Comparison

Canoe.com vs Canada Press

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

Head to head

Canoe.com

Lifestyle, Arts, Entertainment

Newspapers & Magazines

Free

📡 News

★ 4.655 ratingsView app →

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

Read full description

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

Canada Press

Access over 500 news feeds from 110 Canadian newspapers and magazines in one place. Stay updated with daily, weekly, and monthly publications, and discover local news near you. Share articles, search by keywords, and receive push notifications for your favorite sources.

Highlights

Access 500+ news feeds
Browse daily, weekly, monthly press
Locate local newspapers
Receive push notifications
Search articles by keywords
Share news with friends

Features

Read full description

Explore more than 500 news feeds from 110 Canadian newspapers and magazines. *** ALL THE NEWS IN A SINGLE APP *** ► Daily press (National & local) ► Weekly press ► Monthly press ► Internet press Among the features : ▷ Locate local newspapers near your location. ▷ Receive by push the latest updates of your favorite newspapers. ▷ Share news with your friends ▷ Search articles by keywords *** FREE APP *** Enjoy this amazing app. *** PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION *** - Remove advertising in the app - Remove limit on the number of posts - Direct access to website reader (when available) END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY POLICY : http://www.babdreams.com/privacy

Screenshots

Canoe.com4 screens

Canada Press4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Canada Press at 59% against Canoe.com's 8%. Canada Press also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Canoe.com's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 12 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. Canada Press sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Canoe.com asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Canoe.com ships an update monthly, Canada Press every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level

Canoe.com versus Canada Press: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Canoe.com	Canada Press
Price	Free	Free
Rating	—	4.6 (55 ratings) — better
Positive reviews	8.3% of reviews	59.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings	—	55 — better
Update frequency	Monthly — better	Every 12 months
Ads	Yes	Yes
In-app purchases	No — better	Yes
Monetization	Free with in-app purchases	Free with in-app purchases
Devices	iPhone, iPad	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS	16.0	12.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	65 MB	12 MB
Age rating	12+	4+
Developer	Postmedia Network INC.	Studio BabDreams

Customer experience

Canoe.com

Written reviews60 reviews

Positive8.3%

Neutral1.7%

Negative90.0%

Canada Press

All ratings55 ratings

Positive90.9%

Neutral3.6%

Negative5.5%

Written reviews59 reviews

Positive59.3%

Neutral8.5%

Negative32.2%

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

Canada Press

From 55 App Store ratings

What we love

👍 Great news coverage
👍 Informative content
👍 Quality fact-checking
👍 Dedication and integrity
👍 Valuable resource

Room to improve

anúncios Intrusive ads
💰 Paywall articles
🚫 Very little free news
😩 Terribly boring
🚫 No news, only advertising

Bugs and requests

Canoe.com

Reported bugs

116 issues

App keeps crashing
App never loads up
App freezes
App never updates
App freezes

Show 111 more

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

Canada Press

Reported bugs

2 issues

App will no longer display any articles, blank white screen
Bug with alerts deleting all other alerts

Requested features

7 requests

Indicate paywall articles with a “$”
Segregate free sources from paywall sources
Delete papers that won’t let you into items after quota
Include some dissident reporting
Fix bug with alerts deleting other alerts

Show 2 more

Adjust font size
Include a few international sources

In-app purchases

None

Canoe.com

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Canada Press

Subscriptions4

1 month$0.991 Month
3 months$1.993 Months
6 months$3.996 Months

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1 year$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Canoe.com free?

Canoe.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Canada Press free?

Canada Press is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Do Canoe.com or Canada Press have ads?

Both Canoe.com and Canada Press show ads.

Which is updated more often, Canoe.com or Canada Press?

Canoe.com ships an update monthly, and Canada Press every 12 months. Most recently, Canoe.com was updated on October 14, 2026 and Canada Press on October 20, 2026.