 60% against Canoe.com's 8%. Canoe.com's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Globe2Go Print Replica Edition sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Canoe.com asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Canoe.com ships an update monthly, Globe2Go Print Replica Edition every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Canoe.com versus Globe2Go Print Replica Edition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCanoe.comGlobe2Go Print Replica Edition
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (456 ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.3% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—456 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB43 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPostmedia Network INC.The Globe and Mail Inc.

Customer experience

Canoe.com

Written reviews60 reviews
Positive8.3%
Neutral1.7%
Negative90.0%

Globe2Go Print Replica Edition

All ratings456 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral3.9%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.8%
Negative29.2%

User reviews

Canoe.com

From App Store reviews

What we love

  • 🇨🇦 Great Canadian content
  • 💰 Free content without paywall
  • 👍 Used to be a great app

Room to improve

  • 💸 Lots of ads
  • 🗑️ App is now garbage
  • 📉 Update ruined the app
  • 🚫 News is gone, only ads
  • 😵 Utter garbage beauty product site

Globe2Go Print Replica Edition

From 456 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 📰 Newspaper-like layout and design
  • 🌍 Access Globe content while traveling internationally
  • ♻️ Eco-friendly digital alternative to print
  • 🔤 Adjustable font sizes for readability
  • 📱 Convenient mobile access to news

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and glitches
  • 📥 Inconsistent download functionality
  • 🔑 Login issues and authentication problems
  • 💰 High subscription pricing ($468+/year)
  • 📱 Limited to only 2 devices per account

Bugs and requests

Canoe.com

Reported bugs

116 issues
  • App keeps crashing
  • App never loads up
  • App freezes
  • App never updates
  • App freezes
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  • Black screen after clicking article
  • App seems to freeze
  • Issues loading
  • Won't load
  • Blank screen after clicking article
  • Constantly acting up
  • Application freezing
  • Freezes when scrolling
  • Locks up
  • Sloooow
  • Crashes
  • Can't open any news
  • Picture loads, text doesn't
  • App frozen
  • Terrible App
  • Full of bugs
  • Useless
  • Fix the problems
  • App always freezes
  • Articles go blank
  • Phone locks up
  • Constantly not working
  • Does not load
  • Glitchy
  • App goes through two screens
  • Screen stops
  • Keeps Crashing
  • Crashes
  • Freezes
  • Getting stuck
  • Won't load stories
  • Slow to respond to scrolling
  • Freeze altogether
  • Slow and takes many seconds to react
  • App freezes since iOS 15 update
  • Latest update freezes
  • Articles have white background
  • New version crashes
  • Reboots iPhone
  • Useless app now
  • Black screen since update
  • No fix for black screen
  • App unusable
  • Crashing
  • Since last release unable to use
  • Phone crashes after update
  • App unusable
  • Won't open article
  • Crashes phone
  • Horrible
  • Can't read articles
  • Black screen
  • Stories all blank since last update
  • Broken on iOS
  • Crashes
  • Reboots phone
  • Latest update won't show stories
  • Blank screen when selecting story
  • Broken
  • Won't open any articles
  • Broken
  • Loads home page but locks up on article click
  • Crashes entire phone
  • Makes phone reboot
  • Emails to developers don't send
  • Crashes after update
  • Causes phone to freeze
  • Reboot
  • Crashing and Rebooting
  • Screen goes black with toolbar
  • Screen freezes
  • iPhone becomes unresponsive
  • iPhone reboots
  • Freezes and reboots iPhone
  • Always freezes
  • Crash
  • Phone freezing up
  • Broken
  • App is a piece of garbage
  • Shut down phone when clicking headline
  • Phone crash
  • Making iPhone crash
  • Update is awful
  • Most articles don't open
  • Black screen
  • Currently unusable
  • Restarts phone every time article clicked
  • Content not available on mobile
  • Crashes now
  • iPhone and iPad shut down and restart
  • App freezes up
  • Won't load any headline
  • Page remains blank
  • Update sucks!
  • App doesn't open properly
  • iPad keeps freezing when opening news stories
  • Crash
  • Makes iPhone crash
  • App not working
  • Unable to read articles
  • Broken
  • Broke ability to see titles
  • Can't read
  • Unable to read any headline
  • Black text on black images
  • Freezes
  • Needs to be reloaded each use
  • Continually freezes
  • Since iOS 13 update, app freezes
  • Unstable
  • Program crashes regularly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Include Canadian Press and 24H news sources
  • Promote stories written by Canadians
  • Add video content
  • Offer regional news tickers

Globe2Go Print Replica Edition

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App fails to open after updates
  • Download failures despite good internet connection
  • Pages change automatically in portrait mode
  • Article titles and links display incorrectly
  • Offline library access intermittently unavailable
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  • App requires repeated login/logout cycles
  • Paper won't load on first day of international travel
  • Registration and activation process is confusing
  • Subscription status not recognized despite active payment
  • Scrolling causes content repetition
  • Games and interactive features non-functional

Requested features

8 requests
  • Interactive crossword and sudoku puzzles
  • Ability to delete specific issues while keeping others
  • Extended back-issue archive (more than 7 days)
  • Integration with Apple News for subscribed articles
  • Earlier upload times for regional editions
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  • Better coverage of non-Toronto based teams and news
  • Improved device limit flexibility for households
  • Option to disable auto-play audio features

In-app purchases

None

Canoe.com

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Globe2Go Print Replica Edition

One-time1
  • Single Issue$1.99

Questions

Is Canoe.com free?
Canoe.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Globe2Go Print Replica Edition free?
Globe2Go Print Replica Edition is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Canoe.com or Globe2Go Print Replica Edition have ads?
Both Canoe.com and Globe2Go Print Replica Edition show ads.
Which is updated more often, Canoe.com or Globe2Go Print Replica Edition?
Canoe.com ships an update monthly, and Globe2Go Print Replica Edition every 4 months. Most recently, Canoe.com was updated on October 14, 2026 and Globe2Go Print Replica Edition on October 21, 2026.

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