RTÉ News vs Irish Echo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RTÉ News
Get comprehensive Irish and international news coverage, including breaking alerts, live broadcasts, and in-depth analysis. Personalize your feed, enjoy multimedia content, and read stories offline.
- Latest national and international news
- Breaking news push notifications
- Audio & video clips
- Watch RTÉ News channel live
- Personalized news feed
- Read offline
- Save stories for later
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The RTÉ News app has the very latest Irish and international stories — designed to be fast, simple and intuitive. Explore comprehensive coverage across News, Sport, Business, Culture, Lifestyle and Entertainment, with in-depth reporting and expert analysis from RTÉ journalists. Watch events unfold with live news, on-demand video and vertical reels. Features: - Breaking news alerts - Vertical video - Live video streams - Comprehensive wide-ranging content - Live blogs of major news events - Save topics and stories for easy access
Irish Echo
Access weekly editions of a newspaper on your iPad and iPhone. Offers various subscription options for continued access, with auto-renewing plans that can be managed through account settings. Stay informed with the latest news.
- Weekly newspaper editions
- Subscription options
- Auto-renewing plans
- Manage subscriptions
- iPad and iPhone compatible
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Keep up-to-date with the Irish Echo, now available each week on iPad and iPhone. The Irish Echo provides availability to all editions of the paper by incorporating subscriptions through the purchase of a 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and a yearly subscription to the paper. The monthly and yearly subscriptions are auto-renewing subscriptions. Prices for the subscriptions are $0.99 for 1 week, $6.99 for 1 month, $12.99 for 3 months, $25.99 for 6 months and $49.99 for a year. Payment for this subscription will be charged to your iTunes account upon purchase. The subscription will auto-renew within 24 hours of the current subscription expiring. Auto-renewing subscriptions can be managed via Account Settings allowing them to be turned off. No cancellations of the current subscription are allowed during the active subscription period. For any further information see: Privacy policy: http://www.pagesuite.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of use: www.pagesuite.com/terms-of-service/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Irish Echo at 100% against RTÉ News's 31%. Irish Echo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). RTÉ News's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price 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
Both are free to download. Irish Echo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. RTÉ News asks for nothing beyond the download.
RTÉ News holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RTÉ News has 210 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of RTÉ News's written reviews are positive against 100% of Irish Echo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
RTÉ News ships an update every 6 weeks, Irish Echo every 30 months. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | RTÉ News | Irish Echo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (210 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 210 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RTÉ | Belfast Media Group |
Customer experience
RTÉ News
Irish Echo
Bugs and requests
RTÉ News
Reported bugs
5 issues- Videos not playing or missing audio
- Crashes on launch or after updates
- Stuck in an endless update loop
- News articles and content not loading
- Incompatibility with newer devices
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Customizable news feed
- Better video player controls
- Improved notifications system
- Support for older devices
Irish Echo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RTÉ News
No in-app purchases
Irish Echo
- Irish Echo - 7 Days$0.997 Days
- Irish Echo - 1 Month$4.991 Month
- Irish Echo - 3 Month$12.993 Months
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- Irish Echo - 6 Month$25.996 Months
- Irish Echo - 1 Year$44.991 Year
Questions
Is RTÉ News free?
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