ProPublica vs Too Much Kyle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ProPublica
Access in-depth investigative journalism covering critical topics like government, healthcare, and criminal justice. Enjoy a streamlined reading experience with offline support and notifications for major stories.
- Latest investigative journalism
- Reporting on government and policy
- Coverage of healthcare and criminal justice
- Environmental reporting
- Streamlined reading experience
- Offline support
- Story notifications
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• Get the latest independent investigative journalism from ProPublica. • Dig deep into reporting about government and policy, health care, criminal justice, the environment and more. • Get a streamlined reading experience, with smart offline support and notifications for our biggest stories.
Too Much Kyle
Access all content from a specific publisher in one place. Receive instant updates via push notifications or subscribe through email and RSS. Enjoy the latest 50 published items.
- Aggregated publisher content
- Push notification updates
- Email and RSS subscriptions
- Latest 50 items available
- Cross-device compatibility
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Everything Kyle Ford publishes across (too many) various places. Read the latest 50 items right here, get updates via push notification, or subscribe via email and RSS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Too Much Kyle at 5.0 against ProPublica's 4.5. Too Much Kyle also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). ProPublica's advantage is ratings volume (104 vs 1) and chart position (#150 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Too Much Kyle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ProPublica has 104 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of ProPublica's written reviews are positive against 100% of Too Much Kyle's.
ProPublica ships an update every 4 months, Too Much Kyle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ProPublica | Too Much Kyle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (104 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 104 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #150 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | ProPublica | Kyle Ford |
Customer experience
ProPublica
Too Much Kyle
Bugs and requests
ProPublica
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes on launch
- App won't open or load content
- Stories don't appear when clicked
- MuckReads section fails to load
- Data filter dropdowns non-functional
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- Articles don't fit screen (horizontal scrolling required)
- Images not resizing properly
- App freezes phone
- Device registration issues
- Content never populates
Requested features
9 requests- Dark mode for nighttime reading
- Bookmark/save articles function
- Home screen widget
- Adjustable font size
- Persistent font size settings
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- iOS 18 theme adherence
- Read-later app integration (Instapaper, Pocket)
- Improved article navigation
- Better browsing of older stories
Too Much Kyle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ProPublica
No in-app purchases
Too Much Kyle
No in-app purchases
